# The Alina Habba Pit thread **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [January 11, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965 "2024-01-11T17:05:19Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 5:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/1 "2024-01-11T17:05:19Z")
Continuing the discussion from [What is Alina Habba's deep game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-alina-habbas-deep-game/995829/23): I think that Trump’s lawyer deserves her own thread. A mod note in the P&E thread dedicated to her suggested taking some of the discussion to the Pit, following a comment from @I_Love_Me_Vol.I about coming up with a mocking nickname for her. > [@What is Alina Habba's deep game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-alina-habbas-deep-game/995829/23): > > I’m really tempted to make a nickname for her à la Trump. Mostly because there’s gotta be a _Jabba the Hut_ reference there somewhere. > > _Habba the Jut_ comes to mind first because of the nifty symmetry switcheroo but it doesn’t make sense. Maybe if she were Danish? (do they call those from Jutland _Juts_?) > > _Habba the Slut_ rolls of the tongue neatly but it only ends up being a lame, knee-jerk offering unless she truly is a slut but even then, it’s even slimier than a Trump nickname. > > _Habba the Mutt_? Problem with this one is that she’s nominally attractive. > > Hmmm… what to do, what to do, what to do? I’ll also repeat what I had said over in the P&E thread about how she got to be Trump’s lawyer. **She targeted a Trump employee who had been a victim of sexual assault by her manager (not Trump himself) and pretended to be the employee’s friend, offering to take care of her. Then she got that person to sign away her ability to go after her attacker or Trump’s business. This was all in a scheme to impress Trump and it worked.** > **[Alina Habba accused of "grooming" Trump employee after sexual assault](https://www.newsweek.com/alina-habba-accused-grooming-trump-employee-after-sexual-assault-1848521)** > > The lawsuit claims that the Trump attorney told the employee, ""You don't want to go public with this, I've been raped, I can help you, I can protect you." **Here’s a very thorough and entertaining Legal Eagle video about it.** [![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/9KvoIDkEsiw/maxresdefault.jpg "Trump's Worst Lawyer, Alina Habba, May Be Disbarred For This") ](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KvoIDkEsiw) Anyway, feel free to comment about Habba here without having to worry about rules like decorum or keeping on topic (while still keeping in mind that even in the Pit misogyny isn’t likely to be well-received, and really just don’t do it at all anywhere people). ---
**Author:** ![Gyrate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gyrate/32/3588_2.png) [@Gyrate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Gyrate)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 5:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/2 "2024-01-11T17:06:47Z")
I can’t think of a worse nickname than “Trump lawyer”. ---
**Author:** ![gnoitall](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/bb73d2/32.png) [@gnoitall](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gnoitall)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 5:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/3 "2024-01-11T17:14:10Z")
I will admit that staying away from gross misogyny is going to be a challenge, because so much of this story seems to cry out for some kind of slut-shaming. But Alina Habba is stream of incompetence that runs deep and not at all silently, so I figure there’s still plenty to comment on. No need to lower myself when to that level, because there is **so much** pit-worthy regardless of gender. ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 5:45pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/4 "2024-01-11T17:45:26Z")
> [@What is Alina Habba's deep game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-alina-habbas-deep-game/995829/10): > > During the same interview she said she’d rather be pretty than smart becaue she can fake being smart. I meant to ask earlier, but this seems like a good place: anybody have a handy link to this interview? I also agree that Habba represents a rich vein of malicious incompetence and there’s no need to resort to misogyny to pit her. ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/5 "2024-01-11T17:53:33Z")
You can find it here: ['I can fake being smart': Trump lawyer Alina Habba says she'd rather be pretty - Raw Story](https://www.rawstory.com/alina-habba-trump-2666873681/) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_Bravo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_bravo/32/493_2.png) [@Johnny\_Bravo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_Bravo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 6:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/6 "2024-01-11T18:09:31Z")
Thanks! ---
**Author:** ![scabpicker](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/scabpicker/32/8268_2.png) [@scabpicker](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/scabpicker)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/7 "2024-01-11T18:20:37Z")
Am I the only one who noticed that she seems really bad at faking being smart? I’d just call her “Lucky to be Pretty”, but that’s too clunky for a nickname. ---
