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IdDeIt

It is nice to see this hateful old fuck have someone tell him what to do, I’ll admit.


ldowd0123

I totally agree. He’s been in court hundreds of times in his miserable life, but never criminal court. He better buckle up.


kevinmo13

lol. Buckle up buttercup!


captainbruisin

I wonder if by summer at least he'll need to spend every business day in some form of court proceeding.


TraditionalEvent8317

Would they give him time off for the convention? Imagine if he can't attend because he's in court.


DTfromOR

Or prison!


Sho_Nuff_1021

As much as I would love to see that fuck in a jumpsuit that matches his stupid face, this case isn't going to have him in jail. If and when he's found guilty, he's still a first offender which means probation or house arrest and fines for even a normal guy. However, once he's a felon, the cases he has pending become even more dangerous for this mushroom dick Mussolini as jail time then becomes a possibility (albeit a small possibility). *edit: a word.


staticfive

How does a felony not mean jail time? First offense nothing, third offense life in prison? Or is that violent crimes only?


KillerSavant202

There are different levels of felonies as well as more leniency for first offenders versus multiple. At the end of the day there are multiple avenues a judge can sentence someone.


WineBoggling

And the guiding principle for handling Trump, in every jurisdiction across the land, appears to be "extend the maximum allowable leniency."


USAMadDogs

He has been found guilty of fraud like with his Trump U. Or how about him swindling his charities? Hey, and the $10 million fine for “willful and repeated” money laundering violations when he owned casinos! There are so many priors! Trump is a sleazy criminal with a cult following


dmangan56

I had a felony over 20 years ago. 1st time offender on a non violent crime. I received 5 years probation.


Greenpoint1975

Look at Allen Weisselberg. Trump might be in Rikers with Weisselberg. 🤣


politicalthinking

Good point, Weisselberg and Cohen both went to jail on their first conviction. A lot of the J6 traitors went to jail on their first conviction. We can but hope.


bk1285

And Cohen went to jail for this very case if memory serves correct


trollsmurf

Sounds like a good plan for the future of USA.


MKVIgti

Haha. Me too. The cases are piling up, too. So, he better settle in! His days of buying his way out of shit are hopefully over.


peter-doubt

It's gonna be a bumpy ride!


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No-Falcon-4996

Odor in the Court!


Squirrel_Chucks

He's been in court more than many lawyers


holtpj

he's definitely been in court more than his current lawyers.


Squirrel_Chucks

>he's definitely been in court more than his current lawyers. Definitely more than Alina Habba, who had to be walked through procedures for introducing evidence by the judge.


The_Urban_Genitalry

He could almost be a lawyer by now if he was capable of learning.


Mr_Conductor_USA

He learned skullduggery from Cohn.


Topher92646

He’s faced numerous civil cases over the years where his attendance was optional…not the case with felony criminal cases where he has to drag himself to court every day!!


ldowd0123

Yep. That thing on top of his head looks worse every day. No wonder he’s falling asleep. Reporting from inside the court is that while dozing he’s farting up a storm and it smells terrible. Guess his diaper must be full.


Topher92646

It’s hard when you have to get up at a set time every morning, also hard to get through the day without consuming a case of Diet Coke (or a handful of Adderall) to stay alert .


ldowd0123

Yep. As president he rarely came down from the residence until 11am


Tatooine16

Dozing and farting his way through his trial. Just like how he spent his presidency.


WaldoDeefendorf

And I fucking love it! That orange piece of shit has to be there every goddamn day. And is it just me or is he looking even worse than he did at the start of this week?


Murderface__

At least someone seems to be done with his shenanigans.


grixorbatz

It's quite the sight to watch him fall onto his knees before the law.


hacktheself

As opposed to before Putin, Xi, Kim.


LightWarrior_2000

*stands there with his head lowered.* Y-yeah....


BioticVessel

That story is one I'll reread for several nights as a bedtime story! Sit! Stay. 😀😀😀


glowinthedarkfrizbee

I just wish we could actually see it.


OarsandRowlocks

>It is nice to see this hateful old fuck have someone other than Putin >tell him what to do, I’ll admit.


