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TFG is toast -- evidence from the law suit provided by Tim O'Brien. (Original Post) Grasswire2 Jul 2021 OP
K&R spanone Jul 2021 #1
Sounds promising. But, so far nothing sticks. Fingers crossed. mucifer Jul 2021 #2
They're picking them off one at a time. I think the spawn are next before they go to the top. George II Jul 2021 #18
Ivanka will have a designer orange jumpsuit alfredo Jul 2021 #34
She's probably "architecting" it now. George II Jul 2021 #37
She looks good in orange. trusty elf Jul 2021 #40
Oh, that's perfect! ShazzieB Jul 2021 #48
LOL LiberalLovinLug Jul 2021 #49
Can someone please tell me what the FG in TFG stands for? PlanetBev Jul 2021 #3
Just "The Former Guy" TreasonousBastard Jul 2021 #4
Former guy. tblue37 Jul 2021 #5
I know what the 'F' is for EYESORE 9001 Jul 2021 #57
My brain auto-corrects tfg to Danascot Jul 2021 #64
In my case EYESORE 9001 Jul 2021 #65
It's a homage to President Biden due to his early on referring to the former guy as the former guy. Hugin Jul 2021 #6
And wryter2000 Jul 2021 #11
After hearing about what TFG called Joe Biden a week or so ago... Hugin Jul 2021 #12
I love it, too. ShazzieB Jul 2021 #35
Former President Trump doesn't care what people on DU call him. NurseJackie Jul 2021 #39
Of course he doesn't care. ShazzieB Jul 2021 #53
Then why refer to him at all? NurseJackie Jul 2021 #55
+1 n/t Hugin Jul 2021 #46
It's not as clever as you may think. NurseJackie Jul 2021 #31
You're entitled to your opinion. n/t Hugin Jul 2021 #33
I disagree strongly. (See reply #35, above.) ShazzieB Jul 2021 #36
It's a fad. A "craze" without intellectual merit. NurseJackie Jul 2021 #38
LOLOLOLOL. Grasswire2 Jul 2021 #43
Full disclosure... Hugin Jul 2021 #54
This. FFS people, no need to make up acronyms themaguffin Jul 2021 #9
Tell that to President Biden🙄 we can do it Jul 2021 #13
He posts on forums "TFG?" themaguffin Jul 2021 #14
His words. Try to keep up. we can do it Jul 2021 #15
Once. In February. A throwaway comment... NurseJackie Jul 2021 #51
So are these whiny posts. we can do it Jul 2021 #59
Exactly themaguffin Jul 2021 #67
Yeah, you missed my point. FFS. themaguffin Jul 2021 #66
The Former Guy 50 Shades Of Blue Jul 2021 #17
Treasonous Fucking Grifter IronLionZion Jul 2021 #21
I have no qualms with that... Hugin Jul 2021 #23
Ooh. I like your TFG MontanaMama Jul 2021 #25
Asks sheilahi Jul 2021 #24
So many questions... Hugin Jul 2021 #26
The world is a confusing place and these are WTF times we live in IronLionZion Jul 2021 #32
Fucking Grifter ZonkerHarris Jul 2021 #50
Uh-oh! lagomorph777 Jul 2021 #7
I'm not usually one of the nay sayers on DU wryter2000 Jul 2021 #8
I still can feel that disappointment. Ugh. themaguffin Jul 2021 #10
TFG may not be charges csziggy Jul 2021 #22
I wonder how the hotel / golf businesses are doing? speak easy Jul 2021 #27
From what I have read, not good csziggy Jul 2021 #29
I am glad for that wryter2000 Jul 2021 #28
I think the biggest punishment for him would be if his businesses all went belly up csziggy Jul 2021 #30
I think this is a lot different from fitzmas. ShazzieB Jul 2021 #42
Okay wryter2000 Jul 2021 #60
patience, grasshopper nt Grasswire2 Jul 2021 #44
K&R ffr Jul 2021 #16
wonder if TFG Depends supply is running low ? monkeyman1 Jul 2021 #19
Why ridicule people who need Depend underwear? NurseJackie Jul 2021 #58
my apologies! bad case of not thinking that one out !!! monkeyman1 Jul 2021 #61
... NurseJackie Jul 2021 #62
Ooops! Nt Baked Potato Jul 2021 #20
Most of the fools provide their own evidence via Facebook and twitter. Trump provides his Vinca Jul 2021 #41
And this is just the beginning of the revelations. Grasswire2 Jul 2021 #47
It's all downhill from here malaise Jul 2021 #45
K & R Duppers Jul 2021 #52
Tax fraud sent another mobster to prison, Al Capone. Buckeye_Democrat Jul 2021 #56
This is all so delicious. sellitman Jul 2021 #63
I hope 45 suffers a lot before he dies SunImp Jul 2021 #68

