# Trump library bribes **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [February 1, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-library-bribes/1013718 "2025-02-01T15:10:04Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 3:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-library-bribes/1013718/1 "2025-02-01T15:10:04Z")
How many times has this scenario played out- trump wants money so he pretends to sue somebody, and they settle out of court. Some weren’t serious suits at all, because there was no way he could win. That’s going to be one glorious library. ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 3:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-library-bribes/1013718/2 "2025-02-01T15:17:19Z")
This is just what I thought when I read that Meta had agreed to a payment of $22 Million for settling Trump’s banning from Facebook after January 6th. Now that he controls the DOJ he just has to sue, everyone will settle for millions. And silly me thought he already had more gold than he could ever eat! ---
**Author:** ![PatrickLondon](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/patricklondon/32/4422_2.png) [@PatrickLondon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PatrickLondon)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 3:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-library-bribes/1013718/3 "2025-02-01T15:27:20Z")
> [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > That’s going to be one glorious library. There are that many colouring books in the world? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 3:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-library-bribes/1013718/4 "2025-02-01T15:31:43Z")
> [@PatrickLondon](#): > > > [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](#): > > > > That’s going to be one glorious library. > > There are that many colouring books in the world? - Just print thousands of copies of one, he’ll never notice. ---
**Author:** ![Si\_Amigo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/si_amigo/32/2877_2.png) [@Si\_Amigo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Si_Amigo)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 6:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-library-bribes/1013718/5 "2025-02-01T18:02:28Z")
Blank pages, color your own books damnit. You expect the government to assist you? ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 6:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-library-bribes/1013718/6 "2025-02-01T18:10:36Z")
> [@Si\_Amigo](#): > > Blank pages, color your own books damnit. You expect the government to assist you? - Where do you draw the line? ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-library-bribes/1013718/7 "2025-02-01T18:20:44Z")
I imagine a library full of chequebooks, with **[blank cheques](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blank_cheque)** for the Big Beneficiary. And a colouring book or two too. Just watch him sticking his tongue out, his brow sweaty, his tiny fingers holding the colour pencil in a cramp. ---
**Author:** ![WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/wookinpanubv.2/32/3260_2.png) [@WOOKINPANUBv.2](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/WOOKINPANUBv.2)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 7:31pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-library-bribes/1013718/8 "2025-02-01T19:31:23Z")
> [@running\_coach](#): > > Where do you draw the line? Who knows. All we can do is stay calm and crayon ---
**Author:** ![Twoflower](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/twoflower/32/22_2.png) [@Twoflower](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Twoflower)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-library-bribes/1013718/9 "2025-02-01T20:24:31Z")
I expect Trump, inc. will be paid handsomely for constructing the library in question. ---
**Author:** ![aurora\_maire](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aurora_maire/32/328_2.png) [@aurora\_maire](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aurora_maire)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 8:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-library-bribes/1013718/10 "2025-02-01T20:48:56Z")
I think personal lawsuits are going to be a very profitable revenue stream for him. Just like he hits countries with tariffs if they make him angry, he will hit corporations with lawsuits for any perceived injustice. The one against CBS’ 60 Minutes is in process. > [@](#): > > Trump [filed a lawsuit](https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4964816-trump-sues-cbs-news-60-minutes/) with the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Texas against CBS over the “60 Minutes” interview, seeking $10 billion in damages. The complaint accuses the network of engaging in “partisan and unlawful acts of election and voter interference” and echoed the other lawsuit’s claims of extensive editing on the aired episode. Now that he has the transcripts and video footage, he will probably also individually sue the producers, the camera person, the editor and, or course, Harris. [CBS News to hand FCC full transcript of Kamala Harris’s ‘60 minutes’ interview](https://thehill.com/homenews/media/5120625-cbs-kamala-harris-60-minutes-transcript-fcc/) ---
**Author:** ![Pardel-Lux](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pardel-lux/32/20182_2.png) [@Pardel-Lux](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Pardel-Lux)\ **Post date:** [February 1, 2025, 9:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-library-bribes/1013718/11 "2025-02-01T21:09:11Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > I think personal lawsuits are going to be a very profitable revenue stream for him. This gift link from the Atlantic claims they already are: > **[Why Meta Is Paying $25 Million to Settle a Trump Lawsuit](https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/01/trump-meta-x-settlements/681503/?gift=cU4WmXraWG3WoSDDx6g_kexIUFFyNQYxbvQp9GyIGwI&utm_source=copy-link&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=share)** > > Facebook’s parent company has reached a deal with the president, and Elon Musk’s platform says it’s negotiating its own settlement. Including this: > Ironically, some legal observers argue that Trump might now be committing the very sin that he accused Democrats of perpetrating against him—using the power of his incoming presidency to pressure private companies to take actions for his personal benefit. They worry that the companies are agreeing to settlements less from fear that they would lose in court than fear that they would win. ---
**Author:** ![PastTense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pasttense/32/14550_2.png) [@PastTense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PastTense)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 6:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-library-bribes/1013718/12 "2025-07-02T06:02:04Z")
> [@aurora\_maire](#): > > The one against CBS’ 60 Minutes is in process. > > > [@](#): > > > > Trump [filed a lawsuit](https://thehill.com/homenews/media/4964816-trump-sues-cbs-news-60-minutes/) with the U.S. District Court in the Northern District of Texas against CBS over the “60 Minutes” interview, seeking $10 billion in damages. The complaint accuses the network of engaging in “partisan and unlawful acts of election and voter interference” and echoed the other lawsuit’s claims of extensive editing on the aired episode. > **[Paramount settles Trump’s dubious ‘60 Minutes’ lawsuit with $16 million...](https://www.cnn.com/2025/07/02/media/cbs-trump-60-minutes-paramount-settlement)** > > CBS News parent Paramount Global has agreed to pay $16 million to resolve a legally dubious lawsuit filed by President Donald Trump over a “60 Minutes” news report last fall. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 11:29am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-library-bribes/1013718/13 "2025-07-02T11:29:40Z")
And his cross-wearing press secretary gets indignant over the notion that he could be profiting off of the presidency. Phony lawsuits, embarrassing airplanes, crypto coins, golden citizenship cards, his cut of Jared’s Investment deal, ETC. ---
**Author:** ![Chad\_Sudan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chad_sudan/32/4509_2.png) [@Chad\_Sudan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chad_Sudan)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 11:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-library-bribes/1013718/14 "2025-07-02T11:45:59Z")
The settlements mentioned upthread sound like extortion, not bribery. ---
**Author:** ![Chefguy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chefguy/32/138_2.png) [@Chefguy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chefguy)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 11:48am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-library-bribes/1013718/15 "2025-07-02T11:48:08Z")
That’s exactly what it is. He knows that these companies will settle rather than spend millions to fight it and possibly lose. ---
**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:** [July 2, 2025, 11:53am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-library-bribes/1013718/16 "2025-07-02T11:53:12Z")
Paramount needs the Feds approval for some multi-billion dollar sale, according the NY Times, so I guess this extortion payment is part of getting that deal done. I would have thought that even authoritarian banana republics try to hide the corruption better than this. ---
**Author:** ![Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/son_of_a_rich/32/5439_2.png) [@Son\_of\_a\_Rich](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Son_of_a_Rich)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2025, 12:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/trump-library-bribes/1013718/17 "2025-07-02T12:07:41Z")
Didn’t one of these phony suits claim he suffered “emotional distress” or something snowflaky like that?