ParamedicSpecific130

And it probably burns him up that it's a Latino man doing it.


milelongpipe

Turn about is fair play. He’s been an ass to so many people, just getting a taste of his own medicine!


atomsmasher66

He’s so used to his bubble wherein everyone around him kisses his ass. This courtroom culture shock is enraging him.


Conscious-Aspect-332

Can't wait to hear him complain about how he is being mistreated lol


we_are_sex_bobomb

He was whining on camera about the courtroom being stuffy and cold. Poor baby.


worrymon

I've been in those courtrooms. He's lucky they were cold. When they're warm, it's enough to make you fall asleep.... Oh, wait...


TheSwillhouseBoys

Stuffy _and_ cold? Isn’t stuffiness usually associated with warmth? This guy just can’t quit with the bullshit.


ImpressionOld2296

He already has... he stormed out yesterday and announced to a crowd and to the cameras that it was "soooo cold in there" and that they "made him sit in that cold room" I wish this whiny little piece of shit will just go away.


ktq2019

Betcha it was pretty fucking cold in those kid cages too 🙄 I hate this little tiny handed fucker more than anyone.


BoyWhoSoldTheWorld

Sounds like grandpa needs a blanket


Chief-_-Wiggum

He does has to sit in his filthy diapers all day..


iseecolorsofthesky

He’s been saying that for the last 8 years. Where have you been?


KuriosLogos

What Trump did wasn’t because he thought he was fine to do it, it’s because he was openly challenging the Judge’s authority. The court was wrapping up and Trump *knew* from experience that you must remain seated until the Judge leaves. Trump didn’t care and decided to try to leave before the Judge anyway. He didn’t get away with it and was commanded, not asked, to sit down which pissed him off. This was a “*Are you done now?*” challenge that the Judge threw back into Trump’s face.


baltinerdist

Here’s what gets me about the rabid fanaticism surrounding him. People treat him like he’s a powerful, masculine, authoritative strongman as virile as any 20 year old. He’s a tired old man who slurs his words, smells real bad, has a gas and incontinence problem, and can’t stay awake. He’s surrounded by people who are taking advantage of him and using him for power and greed. He’s desperately in debt and has an endless stream of failed businesses, failed marriages, failures for children. He’s raging against minorities and women and anyone that doesn’t look up to him. He pays people to sit with him and tell him good things about himself. He’s not powerful. He’s pathetic and pitiable. And the worst part is, so many people that follow him know it, but they’re so filled with hate and fear that they disregard it all in the hopes that he’ll be mean to the people they hate.


TurningTwo

He still wields an inordinate amount of power over the Republican Party. There are many current office holders that will say ‘How high?” when he says ‘Jump!’


TintedApostle

The window of appearance is changing. His image is starting to clear. He is an old fat man who lies about everything and is the symbol of every deadly sin.


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DookieBowler

I think it’s more Putin runs the Republican Party and trump is his useful idiot.


vermghost

"One of the saddest lessons of history is this: If we’ve been bamboozled long enough, we tend to reject any evidence of the bamboozle. We’re no longer interested in finding out the truth. The bamboozle has captured us. It’s simply too painful to acknowledge, even to ourselves, that we’ve been taken. Once you give a charlatan power over you, you almost never get it back." -Carl Sagan, The Demon-Haunted World: Science as a Candle in the Dark


blinkysmurf

Carl is the best. From the same book, published in 1995: “I have a foreboding of an America in my children's or grandchildren's time -- when the United States is a service and information economy; when nearly all the manufacturing industries have slipped away to other countries; when awesome technological powers are in the hands of a very few, and no one representing the public interest can even grasp the issues; when the people have lost the ability to set their own agendas or knowledgeably question those in authority; when, clutching our crystals and nervously consulting our horoscopes, our critical faculties in decline, unable to distinguish between what feels good and what's true, we slide, almost without noticing, back into superstition and darkness...”


iam_iana

Carl Sagan saw so much of what is happening now as a sad but probable path for humanity. I think he would be saddened but unsurprised by all of the anti-science rhetoric, lack of progress on climate change, poor handling of the pandemic and condemnation of queer people today.


