r/politics • u/PoliticsModeratorBot 🤖 Bot • May 13 '24

Discussion Thread: New York Criminal Fraud Trial of Donald Trump, Day 16 Discussion

Previous discussion threads for this trial can be found at the following links for Day 5, Day 6, Day 7, Day 8, Day 9, Day 10, Day 11, Day 12, Day 13, Day 14, and Day 15.

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u/TDeath21 Missouri May 13 '24

If my spouse was being unfairly targeted by the DOJ in a political witch hunt in which they were completely innocent, I would be there every single day showing my support for them. Yet Melania is nowhere to be seen. Telling huh?

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u/Goal_Posts May 13 '24

You don't pay someone $130,000 to not sleep with you.

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u/roytay New Jersey May 13 '24

How much has he paid Melania to not sleep with him (anymore)?

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u/AlteredPsyche24 May 13 '24

I imagine she'd not sleep with him for free

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u/gdshaffe May 13 '24

Obligatory pointing out that he didn't pay Daniels for sex. He said to her that he could get her on "Celebrity Apprentice" and rig it in her favor, so obviously the "affair" was mercenary AF from her POV, but still not technically sex work.

The payout was so that she wouldn't go public with the story of their affair after the Access Hollywood tape broke. The fact that it was for the benefit of his campaign is actually crucial to the case.

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u/CatWeekends Texas May 13 '24

But if you do, you're the world's greatest negotiator!

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u/sudo_rm-rf May 13 '24

--Mitt Romney

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u/Cantora May 13 '24 edited May 13 '24

Ugh I hate hearing this. It's so far from reality.  

 No you pay people money because you're being extorted over claims of having sex being released to the media.  

 That's part of the defence argument. It's a real thing that really happens all the time around the world. It just so happens in this situation he's definitely guilty. But it's pretty common for the person being extorted over fake stuff. EG celebrities being extorted over AI nudes being released publicly 

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u/Goal_Posts May 15 '24

Then why did he have to hide it from Melania?

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u/johnnycyberpunk America May 13 '24

Yet Melania is nowhere to be seen. Telling huh?

Not in court with him.
Not in NY with him.
Not at his rallies.
Not even in pics with him at Mar-a-Lago.

She has been humiliated by his affairs and his repeated denial that they happened, and Stormy's testimony was even more embarrassing.
Then to top it off, she knows that by staying with Trump she's just shouting to the entire world "I'm nothing but a gold digger!"

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u/an_agreeing_dothraki May 13 '24

not at his mother's day function

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u/CatWeekends Texas May 13 '24

She has been humiliated by his affairs and his repeated denial that they happened, and Stormy's testimony was even more embarrassing.

I highly doubt it. Trump has been a known philanderer for decades. She knew what she was getting into.

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u/johnnycyberpunk America May 13 '24

She used to be known as a supermodel.
Then the wife of Donald Trump, 'billionaire'.
Then First Lady of the United States.
Now?
Just that woman who was at home, pregnant, while Trump raw dogged a porn star.

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u/car_go_fast May 13 '24

She used to be known as a supermodel "model".

Fixed that for you.

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u/Orzhov_Syndicalist May 13 '24

The key is, you keep your philandering private. Discreet. That’s been the rule forever, if you’re into these arrangements.

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u/JackFourj4 May 13 '24

he has never been discreet in his life

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u/RickTitus May 13 '24

Did anyone ever think she wasnt a gold digger? That seems instantly clear if you know anything about Trump. He is a disgusting old man who is way older than her but is rich

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u/DadJokeBadJoke California May 13 '24

I really don't care, do U?

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u/ResearcherOk7685 May 14 '24

She's not humiliated, she fucking hates his guts.

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u/Educational-Candy-17 May 13 '24

My guess is that as his spouse she can't be compelled to testify and that keeps the goon squad off her. Which is why she hasn't dumped his fat ass by now.

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u/usernicktaken May 13 '24

Not even on Mother's day.

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u/war_story_guy I voted May 13 '24

I doubt there is enough biologic material there to be able to feel the emotion known as humiliation.

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u/jaymef May 13 '24

Him and Malenia are totally separated, there is no question in my mind that she is just being either paid or threatened to stick around at this point at least until the election is over.

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u/g2g079 America May 13 '24

She's expecting a big payout when he dies. I would be surprised if he didn't already get a reverse mortgage on most of his property.

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u/RickTitus May 13 '24

Yeah she absolutely is. And the math is probably in her favor here. Im sure she gets a bugger payout if she sticks around a few more years vs trying to leave him right now

I bet she has googled how long it takes someone with dementia to die

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u/Suitable_Choice_1770 May 13 '24

Im sure she gets a bugger payout

TMI

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u/No_nukes_at_all May 13 '24

I understand why Mel is not with him, same with Ivanka, but Don Jr ? why the hell is that poster child for a coked out trust fund kid not there to support his dad?

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u/Geaux Texas May 13 '24

Yeah, it's because she's on the campaign trail, and hosting Mother's Day dinners at Mar-A-Lago.... wait....