| Title | Date | Im- press | En- gage | Ex- pand | URL- clicks | Like | Re- tweet | Link to Text | Link to Tweet |
| Trump doesn't need to talk much about culture wars. | 2023-10-25 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1717221644312498464 | 1717221644312498464 |
| Trump would never define "our religion". That way | 2023-10-25 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1716980247453933708 | 1716980247453933708 |
| Those tweets can come back to bite. | 2023-10-20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1715432730509582488 | 1715432730509582488 |
| Will nobody rid me of this turbulent priest? | 2023-10-20 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1715230915235054033 | 1715230915235054033 |
| In politics, money talks! | 2023-10-19 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1715022054448370110 | 1715022054448370110 |
| Personality cults always require tireless enemies that | 2023-10-18 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1714660979164987712 | 1714660979164987712 |
| Plausible deniability? Maybe he didn't buy the gun, but | 2023-10-04 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1709424525627330652 | 1709424525627330652 |
| Insulting court officers and exposing them to his dangerous | 2023-10-04 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1709423095885558000 | 1709423095885558000 |
| Utterly inexcusable? | 2023-10-04 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1709369024621260991 | 1709369024621260991 |
| For a personality cult, there's no such thing as bad news. | 2023-10-04 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1709368270363738216 | 1709368270363738216 |
| One minute he says - | 2023-10-04 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1709367455997640817 | 1709367455997640817 |
| Is it going to cost Trump $250 million in lawyer fees to | 2023-09-22 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1705016901167132923 | 1705016901167132923 |
| Score one for Pence! | 2023-09-13 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1701990811418947898 | 1701990811418947898 |
| Trump admits it - you can't believe anything he says, | 2023-09-07 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1699790831144882680 | 1699790831144882680 |
| The cost of Trumpist mischief. | 2023-07-24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1683337431200968705 | 1683337431200968705 |
| Why would Trump bother if he can't control the questioning? | 2023-07-23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1683000081233121280 | 1683000081233121280 |
| “The embrace of Trump is really, finally a cynical | 2023-07-23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1682916351072178176 | 1682916351072178176 |
| "Trump is like a drug dealer who thrives in a broken | 2023-07-20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1681842005037678592 | 1681842005037678592 |
| "Trump needs the nomination more than DeSantis wants it" | 2023-07-20 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1681841046966403077 | 1681841046966403077 |
| The core Trump base will never abandon him because he gives | 2023-07-19 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1681756595183837186 | 1681756595183837186 |
| When Trump leads by example, his followers follow - | 2023-07-19 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1681743876145688582 | 1681743876145688582 |
| Where your Trump donations go - | 2023-07-19 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1681737248440741888 | 1681737248440741888 |
| Poor Ron can't get a word in edgewise - | 2023-07-18 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1681380329431633921 | 1681380329431633921 |
| Trump and his base still believe they are the majority | 2023-07-15 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1680077057836081152 | 1680077057836081152 |
| Trump is not inevitable on his merits - | 2023-07-14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1679915231651459074 | 1679915231651459074 |
| Amazing that ordinary people still think that Trump has | 2023-07-14 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1679653140516474881 | 1679653140516474881 |
| The Trump way - get others to do the dirty work, while | 2023-07-07 | 89 | 14 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 0 | 1677152039300927490 | 1677152039300927490 |
| Counting on a Trump pardon? | 2023-07-07 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1677127682017067008 | 1677127682017067008 |
| What's the easiest way to pay millions of dollars of legal | 2023-06-28 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1674181779853303810 | 1674181779853303810 |
| Time for Trump to switch to plan B. | 2023-06-28 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1674180184130592769 | 1674180184130592769 |
| Corrupt bargains happen in the House - | 2023-06-23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1672384350040772608 | 1672384350040772608 |
| Trumpists don't care about right or wrong, legal or | 2023-06-23 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1672260732006854667 | 1672260732006854667 |
| "it’s important for him to talk about what a second term | 2023-06-23 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1672259062346682368 | 1672259062346682368 |