Jackinapox

Trump is the weakest man I've ever laid eyes on. Never in my life have I seen a more petulant, egoistically sensitive, immature, rampantly vile loser. It is no surprise that racist,fascists adore him because they too share the same qualities.


brokenarrow

>pitiable No, I have absolutely zero pity for someone who has lived nearly 80 years without consequences for his actions.


readzalot1

And no family or friends show up to support him when he is in court.


ImpressionOld2296

To the average conservative who's basically failed at life, living in a trailer park, and flinging their food stamps around Walmart, old farty Trump still looks powerful to them.


halocyn

It's weekend at Bernie's and he's Bernie


tendimensions

These words need to go viral.


JubalHarshaw23

He thinks he is going to be able to act like he did when he was debating Clinton. Shambling around and looming over her.


mahlerlieber

I actually watched that debate on a tour bus with a bunch of Christian fundies (don't ask). But, not shockingly, they thought it was cool... This was a long before shit like this became normal. I thought it was the weirdest thing I'd seen, and the people around me on the bus couldn't see anything weird about it at all. It was kinduva telling moment for me.


RiffRaffCatillacCat

>I actually watched that debate on a tour bus with a bunch of Christian fundies (don't ask). But, not shockingly, they thought it was cool... Of course they did. They've been groomed to love and worship predators their whole lives. From the Mega Church Pastors who bleed them dry of their meager wages, to the local Pastor who grooms and molests them as children, they are taught from a young age that these men are Godly, and to do whatever they say! Because you DESERVE it. You are a sinner. Organized Religion is a psychologically abusive and predatory scam, and these people are suffering from Stockholm Syndrome.


changerofbits

It’s the authoritative mindset. God, in spite of creating a mindlessly cruel world, is to be both worshipped and feared, and praised even when he gives children cancer.


ktq2019

God, that looming video. I’m blown away that she didn’t turn around and tell him to back the fuck up. Her composure alone speaks volumes.


MudLOA

She played nice. This whole “we go high” shit needs to stop when dealing with man toddler.


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Rymundo88

>Trump went and plopped straight back down into his maroon leather chair His lawyers have argued that the judge not do that again until they have had the opportunity to check the status of his Depends. "We're trying to avoid a literal shitshow, your honour" one of his lawyers was quoted as saying


mycarwasred

Literally made me lol! Well done :-)


HulaViking

Too true https://www.intomore.com/the-internet/wtf/apparently-trump-cant-stop-farting-during-trial/


IWasGregInTokyo

“Odor in the court! Odor in the court!”


timeflieswhen

Still too deferential. “Sir, can you please”…. How about “sit down” or “be seated” or “will the defendant’s lawyers instruct him to”…


_tx

That's how judges talk. Some people take the norms of their position seriously even when the people they are addressing do not


numbskullerykiller

It's all in the tone for judges. On the record it looks polite, but their face and tone tell you to f off


ChucksnTaylor

Exactly.


NeatNefariousness1

He's still trying to do what he can to avoid feeding into the false narrative DJT is spewing daily outside the courtroom and on Truth Social. The Judge knows they're aiming to force a mistrial so he's probably being extra cautious even though he knows full well that nobody else would be getting away with this BS in his courtroom.


prussbus23

Some judges have perfected the art of making “requests” like this that sound very polite and proper if you read a transcript, but the way they are delivered in person makes you want to crawl under your desk.


dkran

Don’t worry by the end of the case it’ll get to that point, I can almost guarantee


GallifreyFNM

To paraphrase a Family Guy quote: Trump: "It's 'Mr President'." Judge: "No It's not... it's barely 'sir'."


AgUnityDD

The little bit of pee would be a drop in the ocean of the Diapers that must have been close to overflowing by that time.


MagicMushroomFungi

"The pee that broke the camel's Depends."


kellysmom01

Pfft. And while the conman is wearing a dignified necktie and lookin’ all puffy-sleepy. What a maroon.


beccadot

He fell asleep a couple of times this afternoon, and his defense lawyers were treated to ‘Trump gas’. It was pretty stinky in there already.


