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Irish_Dem

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1. Trump doesn't care if the case blows up. He is sending a message.

Reply to struggle4progress (Original post)

Sun Sep 28, 2025, 05:32 AM

13 hrs ago

He will go after his opponents, force them to spend a great deal of money on legal bills.
Be humiliated, reputation damaged, a target for crazy MAGAs, etc etc.

It is not the end result that Trump is interesting in, it is the legal process.
Legal warfare.

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