| Trump knows he'll lose in court - his plan seems to be | 2023-06-21 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1671512615309430784 | 1671512615309430784 |
| A three-way race! | 2023-06-20 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1671193959429996544 | 1671193959429996544 |
| Possible fallout from Trump prosecutions - | 2023-06-18 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1670273969168224256 | 1670273969168224256 |
| More indictments? Trump base says So What? | 2023-06-10 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1667402796449300480 | 1667402796449300480 |
| Trump might get off the hook again - | 2023-06-10 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1667400786907901952 | 1667400786907901952 |
| Defending Trump is not easy. | 2023-06-10 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1667325672740753408 | 1667325672740753408 |
| The next shoe has dropped - | 2023-06-09 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1666991666367176704 | 1666991666367176704 |
| Trump's smoking gun? | 2023-06-05 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1665603125137506306 | 1665603125137506306 |
| Oh darn, there's a tape! | 2023-06-01 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1664117625948090374 | 1664117625948090374 |
| Trump thinks the more minor GOP candidates the better. | 2023-05-29 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1663223149792727040 | 1663223149792727040 |
| Complicated maneuvers to fool the FBI require a lot of | 2023-05-26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1661950723301724160 | 1661950723301724160 |
| "Trump’s 2016 victory reinforced the idea that | 2023-05-25 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1661615734932537345 | 1661615734932537345 |
| Yet another reason Trump won't go down without a fight - he | 2023-05-25 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1661611706580336640 | 1661611706580336640 |
| "When authoritarian leaders lose office, they come back | 2023-05-24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1661371179741990922 | 1661371179741990922 |
| A good way to get out of testifying at a trial. | 2023-05-24 | 20 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1661368871109165056 | 1661368871109165056 |
| Perhaps taking note of Trump's loose lips and carelessness | 2023-05-24 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1661251928670736386 | 1661251928670736386 |
| “I’m the one that got rid of Roe v. Wade” | 2023-05-23 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1660823942549114882 | 1660823942549114882 |
| Unfortunately, there is no path to victory for DeSantis | 2023-05-19 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1659400873670504448 | 1659400873670504448 |
| Was Trump selling pardons or did Giuliani just pretend | 2023-05-17 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1658963330843955200 | 1658963330843955200 |
| "His approach is always that of the salesman. He says what | 2023-05-12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1656862660628189184 | 1656862660628189184 |
| The case for the Trump telethon - | 2023-05-12 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1656833667409510400 | 1656833667409510400 |
| Time for some new questions for Trump. | 2023-05-12 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1656832535702441984 | 1656832535702441984 |
| Even Marc Thiessen is appalled - | 2023-05-12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1656827495914807297 | 1656827495914807297 |
| Why are we stuck with Trump? | 2023-03-26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1640127616433930240 | 1640127616433930240 |
| How can DeSantis get past Trump without alienating the | 2023-03-26 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1640028754557964289 | 1640028754557964289 |
| Attack! Attack! Attack! | 2023-03-26 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1640026252051611648 | 1640026252051611648 |
| Trump has learned his lesson - that there is no position | 2023-03-24 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1639298719316336640 | 1639298719316336640 |
| No point paying for a report if you're not going to | 2023-03-22 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1638391128226676736 | 1638391128226676736 |
| Trump knows better than to answer under oath! | 2023-02-01 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1620621032561479682 | 1620621032561479682 |
| Trump's scoreboard - you can see why he has to keep asking | 2023-01-09 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1612572118545498115 | 1612572118545498115 |
| “I can’t do this any more,” complained Stephen Bannon | 2023-01-09 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1612570983646507008 | 1612570983646507008 |
| Another day in Trump's carefree life as an ex-president. | 2023-01-06 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1611245513206296577 | 1611245513206296577 |
| Trump's carefree life as an ex-president. | 2023-01-06 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1611244541440557058 | 1611244541440557058 |
| The Freischütze-macht-Freiheit Caucus has figured it out | 2023-01-06 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1611166981104992257 | 1611166981104992257 |