ShazzieB

(16,265 posts)
48. Oh, that's perfect!
Fri Jul 2, 2021, 03:31 PM
Jul 2021

Someone did a really good photoshop job putting Princess Sparkle Pony's face on Barbie!

PlanetBev

(4,104 posts)
3. Can someone please tell me what the FG in TFG stands for?
Fri Jul 2, 2021, 12:48 PM
Jul 2021

I’m seeing this abbreviation all the time. I’m assuming it’s Trump Fucking but what’s with the G?

Hugin

(33,039 posts)
6. It's a homage to President Biden due to his early on referring to the former guy as the former guy.
Fri Jul 2, 2021, 12:51 PM
Jul 2021

The Former Guy = TFG.

It is a clever way of singling out Trump while simultaneously letting the air out of anything he claims he is at this point. Apparently, it grates on him only slightly less than calling him a loser.

Hugin

(33,039 posts)
12. After hearing about what TFG called Joe Biden a week or so ago...
Fri Jul 2, 2021, 01:15 PM
Jul 2021

Which out of respect for him as both a human being and President I will not repeat here.

I've sworn to never show an ounce of human dignity toward that malignant narcissist which includes uttering his name in any form other than as a reference to who I am specifically talking about in context.

The only exception being when I am referring to Dr Mary Trump. Those times, I will use her full name so there can be no confusion between the two.

TFG is the only socially palatable thing I can use in normal parlance.

ShazzieB

(16,265 posts)
35. I love it, too.
Fri Jul 2, 2021, 02:55 PM
Jul 2021

Think about it: the dude is in love with his name (which is also his brand). He builds buildings, names them after himself, and then splashes his name all over them in gigantic letters.

Talking about him without mentioning his name is the perfect dis, imo.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
39. Former President Trump doesn't care what people on DU call him.
Fri Jul 2, 2021, 03:08 PM
Jul 2021
He builds buildings, names them after himself, and then splashes his name all over them in gigantic letters.
He doesn't spend one iota of his time worrying that someone on DU didn't call him "Trump" (or had some juvenile name for him, or some obscure acronym, or used asterisks between the T and P.)

Does anyone actually and sincerely believe that he cares about anything that happens at DU.

Please.

ShazzieB

(16,265 posts)
53. Of course he doesn't care.
Fri Jul 2, 2021, 03:57 PM
Jul 2021

We aren't doing it because we think he cares. We don't need for him to care.

Yes, it's a symbolic dis of him and his stupid name, but the symbolism is for the benefit of those who are aware of it. It's also a convenient way of avoiding the use of a name that most of us are sick and tired of hearing, reading and typing, and I think it beats hell out of most of the other nicknames people have been using for
him.

No one's insisting that everyone has to use it. Those of us who like it will continue to use it. Those who don't care for it are welcome not to. Win-win!

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
55. Then why refer to him at all?
Fri Jul 2, 2021, 03:59 PM
Jul 2021
It's also a convenient way of avoiding the use of a name that most of us are sick and tired of hearing, reading and typing,
Then why refer to him at all? Why add stumbling blocks and confusion to the conversation of things that might otherwise be useful or informative?

Win-win!
No. It's just a ridiculous fad that makes people who are part of the "in-crowd" look silly.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
31. It's not as clever as you may think.
Fri Jul 2, 2021, 02:48 PM
Jul 2021
It is a clever way of singling out Trump
It's not as clever as you may think. It's juvenile and it's a stumbling block to having intelligent adult conversations or sharing useful information and news.

It's just ridiculous.