**Author:** ![Pork\_Rind](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pork_rind/32/111_2.png) [@Pork\_Rind](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pork_Rind)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 6:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/8 "2024-01-11T18:23:30Z")
> [@Gyrate](#): > > I can’t think of a worse nickname than “Trump lawyer”. “I drank too much and ate Taco Bell last night. I think I need to run to the bathroom. I’m about to have explosive Trump Lawyer.” ---
**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 6:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/9 "2024-01-11T18:29:31Z")
One of the comments under that Raw Story video is “She should start at least faking she’s smart.” ---
**Author:** ![Odesio](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/odesio/32/20003_2.png) [@Odesio](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Odesio)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 6:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/10 "2024-01-11T18:34:57Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > Am I the only one who noticed that she seems really bad at faking being smart? You can fake being smart for a short period of time. When it comes to a long con, especially when you’re in the public eye, it’s much more difficult to pull off faking smarts. ---
**Author:** ![Miller](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/miller/32/481_2.png) [@Miller](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Miller)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/11 "2024-01-11T18:42:16Z")
She’s also faking being pretty. Sure, her face is nice enough, but her soul is ugly as fuck. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 6:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/12 "2024-01-11T18:49:27Z")
> [@scabpicker](#): > > I’d just call her “Lucky to be Pretty”, but that’s too clunky for a nickname. I guess I can quote my comment in the original P&E thread on this issue: > [@What is Alina Habba's deep game?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/what-is-alina-habbas-deep-game/995829/25): > > Before she was Trump’s lawyer she was general counsel for her second husband’s parking garage company. So I sometimes call her Garage Barbie. ---
**Author:** ![kaylasdad99](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kaylasdad99/32/3398_2.png) [@kaylasdad99](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kaylasdad99)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/13 "2024-01-11T20:55:17Z")
Parking Barbie or perhaps Lawyer Spice (I stole that from an age-old thread where someone referred to Thomas Kinkaide as “Painter Spice.” Which still cracks me up). ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 9:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/14 "2024-01-11T21:06:09Z")
Am I the only one who sees her name and thinks ‘Ali Baba’? Which is sad, since Ali Baba was a good guy. ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/15 "2024-01-11T21:24:40Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Am I the only one who sees her name and thinks ‘Ali Baba’? I have thought of “Habba Baba”. “Baba” is Russian for “grandmother”. (As in Baba Yaga.) It can also be used as a general female pejorative in Russian depending on context. ---
**Author:** ![Dissonance](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/85f322/32.png) [@Dissonance](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dissonance)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 9:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/16 "2024-01-11T21:49:47Z")
> [@Odesio](#): > > You can fake being smart for a short period of time. I think most people are still waiting for any evidence of her faking it for even that short period of time. I wouldn’t even call her method to gain TFG’s attention to be smart, even of the evil variety. At best I’d call it opportunistic and incredibly short-sighted as it has blown up in her face. ---
**Author:** ![Cheesesteak](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cheesesteak/32/3694_2.png) [@Cheesesteak](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cheesesteak)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 10:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/17 "2024-01-11T22:00:57Z")
Imagine being so stupid that you go on TV and confirm that you have to fake being smart. ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 10:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/18 "2024-01-11T22:01:19Z")
It does have the same rhythm as “Ali Ababwa”… ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 10:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/19 "2024-01-11T22:13:24Z")
Apropos of nothing, an aunt’s maiden name was Barbara Abar. Backwards, that’s **‘Rabaarabrab’.** ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [January 11, 2024, 10:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965/20 "2024-01-11T22:20:18Z")
> [@Johnny\_L.A](#): > > Apropos of nothing, an aunt’s maiden name was Barbara Abar. Babar?!?! [![](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/international-entertainment-project/images/b/b9/Babar_-_Poster.jpg) ](https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/international-entertainment-project/images/b/b9/Babar_-_Poster.jpg) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-alina-habba-pit-thread/995965.md?page=2)