| Donald Trump and Norma Desmond - life as a performance! | 2023-01-03 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1610258563792011264 | 1610258563792011264 |
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========== Trump doesn't need to talk much about culture wars. He's already got those constituencies in his base. He talks about the economy in an attempt to woo those outside his base - as if he had done anything for anybody except GOP megadonors. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/25/republicans-trump-economy-issues/ #PS1trump ===== impress 13 time 2023-10-25 16:48 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1717221644312498464 ========== Trump would never define "our religion". That way every audience can suppose Trump agrees with it. Basic salesmanship! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/24/trump-religion-immigration/ He has no apparent non-political, personal interest in any religious values. #PS1trump ===== impress 4 time 2023-10-25 00:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1716980247453933708 ========== Those tweets can come back to bite. https://apnews.com/article/donald-trump-letitia-james-fraud-contempt-new-york-ce593e3ee07d95bb6ec7e2de23f47dc9 It's always best to blame somebody way down the food chain who can't afford as many lawyers! #PS1trump ===== impress 4 time 2023-10-20 18:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715432730509582488 ========== Will nobody rid me of this turbulent priest? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Will_no_one_rid_me_of_this_turbulent_priest%3F Dirty work and jail risk for the soldiers, plausible deniability for il capo dei capi. Same as it ever was! https://www.nytimes.com/2023/10/19/opinion/trump-gag-order-violence.html #PS1trump ===== impress 7 time 2023-10-20 04:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715230915235054033 ========== In politics, money talks! https://apnews.com/article/election-2024-trump-republicans-fundraising-a07e78b814376d635f53ea17aa704d1d Trump's base is well-protected from other GOP, but it's not a national majority and it's not growing. Will he take the Senate and House down with him? #PS1trump ===== impress 4 time 2023-10-19 15:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1715022054448370110 ========== Personality cults always require tireless enemies that can somehow never quite be defeated. https://www.washingtonpost.com/nation/2023/10/11/trump-jesus-why-he-casts-himself-martyr-why-fans-go-along/ That's how they explain that they haven't been able to do most of the things they promised. #PS1trump ===== impress 2 time 2023-10-18 15:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1714660979164987712 ========== Plausible deniability? Maybe he didn't buy the gun, but maybe he hoped his base would think he did. Maybe one of them would have bought it for him. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/09/29/trump-gun-special-counsel-gag-order/ He lies about everything else, so why not this? But it certainly supports a gag order. #PS1trump ===== impress 9 time 2023-10-04 04:25 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1709424525627330652 ========== Insulting court officers and exposing them to his dangerous followers is good politics and fund-raising but bad behavior in court. But Trump has always believed in hitting back twice as hard - letting one of his followers do it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/10/03/trump-civil-fraud-trial-ny/ #PS1trump ===== impress 7 time 2023-10-04 04:20 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1709423095885558000 ========== Utterly inexcusable? https://apnews.com/article/pence-foreign-policy-ap-georgetown-2024-7909c44b2bfb38db5224b73bf324cf3f It's the same old Trump that it's always been. Pence knew that when he joined the team. #PS1trump ===== impress 1 time 2023-10-04 00:45 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1709369024621260991 ========== For a personality cult, there's no such thing as bad news. https://apnews.com/article/trump-civil-fraud-trial-2024-campaign-court-fb73b4275be2d43b0f92031737d3e9eb They are all opportunities to send out fund-raising pleas - to pay for his lawyers. #PS1trump ===== impress 6 time 2023-10-04 00:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1709368270363738216 ========== One minute he says - “Why is it that Republicans are always fighting among themselves?" and the next minute he picks a fight - https://apnews.com/article/trump-debates-republicans-2024-rnc-a3ff8c83bd605876b4b53bbebfb7ed7f #PS1trump ===== impress 1 time 2023-10-04 00:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1709367455997640817 ========== Is it going to cost Trump $250 million in lawyer fees to defend against a $250 million lawsuit? https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/09/21/new-york-trump-fraud-trial/ #PS1trump ===== impress 2 time 2023-09-22 00:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1705016901167132923 ========== Score one for Pence! “Putin should be more concerned about how quickly his military went from being the second most powerful in the world to the second most powerful in Ukraine.” Putin, Kim, and Trump - three peas in a pod! https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2023/09/13/trump-putin-election-interfence/ #PS1trump ===== impress 10 time 2023-09-13 16:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1701990811418947898 ========== Trump admits it - you can't believe anything he says, or writes. https://apnews.com/article/trump-deposition-attorney-general-new-york-63f4708b27a52a1e544e3caa6f63fa3b Especially about finances! #PS1trump ===== impress 5 time 2023-09-07 14:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1699790831144882680 ========== The cost of Trumpist mischief. