Looks like Trump is getting more than he bargained for when taking on BBC.
“I want justice!! JUSTICE! …uhhhh, now wait a minute…”
No no, he wants “Just ICE”. Slip of the tongue, common amongst the elderly deranged.
Trump is afraid of BBC.
Use this headline as you will.
I would love to have his backers outed as well.
I wouldn’t be surprised if Trump wasn’t aware that the BBC isn’t 'Murican
I mean, he’s a fucking idiot, after all
That is why he is doing it in a US court. They let you sue foreign entities.
What stops a country from saying something like, “it is illegal for our citizens to be sued in a foreign court”?
Treaties mostly. And if they ever wanna do business in the US again. Which pre oompalumpanian policies and politics was an appealing thing to have and do.
You can’t dictate laws in another country.
There’s something so beautiful to see about him hanging himself with his own rope, because of his stupidity and arrogance
I look forward to his death, and I hope that it hurts the whole time
He’s not gonna take that BBC lying down!
How would you know, those files have been redacted.
He’ll wiggle and worm for all he’s worth but then drop the suit before they can climax.
I hope they counter sue for their defense costs and as much more as they possibly can. I wonder if the BBC counter suing him on the grounds that this lawsuit from him was filed based on a lie (his imaginary $10b loss), he failed to comply with the court order to disclose finances to prove the loss he himself had claimed, and then when the judge refused to stay that order he ended up dropping his case entirely would be a way to try to force the same financial record disclosure?
I’d imagine not under normal circumstances, the burden of proof being on the one suing… but with that chain of events and every historic estimate of Trump’s net worth having been far less than that claimed $10B loss… it seems like it might be possible.
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The BBC responded to the trust Wednesday in a court filing opposing the request to pause the order, arguing it “is a transparent effort to evade this Court’s clear and direct order and to continue to avoid the discovery obligations that Plaintiff took on when he chose to file this lawsuit.”
Wouldn’t someone in the US with a passing familiarity of lawsuits and who has been in court innumerable times have an inkling about the discovery phase?
I recognize President Pedophile is incredibly stupid, in addition to being a horrible human being. But I’m struggling to see how he could have made this mistake. Additionally, he has lawyers. This is incredible.
Good on the BBC for fighting this.
It’s not a mistake.
He’s a bully. He thinks he can get away with it, so he does it…because he usually gets away with it.
He will drop the case before he has to submit evidence for discovery.
I’m sure you have seen this, but he hires based on loyalty, not competence.
Very good point, thank you.
He thought the BBC would roll over like when he sued ABC and they just paid him 15 million and apologized to him. Or when he sued CBS and they paid him 16 million. The issue is that BBC is funded from taxpayer money and I don’t think the British taxpayers would be very happy with them paying Trump.
Additionally, he has lawyers.
Lawyers he refuses to listen to because he thinks he’s “smarter than them”.
Also I have a feeling the smart ones tend to avoid working for him.
He doesn’t file lawsuits to actually win them, he files them as intimidation. He expects the other side to cave, and to settle. I tried to search for lawsuit Trump actually won on their merits, without a negotiated settlement, and could only find one that was a default judgement (so the other side didn’t even show up).
I recognize President Pedophile is incredibly stupid, in addition to being a horrible human being. But I’m struggling to see how he could have made this mistake. Additionally, he has lawyers.
He’s burned through many lawyers and there are few reputable or intelligent lawyers left who might be willing to light their careers on fire. Sure, he might find one willing to trade their career for whatever benefits they might get (or maybe they just have a hard on for fascism, which often means they are fucking stupid too), but most of his lawyers have, eventually, been left holding a flaming bag of shit while Trump transparently lies and pretends he has never heard of them or has heard they aren’t very good.
It’s happening to pretty much the entire fucking justice department. It used to be a very sought after career. Now they are giving fresh grads signing bonuses and then shuffling them into the meat grinder and sacrificing their reputation to further the administration’s nakedly corrupt agenda. “Hey, new kid, I need you to take this case.” Turns out the case is about some poor immigrant that been detained for months and then deported despite having court orders protecting him from deportation… that were clumsily bypassed with unsigned orders or some other bullshit. New kid sits in front of a frustrated judge yelling at him and the kid can only say “I don’t know what happened” and go home and cry into his pillow.
He probably assumed it wouldn’t go anywhere, and he didn’t need to do anything, because he’s president.
Dump expected the British media to just roll over like the media does here in the States.
The terrible BBC I call them, horrible people and a bad outlet and I’m told, going under any day now! Big business guy, friend of mine the other day told me they’re not doing too - well. In dire… dire straights and about to go… under. The terrible BBC!
Meidastouch called it
What did they say?
“Help me! Take away this golden curse. Don’t let me starve. Take everything. My gold, my kingdom for a hamburger sandwich!” — King Midas