ShazzieB

(16,265 posts)
36. I disagree strongly. (See reply #35, above.)
Fri Jul 2, 2021, 03:00 PM
Jul 2021

I don't think it's the least bit juvenile. In fact, I think it's just about perfect.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
51. Once. In February. A throwaway comment...
Fri Jul 2, 2021, 03:50 PM
Jul 2021

... not a nickname. Biden doesn't go around continually referring to Trump or the Trump administration or Trump policies as "TFG". It's just a silly and juvenile fad that slows down the discussion of news and information.

But I guess it makes people who are "in the know" and the "kool kids" feel special because they're in on the gag.

Ridiculous.

sheilahi

(277 posts)
24. Asks
Fri Jul 2, 2021, 02:07 PM
Jul 2021

I have a couple of questions too. 1. WTF does "woke" mean? 2. And while I'm at it, what did Billy Joe McAllister throw off the Tallahatchee Bridge? And one more if I may. If our knees bent the opposite way, what would chairs look like? Sorry about this but on hot sleepless Oregon nights, these are things I think about. Forgive?

Hugin

(33,039 posts)
26. So many questions...
Fri Jul 2, 2021, 02:13 PM
Jul 2021

Why doesn't ice flow down hill or does it?

Do we all see the same color when we say something is blue?

How come cows don't crow at dawn?

Who really is buried in Grant's tomb?

So many... So many... There isn't nearly enough time.

wryter2000

(46,023 posts)
8. I'm not usually one of the nay sayers on DU
Fri Jul 2, 2021, 01:02 PM
Jul 2021

But this is feeling a lot like Fitzmas. One of the underlings (admittedly a high up one) will suffer but not the one in charge. It's taken all this time...we keep hearing about all the great people on the job...and we haven't heard a breath about tax, insurance, or bank fraud, which we know from testimony have been going on.

csziggy

(34,131 posts)
22. TFG may not be charges
Fri Jul 2, 2021, 02:04 PM
Jul 2021

But the chances are now that the corrupt bookkeeping has been exposed, the banks that have kept his enterprises going will call their loans. Since the TFG's business are over leveraged, his house of cards will come down.


csziggy

(34,131 posts)
29. From what I have read, not good
Fri Jul 2, 2021, 02:28 PM
Jul 2021

But I have not tried following the business news at all, just caught mentions every so often.

wryter2000

(46,023 posts)
28. I am glad for that
Fri Jul 2, 2021, 02:26 PM
Jul 2021

I want to see him do prison time, though, for so many things. I wish he could be charged with a crime for causing 1/6.

csziggy

(34,131 posts)
30. I think the biggest punishment for him would be if his businesses all went belly up
Fri Jul 2, 2021, 02:32 PM
Jul 2021

His ego is so tied up in his various businesses, it would destroy him if they all had to close. That would be MUCH more satisfying for me than seeing him sent to prison where he would be out of the public view. I want him humiliated every time he puts his face in front of a camera!

ShazzieB

(16,265 posts)
42. I think this is a lot different from fitzmas.
Fri Jul 2, 2021, 03:20 PM
Jul 2021

Calling him TFG has nothing to do with an anticipated event. He's "the former guy" because he's no longer potus and because Biden referred to him that way.

He is The Former Guy right now and will always be The Former Guy, regardless of what does or doesn't happen with any of the court cases or investigations.

wryter2000

(46,023 posts)
60. Okay
Fri Jul 2, 2021, 04:42 PM
Jul 2021

But I want him to spend some time in prison. I'd like it to be because he separated all those children, including infants, from their families. Also, for allowing hundreds of thousands of unnecessary deaths by COVID. And, for trying to overthrow our government. I know none of those things will happen, but at least, he could be sent to prison for all his frauds. I'm not satisfied with him money guy going to prison for him.

NurseJackie

(42,862 posts)
58. Why ridicule people who need Depend underwear?
Fri Jul 2, 2021, 04:21 PM
Jul 2021

I'm of a certain age and I use Depend (and other brands, whatever's on sale). What good purpose does it serve to make this fact of life something to be ridiculed and made fun of?

Completely unnecessary. This is right up there with ridiculing and insulting people who live in trailers.

Vinca

(50,236 posts)
41. Most of the fools provide their own evidence via Facebook and twitter. Trump provides his
Fri Jul 2, 2021, 03:20 PM
Jul 2021

from incriminating testimony in previous court cases. I love it!

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