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/23/us/politics/trump-investigations-jack-smith-justice-department.html #PS1trump ===== impress 4 time 2023-07-24 04:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1683337431200968705 ========== Why would Trump bother if he can't control the questioning? https://www.washingtonpost.com/media/2023/07/22/fox-news-hosts-are-pushing-trump-join-fox-news-gop-debate/ And in any case he'd never commit to supporting a GOP candidate who's not him, as the RNC requires. #PS1trump ===== impress 4 time 2023-07-23 06:24 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1683000081233121280 ========== “The embrace of Trump is really, finally a cynical calculation concerned with power" https://apnews.com/article/trump-evangelicals-christians-politics-jesus-2024-election-2850284ccf3e7155273131b7344a0dd0 And thus the devil recruits those who should know better. #PS1trump ===== impress 4 time 2023-07-23 00:51 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1682916351072178176 ========== "Trump is like a drug dealer who thrives in a broken neighborhood, getting everyone hooked on his warped values" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/13/opinion/trump-indictment-presidency.html #PS1trump ===== impress 3 time 2023-07-20 01:42 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681842005037678592 ========== "Trump needs the nomination more than DeSantis wants it" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/19/opinion/trump-indictment.html #PS1trump ===== impress 4 time 2023-07-20 01:38 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681841046966403077 ========== The core Trump base will never abandon him because he gives them permission to ignore facts and logic - and just act out their emotions. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/17/donald-trump-gop-voters-2024-race/ The larger Trump base might notice that he TALKS to them - but ACTS on behalf of the ruling class. #PS1trump ===== impress 3 time 2023-07-19 20:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681756595183837186 ========== When Trump leads by example, his followers follow - https://www.gocomics.com/mikeluckovich/2023/07/12 #PS1trump ===== impress 6 time 2023-07-19 19:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681743876145688582 ========== Where your Trump donations go - https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/a-maga-super-pac-gave-melania-trump-an-unusual-155000-payment-for-a-2021-speaking-engagement-report/ar-AA1dRGF8 #PS1trump ===== impress 1 time 2023-07-19 18:46 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681737248440741888 ========== Poor Ron can't get a word in edgewise - https://apnews.com/article/ron-desantis-south-carolina-presidential-primary-739eac048707187fd6fc551a4a49be78 And that's just how Trump likes it - another opportunity to dun his loyal supporters to pay his legal fees, and force the rest of the GOP wannabes to fall in line behind Trump. https://apnews.com/article/trump-jan-6-investigation-2020-election-7caa4d45b9dc287af868aa12f87fe254 #PS1trump ===== impress 4 time 2023-07-18 19:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1681380329431633921 ========== Trump and his base still believe they are the majority in the country. And Trump believes that mounting a campaign, as GOP or third-party nominee, is his best get-out-of-jail-free card. The non-Trump GOP has no good choices. https://apnews.com/article/trump-gop-primary-republicans-d4d2099f63dd7192c9e025483bcb526a #PS1trump ===== impress 5 time 2023-07-15 04:49 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1680077057836081152 ========== Trump is not inevitable on his merits - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/07/14/trump-desantis-not-inevitable/ But he has an ace in the hole - he would run as a third party if not the GOP nominee - dooming the GOP nominee to defeat. So they might as well nominate Trump. #PS1trump ===== impress 4 time 2023-07-14 18:06 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1679915231651459074 ========== Amazing that ordinary people still think that Trump has something in common with them! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/13/donald-trump-financial-disclosure/ But if they believe the only truth is how they feel, and facts don't matter, then that's a point in common. #PS1trump ===== impress 4 time 2023-07-14 00:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1679653140516474881 ========== The Trump way - get others to do the dirty work, while maintaining plausible deniability. