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Donald is even more upset about Wolff's new book [1]

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Date: 2025-02-26

I just covered this two days ago with Trump is really upset about a new book. It came out yesterday. Early this morning he had to take a swipe at it, without mentioning Wolff by name this time.

It's obviously a good book to garner this response from Trump. He did it as number 9 of 11 tweets so far today.

Trump is still claiming to be better than George Washington, which he posted yesterday from Bill O'Reilly, by having "the Best Opening Month of any President in history." Not hardly Donald. It has been the most disastrous in history. Just Security Litigation Tracker shows 93 lawsuits against you and your administration.

Because he's so great, here come the "Fake books" to steal his thunder. The so-called "anonymous" or "off the record" quotes must be spot on, even though you try to deligitimize them by putting quotes around them. Doesn't work anymore. If it ever did.

"At some point I'm going to sue..." Oh, please, please do it and prove that all the lawsuits you have against you personally can go forward, because they don't interfere with your duties. If you can sue, they can sue.

"...even media in general..." A blanket threat against any and all sources of the truth about you. Do it. C'mon dammit, do it. You can't hide behind Brendan Carr and the DOJ in civil court.

"...'anonymous sources' even exist, which largely they do not." That means there are a bunch that do, and they are quoted correctly.

"...defamatory fiction..." He's threatening to sue again and has his cause.

I rolled over laughing at, "I'll do it as a service to our Country." He's only thinking of himself. The only thing he's ever done right for the country is lose the 2020 election.

"...maybe we will create some NICE NEW LAW!!!"

That's Trump's dream. He wants The New York Times v. Sullivan to be overturned so the First Amendment becomes his personal plaything.

Donald wants a much looser set of libel and defamation laws to allow him to win cases. and without taking so long. Be careful what you wish for, because it goes both ways. Remember E. Jean Carroll, Donald? That's $88.3 million you owe her so far. She'd love to make some more moolah off of you.

I just had a thought. Satire is protected free speech. One could write a whole book that has Trump doing ridiculous things, which he does anyway, and get away with it. Only if you claim something happened in reality are you liable for libel.

Donald Quixote - The Man Who Blows Windmills. I'll let you know if I come up with a better title.

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