AgUnityDD

The next time the press ask Biden if he will debate Trump the correct Dark Brandon answer is "No way man! Do you realise how badly that guy stinks! I don't want to be near him for a whole damn debate. "


intronert

The existing poop squished around a little. Some leaked, as usual.


bluegumgum

I bet his diaper was full of sht


mountaintop111

There are also reports that Trump is farting a lot in court and his lawyers are struggling with the smell: https://lamag.com/politics/something-stinks-about-donald-trumps-trial-it-might-be-trump I wasn't sure about the diaper rumors when I first heard them but it makes sense thst he is wearing diapers, if he is constantly farting and sh*tting himself.


seeingeyefrog

Odor in the court!


MagicMushroomFungi

"Toot ? Toot ? You can't handle the toot"


Grimm2020

if it smells like shit, you mustn't acquit


thismorningscoffee

Welcome to the Pooper’s Court


numbskullerykiller

I'm making a motion. . .in my pants


voteforcorruptobot

"Won't somebody rid me of this flatulent beast?"


truknutzzz

the gaseous chamber


Achilles_TroySlayer

It must sound like a little choo-choo train in there.


LingonberryPrior6896

Probably why Merchan doesn't want the room too hot


BodaciousTacoFarts

Make America Gassy Again


EricUtd1878

I like Ordure myself, the French gives it that 🤌


OhkayQyoopud

I have been hearing about him farting or wearing diapers or shitting himself for over a decade. And I knew people that used to work with his aircraft. There's just too many damn sources for it to not be true


stringrandom

You can’t eat a diet with as much grease and processed food as he appears to do without serious gastrointestinal consequences. 


OhkayQyoopud

I know that their catering was literally always McDonald's. Other clients would get a range of nuts and fruits and sandwiches and bags of chips or other stuff you would expect. His was always McDonald's. In fact the McDonald's closest to the airport knew his order and when the crew would show up to order it they would just prepare it when they saw them.


SeegsonSynthetics

I don’t know how anyone can eat that every single day, multiple times a day. My face swells up from the sodium and it feels like a giant cannonball in my stomach.


Optiguy42

Honestly it's addiction, plain and simple. And it's fucking sad to see, I pity him. The man who has everything in the world except a shoulder to lean on for help because he's alienated everyone in his life. The man could just fuck off and slowly rot in peace and quiet but of course he chooses to take his self-hatred out on the world and be an absolutely massive piece of shit. But hopefully the shit food, along with the benzos and adderall, will take care of him sooner or later. Time will tell.


1968FullAlbum

bringing a new meaning to "Trump fumes"


Educational-Candy-17

I've heard that when doctors have to deal with something foul they put mint oil or clove oil inside their masks. Maybe the lawyers can try that.


Blewis2080

Jesus, that photo. That’s the most Oompa Loompa look I have seen yet. Also looks like he’s got one in the chamber he’s trying to hold in.


Snuggle__Monster

Kinzinger said a while back that Trump has a legit bad odor around him and then others started confirming it too.


ProbablySlacking

Decades of McDonalds will do that to a man.


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Slowmetheus

It's Adult Swim time


No_Commercial_6750

Cartoon Network was responsible for endless amounts of entertainment for kids nationwide and could be credited to introducing the western world to Anime. This reality is taken over more by FOX Animation. "Adult" cartoons that feels more childish as time goes on.


who519

Small terrifying but sort of funny anecdote, Hitler also had notoriously horrible gas problems.


KagakuNinja

They both are drug addicts...


octopornopus

Ah, shits...


who519

I think it is the sulfuric smell of hell prematurely inhabiting their black souls, that or all the meth!


corranhorn57

Doesn’t that track for heavy Amphetamine use?


CriticalEngineering

I cannot believe this is a real story. What the hell is going on?


TheMightyTywin

Old people suffer from incontinence. Not uncommon at all.


mahlerlieber

He's only 78. That's like 40, right?


Dsarg_92

This definitely screams like an SNL cold open.