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/07/06/trump-truth-social-obama/ Nobody can censor him on Truth Social! #PS1trump ===== engage 14 engage-rate 16% expands 1 impress 89 likes 2 replies 1 time 2023-07-07 03:06 +0000 urlclicks 8 userclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677152039300927490 ========== Counting on a Trump pardon? https://apnews.com/article/trump-maralago-justice-department-classified-f5a7b87bbb0234d5504d1c1f92bc857e Trump might not be able to pardon himself, but maybe Nauta - if Trump thinks he'll be useful in the future. #PS1trump ===== impress 11 time 2023-07-07 01:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1677127682017067008 ========== What's the easiest way to pay millions of dollars of legal bills - especially when lawyers know they had better get paid in advance? https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/25/us/politics/trump-donations-legal-fees.html Run for president! #PS1trump ===== impress 5 time 2023-06-28 22:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674181779853303810 ========== Time for Trump to switch to plan B. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Twelfth_Amendment_to_the_United_States_Constitution That might be to hope the election goes to the House of Representatives. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/28/supreme-court-independent-state-legislature-theory-trump-2024/ #PS1trump ===== impress 4 time 2023-06-28 22:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1674180184130592769 ========== Corrupt bargains happen in the House - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Corrupt_bargain So Trump might be running for president in order to get somebody else elected - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/22/trump-pardon-election/ #PS1trump ===== impress 1 time 2023-06-23 23:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672384350040772608 ========== Trumpists don't care about right or wrong, legal or illegal, facts or law - only about winning and getting even. https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/opinions/trump-baier-indictment-jack-smith-justice-department-gonzales/index.html #PS1trump ===== impress 1 time 2023-06-23 15:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672260732006854667 ========== "it’s important for him to talk about what a second term agenda looks like" https://www.cnn.com/2023/06/23/politics/republicans-2024-trump-faith-and-freedom/index.html No mystery - Trump's agenda is self-pardon, revenge on disloyal GOP, revenge on Democrats. The GOP can get on board or get out of the way. #PS1trump ===== impress 5 time 2023-06-23 15:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1672259062346682368 ========== Trump knows he'll lose in court - his plan seems to be to delay until he is re-elected president and pardons himself - or gets a deal for a pardon by supporting somebody helpful. https://apnews.com/article/trump-maralago-indictment-fox-3cc9181e1b69f5c882c58b1224ad43e8 #PS1trump ===== engage 1 engage-rate 10% impress 10 time 2023-06-21 13:37 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1671512615309430784 ========== A three-way race! https://apnews.com/article/trump-election-2024-republicans-primary-32fee08d67db8b8dc9c8ca2e003db43d There are three main groups of voters - those who will vote for Trump and Trumpists no matter what, those who will vote Democratic no matter what, and everybody else. None command a majority. #PS1trump ===== impress 3 time 2023-06-20 16:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1671193959429996544 ========== Possible fallout from Trump prosecutions - https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/17/trump-indictment-candidacy-democracy-institutions/ Looks bad any way it unfolds. #PS1trump ===== impress 5 time 2023-06-18 03:35 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1670273969168224256 ========== More indictments? Trump base says So What? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/06/09/trump-indictment-reaction-gop-activists/ They EXPECT it now. Because Trump is like them, ignoring laws that don't suit him. #PS1trump ===== impress 7 time 2023-06-10 05:26 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1667402796449300480 ========== Trump might get off the hook again - https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/09/walt-nauta-indicted-trump-classified-documents/ But his valet will surely get nailed if he doesn't cooperate with the prosecution. That's how it works - the big shots get away and the little shots get long prison terms. #PS1trump ===== engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 time 2023-06-10 05:18 +0000 urlclicks 1 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1667400786907901952 ========== Defending Trump is not easy. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/06/09/trump-todd-blanche-indictment-lawyer-john-rowley-jim-trusty/ Especially defending Trump from Trump. #PS1trump ===== impress 6 time 2023-06-10 00:19 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1667325672740753408 ========== The next shoe has dropped - https://apnews.com/article/trump-justice-department-indictment-classified-documents-miami-182ac44fde89767bc0c3e634f61686bd Trump immediately turned it into a fund-raising opportunity. #PS1trump ===== impress 4 time 2023-06-09 02:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1666991666367176704 ========== Trump's smoking gun? