Trumpworld’s Post-Conviction Spin Cycle

robosmith · June 6, 2024

Trumpworld’s Post-Conviction Spin Cycle

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In some ways, the political aftermath of the Trump trial is vaguely reminiscent of when the Access Hollywood video came out in 2016. At the time, Trumpworld fell into a great silence of uncertainty. Trump’s political acolytes are similarly uncertain now—only loudly so—as it dawns upon them that Don’s Teflon might finally be wearing off. It probably didn’t help to see Trump himself out there desperately attempting to work the refs by repeating his pedantic treatise on ledgers. “Did you ever see a ledger?” he asked during a highly edited Fox and Friends appearance Sunday. “Did you ever study accounting? The line’s like about an inch long and an eighth of an inch wide. You can’t write the story. But there is no story, if you pay a legal expense and you write it down as a legal expense.”

Trump has always been able to maintain a grip on a certain percentage of American voters because of his infinite capacity for shamelessness in the face of shamefulness. He doesn’t apologize. He doesn’t admit when he’s wrong. He never questions his own bad decisions. But now, a jury has found Trump to be guilty on 34 counts of falsifying business records, making him the first president to ever be convinced of a felony—and possibly the first presidential candidate who won’t even be able to vote for himself. In Trump’s world, this reality doesn’t really matter. It’s something that can be endlessly spun and mangled and perverted into a word salad of projection and lies. But when it comes to wiping off a stain that’s this indelible, Trumpworld is going to have a much harder time. And for now, all they can seem to manage is smudging it.

Payoffs to hush politically damaging stories are campaign expenses, NOT legal expenses.

And Trump didn't report his $130K campaign expense in violation of NY state law.

As always, those who believe his LIES have been CONNED.