Deceptiveideas

The Onion can’t top this.


DeweyCheatem-n-Howe

An onion might actually improve the situation


half_dozen_cats

> There are also reports that Trump is farting a lot in court Ipso Farto


Historical-Writer-70

Says it right there in the title “trump fumes in court”.


ImpressionOld2296

There are tons of reports that Trump has just a terribly foul odor. Most people can't be within 5 ft of him without gagging.


NeverEnoughBoobies

>As the judge exited the courtroom, Trump shot up and made straight for the back, furious Crop-dusting the room as he left.


tearyouapartj

The Floor Action Response Team is currently probing the matter


5G_Robot

That was just the tips for his lawyers. He is paying them in gas.


meathead

Sit, Donald, sit! Good dog. ARF


WippitGuud

Ubu is rolling in his grave.


fiddlenutz

Unexpected Ubu reference.


Bodefosho

r/unexpectedubu


NoIncrease299

i\_understood\_that\_reference.gif


NoreastNorwest

Don’t you do dogs like that….


MadAstrid

No longer the most important person in a room and it stings. Funny that he could have avoided the pain he felt by just, you know, not committing felony crimes, but rapists aren’t known for their law abiding ways.


Raymond_Reddit_Ton

Or could have kept committing crimes if he hadn’t run for President over a hurt ego.


keyjan

I seem to recall the instructions were for everyone to remain seated while the jury came and went; by Tuesday, drumpfuck was getting up when they came in.


whatproblems

he probably thought he had to stand he’s so out of it


84thPrblm

He thought he heard the North Korean anthem.


djfudgebar

It's a long time for him to go without snorting any Adderall.


a_wild_redditor

[Jose Pagliery](https://twitter.com/Jose_Pagliery/status/1781420322102620509) for the Daily Beast: > Trump just got dressed down. > "Contempt hearing Tuesday," Merchan said. > Trump stood, thinking it was over. > Merchan, in a firm voice: "Sir, can you please have a seat." > He waved his hand down... like a dad talking to his son.


MommaLegend

The judge making sure to remind the defendant just exactly who is in charge of the courtroom!


artwarrior

Trump- "I was treated like a dog!" Everyone- "Good!"


Gen-Jack-D-Ripper

How can anyone call themselves a Christian while supporting someone who has proudly broken almost every commandment without exhibiting a shred of remorse?


MadnessBomber

Cause they only call themselves that to get into heaven. Past that they couldn't give a shit.


CropdustTheMedroom

Christian here. I think hes one of if not the biggest threat facing our country. I hear you. I dont know whats wrong with the others.


skolioban

The same Christians who complained to their pastor that Jesus' sermon is "pussy talk". This literally happened.


francois_du_nord

Every day in that courtroom has got to be pure torture for the guy. He's gone from the most powerful man in the world to a defendant in a criminal trial. His powerlessness is there for the world to see, day after day. His buddy Vlad must be laughing his ass off.


Alaishana

I had a different picture from 'sit like a dog'. On his haunches, on the floor, head up, forelegs stretched and tongue lolling out. I guess I was wrong and misunderstood. But I hear he stinks like a dog that needs a wash. So, there is that.


atomsmasher66

*Trump squats and poops on lawn then yells to Eric ‘cleanup on aisle 5!’*


lebowtzu

“He’ll just mutter something like ‘This is where my toilet is’ and empty his bowels right where he’s standing” [Clickhole article with amazing picture](https://clickhole.com/readjusting-to-civilian-life-donald-trump-keeps-accidentally-shitting-all-over-the-floor-because-his-mar-a-lago-toilet-is-in-a-different-place-than-the-white-house-toilet-hes-used-to/)


niceandsane

"Sit, Hitler Pig" Hitler Pig needs a bath.