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/06/04/trump-smoking-gun-tape/ #PS1trump ===== impress 3 time 2023-06-05 06:15 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1665603125137506306 ========== Oh darn, there's a tape! https://apnews.com/article/trump-justice-department-documents-maralago-bc9b3613bd69d79e84ad6cb5eaa6a8e6 He'll brag about it to his base and deny it to everybody else. #PS1trump ===== impress 3 time 2023-06-01 03:52 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1664117625948090374 ========== Trump thinks the more minor GOP candidates the better. https://apnews.com/article/republican-primary-trump-desantis-pence-christie-b0a18225ec5f9d0f53aa0f08b292a2f3 But Trump's ace in the hole is to threaten to run as a third party if he's not nominated. An implicit threat, relayed to the megadonors, should be enough. #PS1trump ===== impress 2 time 2023-05-29 16:37 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1663223149792727040 ========== Complicated maneuvers to fool the FBI require a lot of rehearsals. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/05/25/trump-classified-documents-mar-a-lago/ #PS1trump ===== impress 4 time 2023-05-26 04:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661950723301724160 ========== "Trump’s 2016 victory reinforced the idea that electability is used by the media and squishy Republicans to discredit candidates who are willing to fight for them" https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/opinion/ron-desantis-republican-primary.html The Trump base will vote for him because he voices their values and concerns. #PS1trump ===== impress 5 time 2023-05-25 06:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661615734932537345 ========== Yet another reason Trump won't go down without a fight - he thinks getting re-elected is his get-out-of-jail-free card. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/24/opinion/desantis-republicans.html And Trump's other big motivator is revenge - especially on allies and subordinates that betray him. #PS1trump ===== impress 6 time 2023-05-25 05:54 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661611706580336640 ========== "When authoritarian leaders lose office, they come back 10 times worse" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/24/trump-language-policy-2024-race/ "Trump’s most loyal supporters have relished his combative speeches and followed him in espousing harsher stances" #PS1trump ===== impress 4 time 2023-05-24 13:58 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661371179741990922 ========== A good way to get out of testifying at a trial. https://apnews.com/article/trump-election-investigation-carroll-manhattan-trial-willis-dbade1b2e2e4a39234b2e539abf43b71 That's why his base loves him - he models perfect behavior for them, saying whatever, whenever, wherever he wants. Trump would rather testify on Truth Social anyway. #PS1trump ===== engage 4 engage-rate 20% expands 1 impress 20 time 2023-05-24 13:49 +0000 urlclicks 3 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661368871109165056 ========== Perhaps taking note of Trump's loose lips and carelessness with top secrets, judge sternly admonishes him not to reveal any pre-trial discovery. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/05/23/trump-court-hearing-share-evidence/ #PS1trump ===== impress 4 time 2023-05-24 06:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1661251928670736386 ========== “I’m the one that got rid of Roe v. Wade” https://www.cnn.com/2023/05/21/opinions/trump-desantis-abortion-disney-opinion-column-galant/index.html McConnell did that - and the billionaire tax relief - and most of the accomplishments Trump claims. But stealing credit and offloading blame are essential Trumpism. #PS1trump ===== impress 9 time 2023-05-23 01:44 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1660823942549114882 ========== Unfortunately, there is no path to victory for DeSantis or any other GOP candidate. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/18/desantis-campaign-announcement-trump-electability/ If GOP nominates Trump, Biden will probably win again. If GOP does not nominate Trump, he'll run as a third party and Biden is certain to win again. #PS1trump ===== impress 14 time 2023-05-19 03:29 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1659400873670504448 ========== Was Trump selling pardons or did Giuliani just pretend he was? https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/17/giuliani-pardons-lawsuit-allegations/ In general, Trump seems to have decided pardons on the basis of what the recipient could do for Trump in the future, not on what the recipient had done for Trump in the past. #PS1trump ===== engage 2 engage-rate 67% impress 3 time 2023-05-17 22:30 +0000 urlclicks 2 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1658963330843955200 ========== "His approach is always that of the salesman. He says what he needs to say in order to make the deal" https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/11/trump-town-hall-republicans/ #PS1trump ===== impress 2 time 2023-05-12 03:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656862660628189184 ========== The case for the Trump telethon - https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/05/11/trump-cnn-town-hall-unpopular-policies/ Trump delighted his base, and