Donald Trump

Guardian -  A second Trump term will threaten everything from freedom of the press and gun safety to foreign policy, abortion, immigration and climate change

Political Wire -  Jeffrey Epstein claimed that Donald Trump was his “closest friend” in audio tapes obtained by the Daily Beast from author Michael Wolff. Epstein referred to Trump as “charming,” and “always fun” but an ultimately friendless person who liked to “fuck the wives of his best friends.”

NY Times - Former President Donald J. Trump has a uniquely personal interest in the outcome of the election: If he wins the White House, he could disrupt or even dispose of the various criminal cases he is facing. But if he loses, he could become the first former president to lose his liberty, too....

Mr. Trump has told people close to him that if he wins the election, the legal cases would simply “go away.” On Thursday he said he would fire Jack Smith, the special counsel who filed two federal cases against him, “within two seconds” if he regains the White House. “I don’t think they’ll impeach me if I fire Jack Smith,” Mr. Trump, who was impeached twice by the House of Representatives, told the radio host Hugh Hewitt.

He went further in another radio interview, suggesting that Mr. Smith should be deported along with undocumented immigrants. “Jack Smith should be considered mentally deranged and he should be thrown out of the country,” Mr. Trump said on WABC, a talk radio station in New York.

Becoming president again would place Mr. Trump back in charge of the Justice Department, giving him significant powers to dispose of the indictments brought by Mr. Smith. In one of those cases, based in Washington, Mr. Trump stands accused of plotting to overturn the 2020 election. In the other, based in Florida, he was charged with illegally holding on to classified material after leaving office.

A victory at the polls could have an impact on the state cases he faces as well. It could hinder efforts by Fani T. Willis, the district attorney of Fulton County, Ga., to pursue her case against Mr. Trump on charges of tampering with the 2020 election results in Georgia. That is because, legal experts say, state authorities are expected to honor a longstanding federal prohibition against prosecuting a sitting president.

For similar reasons, regaining the White House could throw a wrench into Mr. Trump’s sentencing in Manhattan in the case where he was found guilty of falsifying business records to cover up a sex scandal with Stephanie Clifford, a pornographic film actress who goes by the name Stormy Daniels. If he wins, legal scholars say, it is extremely unlikely that he would be forced to serve any time while he remains in office.

When Mr. Trump shows up to Manhattan Criminal Court to be sentenced on Nov. 26, his lawyers are likely to argue that as a 78-year-old man with no prior convictions, he should avoid serving jail time altogether.

But an examination by The New York Times of dozens of similar cases determined that Justice Juan M. Merchan, who is presiding over the case, could well decide to sentence Mr. Trump to jail. The examination found that more than a third of the defendants who were convicted of falsifying business records in Manhattan over the past decade spent time behind bars. And jail could be a real possibility for Mr. Trump not only because he was found guilty of 34 felony counts at trial, but also because he was twice found in contempt for his unruly behavior during the proceedings and has continued to attack both the jury’s verdict and those who played a role in the case. 

Here are the words of 8 of Trumps top Generals.  

Via Brian Krassenstein

Mediaite-  Robert Kennedy Jr. claimed if former President Donald Trump wins the presidency then he would demand U.S. water systems remove fluoride from public water. The former independent presidential candidate made his remarks via X, formerly Twitter, where he referred to water fluoridation as “industrial waste.” Kennedy noted that former First Lady Melania Trump also believes in removing fluoride from water.

Despite believing in numerous health-related conspiracy theories such as vaccines being linked to autism, Trump has vowed to give Kennedy a prominent  role in America’s healthcare.  “On January 20, the Trump White House will advise all U.S​. water systems to remove fluoride from public water,” Trump wrote on X. “Fluoride is an industrial waste associated with arthritis, bone fractures, bone cancer, IQ loss, neurodevelopmental disorders, and thyroid disease.”

Daily Beast - Jeffrey Epstein described himself as Donald Trump’s “closest friend” and claimed intimate knowledge of his proclivity for sex, including cuckolding his best friends, according to recordings obtained exclusively by the Daily Beast.The convicted pedophile even boasted of his closeness to Trump and his now-wife Melania by claiming, “the first time he slept with her was on my plane,” which was dubbed the Lolita Express.