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https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/2020-election/behind-scenes-trump-frustrated-his-legal-team-s-maneuvers-n1248650?cid=sm_npd_nn_tw_maBehind the scenes, Trump frustrated with his legal team's maneuvers
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The president has been complaining to aides and allies about his personal attorney Rudy Giuliani and recently-removed lawyer Sidney Powells over-the-top performances at a news conference at the Republican National Committee headquarters last week, these people said. Both Giuliani and Powell have continued to make conspiratorial and baseless claims about widespread voter fraud, for which they have provided no evidence.
The president is concerned his team is comprised of fools that are making him look bad, said one source familiar with the thinking. Asked why he would not fire them, this person replied, in essence, who knows?
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Trump was also not pleased with the optics of the brown substance, presumed to be hair dye or a makeup product, dripping down Giulianis face during the nearly two-hour news conference Thursday, according to one of the sources familiar with the presidents reaction.
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Giuliani got his major role on the team by default, according to one ally, because hes unabashed in his support for Trump and willing to say and do things other attorneys may not. Adding to that, the presidents first choice longtime aide David Bossie was sidelined from the effort when he was infected with the coronavirus earlier this month.
redstatebluegirl
(12,265 posts)Look at the orange one's hair and makeup. He is worried about the optics of Rudy's hair dye? Really???
Iliyah
(25,111 posts)TDale313
(7,820 posts)You dont need any help on that account.
MineralMan
(146,254 posts)Think about it...then concede.
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)gratuitous
(82,849 posts)So what's a lawyer supposed to do but fling shit at the wall in hopes that something sticks better than Rudy's hair dye?
You should fire them all and represent yourself, Donald! Show 'em how it's done.
Stinky The Clown
(67,761 posts)You picked 'em, Donnie Boy
So FUCK YOU
dalton99a
(81,392 posts)dascientist
(398 posts).....
Windy City Charlie
(1,178 posts)You can already see he's setting up to throw everyone around him under the bus for not doing enough.
nolabear
(41,932 posts)unblock
(52,116 posts)catbyte
(34,333 posts)Raven123
(4,791 posts)FakeNoose
(32,579 posts)Time to resign, loser!
C_U_L8R
(44,987 posts)No historian will ever say he was a particularly smart or insightful President. And definitely not a good one.
NRaleighLiberal
(60,006 posts)kysrsoze
(6,019 posts)AnotherMother4Peace
(4,237 posts)Giuliani said this in an interview a while back. I remember seeing it on TV.
Maru Kitteh
(28,313 posts)When Chris effing Christie calls you a national embarrassment . . . . . .
demtenjeep
(31,997 posts)the petulant child can go fuck himself
Guy Whitey Corngood
(26,494 posts)exboyfil
(17,862 posts)I seated all these judges and they are ruling against me. Some didn't have two years of experience before I put them on the 2nd highest Court in the land. I was promised by (insert favorite Federalist zealot name) that they would rule in my favor. That was the deal.
PatSeg
(47,260 posts)I really had no idea that it was other people who made Trump look bad!
Paladin
(28,243 posts)DFW
(54,277 posts)What he seems to ignore is that he looked pretty bad even before his team got busy making matters worse.
Tripper11
(4,338 posts)NightWatcher
(39,343 posts)global1
(25,224 posts)Trump concerned his team is comprised of "fools that are making him look bad".
This team is 'his team'. He picked it and he is running with it. If anyone is a 'fool and making him look bad' - it's he himself.
He's the biggest fool of all as the boss of his team that hired these fools to represent him.
bdamomma
(63,799 posts)has many mental issues, now he is lashing out on us because of his troubled childhood......he needs to be bodily removed.
He wants his revenge on us for not voting for him. He is a sick sick POS.
He is burning the country before he leaves. He is a dangerous toddler who needs to be slapped down.
liberalla
(9,224 posts)Honestly
KWR65
(1,098 posts)genxlib
(5,518 posts)To run a fool's errand
NJCher
(35,619 posts)but that Sydney Powell character brings a whole new dimension to the term "nut job."
About an hour ago the NY Times posted at article about her. Here are some choice quotes:
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In a matter of minutes, Ms. Powell blamed Cuba, Venezuela, the Clinton Foundation, the billionaire George Soros and Antifa, a loosely defined left-wing movement, for somehow making votes for Mr. Trump disappear.
Georgia is probably going to be the first state Im going to blow up, Ms. Powell said over the weekend in an interview with Newsmax TV. And Mr. Kemp and the secretary of state need to go with it.
Isn't this fun? Oh and she says Cuba, Venezuela, etc., have a "secret algorithm" which helped them steal the votes.
Here's more:
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Ms. Powell also used her media appearances to amplify social media posts promoting QAnon, the baseless conspiracy theory whose proponents believe Mr. Trump is battling a cabal of satanic pedophiles.
Conspiracies within the American government have been a preoccupation of hers for some time: In 2014 she self-published a book that purports to be a seminal work in exposing the Deep State.
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I looked for the book on Amazon but it's not there. There are tons of books, though, on Qanon and all their other conspiracy silliness.
More fun quotes at the NY Times article:
https://www.nytimes.com/article/who-is-sidney-powell.html
Windy City Charlie
(1,178 posts)My guess he's setting up to file a lawsuit against his legal team for bad representation.
Initech
(100,036 posts)myohmy2
(3,139 posts)...only one fool and he's made himself look bad...because he is bad, horribly bad...
...I never thought I'd live to see it, but trump actually made the chimp look like a 'normal' president...
...and that's not easy...
Baclava
(12,047 posts)Caliman73
(11,725 posts)This is what happens when no limits are set. His whole life Trump was never really held to account for anything. He is delusional about how things work in real life.
Blue_true
(31,261 posts)is that 74 million Americans thought that Boob was remotely competent enough to lead this country for four more years.
Cha
(296,821 posts)all by yourself.. your stupid crew is greasy icing on the dumpster fire
Dorian Gray
(13,479 posts)yeah....
spanone
(135,791 posts)lindysalsagal
(20,581 posts)And he still thinks he'd fit to run anything larger than a restaurant coatroom?