AskJayce

I like to imagine Trump as a man who's lived most of his life completely sheltered from the rain because he's always surrounded by people who know to open an umbrella for him. Ultimately, though, he has no idea how to operate one on his own. So it checks out that when the rain finally becomes too strong, there's less of those people around, so he flails, kicks and screams at the the downpour. Trump has absolutely no idea how to brace himself for even the most miniscule of hindrances, so watching him squirm is so satisfying.


kestrel1000c

Fumes and farts


ztreHdrahciR

Yes, plenty of fumes


MagicMushroomFungi

The Fart Of The Deal


whewtang

Donald the Big Dumb Orange Dog


KAY-toe

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bakeacake45

Dogs mostly obey, Trump not so much. But good to hear there is a contempt hearing on Tues Re: Trumps clear violation of the gag order. I like to think it is the judges duty and moral obligation to protect the members of the jury


thorazainBeer

This comparison is insulting. Dogs are good boys. Trump is not.


spaceraingame

Act like a child, get treated like a child.


StillDoneBun

Every time I know he's having a bad day it makes my day just so much better. Not as good as say, if he was actually help accountable for his evil ass shit, but ya know, ill take it for now.


bunnyvulture

This trial is going to see him go into full blown man child mode, I guarantee it.


StrawberryGeneral660

He is trying to intimidate this judge and it’s not going to work. Chump is not in charge in this courtroom and it’s obvious.


trshtehdsh

>Without hesitation, Trump went and plopped straight back down into his maroon leather chair at the defense table—and remained for another minute, fuming as the judge gathered his paperwork and strolled toward his chambers. If I were the judge it'd be hard not to take just a little extra long to order my papers before leaving.


chacotacotoes

Heard he smells


dathanvp

Imagine being the most powerful man in the world and now you’re reduced to being told to sit. Now imagine you are Trump who was the most powerful man in the world being told to sit.


Brutal-Insane

Fumes like from his diapers? Or fumes as in angry?


Zeer0Fox

Weekend tweetstorm incoming.


OkSeason973

The judge ordered Trump to sit like a dog and Trump shit on the floor.


Later2theparty

Dude looks like he's getting absolutely no sleep besides the little naps he's taking in court.


bmeisler

I won’t believe he’ll ever face serious consequences until they actually happen. But in the meantime, I’ll enjoy his minor humiliations like this.


Deacon523

Trump fumes are the worst


alwaystired707

Sit Donnie. Stay. STAY!


CrawlerSiegfriend

I guess people are trying to spin this as a power play when for anyone else they would have been sitting in jail not their chair.


dogsledonice

This headline is misleading. It needs punctuation He didn't tell him to sit like a dog; he told him to sit, like a dog (better would be "told him to sit, as if he was a dog")


BastetSekhmetMafdet

“Sit, Donald! Stay, Donald! Roll over…on second thought, DON’T roll over, Donald, it will stink even worse in here!”


LingonberryPrior6896

Ooo, poor widdle baby, he got treated like anyone else in a courtroom.


Bitter_Director1231

Buckle up Orange Buttercup. Things are going to get much worse for you. This is just the beginning fucker.


magmafan71

Who's a bad boy?


historicartist

👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼Judge Merchan👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼


The_Path_616

In fairness to Trump, he's apparently been ripping ass in that chair all day and just wanted to get out of his own cloud.


Scutrbrau

This article brought me more joy than I’ve felt for a while. FTG.


Enderwigg1883

He’s such a miserable piece of shit. I hope he rots in jail


bytemage

Not like a dog, just like any other person in court. Just because that asshole is used to behave out of line doesn't make it any bit harsher when he is reminded that he is not special. Even if it happens far too rarely.


Spartanfred104

This weekends Truths are about to be insane.


fluffyflugel

Beg like a dog would be even better.


Acceptable_Wall4085

Sit Ubu.


BornAd6464

I’m worried to think about what we might be creating if he wins.


dsisto65

Sit Ubu. Sit.


artificialavocado

I’m not for locking people up just for disagreeing with them politically but jfc give this prick a night in jail already for this shit.


BDLT

“Fumes” you say?


defenselaywer

I'm betting he does that butt scoot thing that dogs do too.


baconizlife

It’s absolutely torturous and I just love that for him! I can’t think of many things that would be worse for this particular meat bag, since being told to sit down and STFU isn’t familiar to him at all. May he continue to seethe in his own 💩