appalled everybody else. Plenty of material for Democratic and anti-Trump attack ads. #PS1trump ===== impress 6 time 2023-05-12 01:28 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656833667409510400 ========== Time for some new questions for Trump. https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/10/trump-cnn-town-hall-questions/ #PS1trump ===== impress 4 time 2023-05-12 01:23 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656832535702441984 ========== Even Marc Thiessen is appalled - https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/05/11/trump-town-hall-disaster-gop/ Looks like four more years of Biden! #PS1trump ===== impress 2 time 2023-05-12 01:03 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1656827495914807297 ========== Why are we stuck with Trump? https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/26/why-republican-politicians-do-not-criticize-trump/ Because he does what the megadonors want without being told - and he does what Putin wants without being told - and he's willing to destroy the Republican Party to save it. More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1902209030123607 #PS1trump ===== impress 4 time 2023-03-26 23:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1640127616433930240 ========== How can DeSantis get past Trump without alienating the Trump base? https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2023/03/25/trump-desantis-2024-rally/ Can the Trump base be converted into the Trumpist base? #PS1trump ===== impress 4 time 2023-03-26 16:31 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1640028754557964289 ========== Attack! Attack! Attack! https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/25/trump-2024-gop/ Attack the Democrats to force the rest of the GOP to fall in line. Then threaten to run as a third party - again to force the rest of the GOP to fall in line. #PS1trump ===== engage 1 engage-rate 13% impress 8 likes 1 time 2023-03-26 16:21 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1640026252051611648 ========== Trump has learned his lesson - that there is no position too degrading for GOP leaders to assume in his defense . https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/03/24/trump-indictment-truth-social-post-gop-reaction/ Trump's making money and weeding out half-hearted GOP supporters. https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/24/trump-hush-money-death-destruction/ More at https://www.facebook.com/politicalscrapbooknet/posts/1900873706923806 #PS1trump ===== impress 2 time 2023-03-24 16:10 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1639298719316336640 ========== No point paying for a report if you're not going to believe it. https://www.washingtonpost.com/elections/2023/03/17/trump-fraud-report-2020/ #PS1trump ===== impress 1 time 2023-03-22 04:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1638391128226676736 ========== Trump knows better than to answer under oath! https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/31/politics/trump-deposition-video-letitia-james/index.html The presumption is that he couldn't tell the truth without incriminating himself. As always. #PS1trump ===== impress 10 time 2023-02-01 03:12 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1620621032561479682 ========== Trump's scoreboard - you can see why he has to keep asking his supporters for money to pay his lawyers. https://www.cnn.com/2022/11/15/politics/donald-trump-investigations-lawsuits/index.html #PS1trump ===== impress 4 time 2023-01-09 22:08 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612572118545498115 ========== “I can’t do this any more,” complained Stephen Bannon https://www.cnn.com/2022/12/27/politics/trump-2022-rough-year/index.html #PS1trump ===== impress 6 time 2023-01-09 22:04 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1612570983646507008 ========== Another day in Trump's carefree life as an ex-president. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/politics/sicknick-lawsuit-trump-january-6 Civil burden of proof is only preponderance of evidence. #PS1trump ===== impress 8 time 2023-01-06 06:17 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611245513206296577 ========== Trump's carefree life as an ex-president. https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2022/12/18/trump-life-after-presidency/ #PS1trump ===== impress 4 time 2023-01-06 06:13 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611244541440557058 ========== The Freischütze-macht-Freiheit Caucus has figured it out first - the emperor not only has no clothes, but worse, he has no votes. Maybe they'll let him be the nominal emperor of Trumpism - but with somebody else actually in charge. https://www.cnn.com/2023/01/05/politics/trump-mccarthy-influence/index.html #PS1trump ===== impress 4 time 2023-01-06 01:05 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1611166981104992257 ========== Donald Trump and Norma Desmond - life as a performance! https://newrepublic.com/post/169719/who-said-it-donald-trump-norma-desmond https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/the-newly-relevant-relationship-between-trump-and-sunset-blvd/ar-AA15ObQf #PS1trump ===== impress 3 time 2023-01-03 12:55 +0000 https://twitter.com/politicalscrap1/status/1610258563792011264