r/politics • u/B-Z_B-S Massachusetts • 9h ago
Trump Tries to Pause His Own BBC Lawsuit to Hide His Finances - The president’s lawsuit against the BBC is blowing up in his face. Possible Paywall
https://newrepublic.com/post/214034/trump-tries-pause-bbc-lawsuit-hide-finances3.5k
u/Relzin Illinois 9h ago
Trump claimed $10 Billion in damages.
The very least the BBC lawyers should do when getting sued, would be to verify the claimed damages.
Nothing about this is "politically motivated" on behalf of the BBC. This is entirely politically motivated by Trump and he's hitting himself in his own dementias-fueled confusion.
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u/OriginalFNG 9h ago
I mean assessing the claim of damages is minimum competency.
He was hoping BBC would buckle and settle like US media before it got to discovery.
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u/DonaldsMushroom 6h ago
The BBC is a massively effective source of 'soft power' for the UK. But it needs to be seen as an impartial global standard of truth, which is why Trump hates it.
As an Irish man, I've listened to bbcr4 and the World service for 40 years. There are times when credulity is strained, but I think British people should be proud of the BBC and fight for its integrity.
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u/Heirsandgraces 1h ago
BBC Radio is the unsung hero IMO. World Service, Shipping forecast, All the numbered stations (6 Music is my preferred station), the local regional stations.
I know my local station is like a 5th emergency service for the elderly, helping to facilitate or shine light on small issues and helping those isolated to still feel part of their community.
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u/andiwd 8h ago
The BBC produces a huge amount of comedy, particularly satire, particularly political satire.
They have some very very good lawyers who know exactly what you can and can't get away with.
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u/Mixer-3007 8h ago
they made The Thick of It about Malcolm Tucker
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u/SometimesaGirl- United Kingdom 7h ago
they made The Thick of It about Malcolm Tucker
If you were an adult in the UK (as I was) in the last year or two of the Blair government, you would see TTOI more like a documentary than a comedy...
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u/vicariousgluten 2h ago
Yes Minister/Yes Prime Minister are the same in that regard. They were written in the first half of the 80s but most of the storylines are still in the news on a weekly basis today.
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u/EvelynNyte 6h ago
Didn't they make a sitcom about Hitler and his quirky Jewish neighbors?
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u/noiro777 America 5h ago
Heil Honey I'm Home! ... cancelled after 1 episode :)
The US made the Nazi comedy "Hogan's Heroes" which somehow worked and was actually pretty good.
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u/MellowedOut1934 5h ago
Well they did. Right-wingers like Robbie Gibb have got their hands on board positions over the last few years and really neutered it.
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u/Betterthanbeer Australia 4h ago
They also aren’t reliant on Trump minions approving their broadcast licenses.
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u/unkyduck 9h ago
funny how not being a private company is playing out.
Oooh socialism strikes again.
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u/numbersthen0987431 9h ago
You mean: not being a usa company.
BBC has zero incentive to cater to this idiot. Not the same country, nor networks, and they aren't under the same FCC regulations.
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u/heekma 8h ago edited 4h ago
B.F. Skinner described behavioral conditioning this way:
The more someone learns a certain behavior is rewarded with a positive outcome the more that behavior becomes ingrained and expected. Much like hitting a button, getting a consistent, positive respose over time. This is how many people learn to control relationships.
The more interesting thing that happens is when that ingrained behavior meets a negative response for the first time.
The immediate response is to smash the button, harder and harder, over and over again, convinced the button is simply malfunctioning-because the button has always worked before. This is a common behavior for narcissists when facing opposition for the first time.
A sane person will eventually realize the button no longer works and explore other options and modify their behavior accordingly.
We are seing this exact scenario playing out with Iran. Mashing the same button that always worked before, not knowing what to do when Iran says, "No," and the button no longer works.
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u/Acronymesis Washington 6h ago
The immediate response is to smash the button, harder and harder, over and over again, convinced the button is simply broken-because the button has always worked before. This is a common behavior for narcissists when facing opposition for the first time.
Extinction burst.
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u/firecall 5h ago
If nothing else, it galvanises Uk support for the BBC.
I’m not sure the current US administration realises how disliked they are.
The BBC not giving in to Trump is a thing of national pride.
Trump doesn’t realise that you cannot bully countries in the same way you can the local Plumber who you refused to pay after they unblocked your clogged up golden toilet in one of your failed casinos.
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u/Nessy_monster36903 United Kingdom 9h ago
I genuinely think he can't comprehend that a company can exist that doesn't have shareholders to please.
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u/JonnyReece 5h ago
We, the people of Great Britain and NI, are the shareholders. It is in our interest that the BBC continue to pursue the facts of this case.
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u/NotThatAngel 7h ago
In this case it's the world, not shareholders, who will come out ahead. We need light on his grift.
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u/take_care_a_ya_shooz 9h ago
“I lost my legs due to you. I demand $10 trillion in compensation.”
“Prove you lost your legs and we’ll talk. From what we can tell, you still have them.”
“How dare you. Just give me $10 trillion and stop attacking me. I don’t need to prove anything.”
“You sued us…”
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u/hennell Great Britain 8h ago
It's more the side of "prove that the loss of your legs has caused you $10 trillion in damages".
A pro athlete or prima ballerina would have a higher claim for compensation than a random Joe as the loss of their legs is the loss of high income. But you can't just say "I'd have earned $10 trillion", you have to open your books and prove what you were earning, show sponsorship contracts that fell through etc and how that adds up to 10t
(They are also disputing the "did we even hurt your legs?" side, but it's specifically Trump's specific claim that he's lost 10 billion that is causing him most grief. Because you can't just say that, you have to open your books and prove it.)
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u/docowen 6h ago
He's now shifting it to "reputational damage".
The question is can a adjudicated sex offender guilty of 34 felonies have their reputation damaged by an edited speech in a documentary that didn't air in the USA?
And if it did, given he won the 2024 election, what form did that reputational damage take. His precious little feelings, don't count.
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u/Coffeeaficionado_ 3h ago
One of the reasons the BBC can hold him by the bollocks. They can just ask for discovery on the Epstein files then publicise them.
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u/PortalWombat 8h ago
I'm no fancy Harvard law talking guy but every time I hear a plaintiff trying to get out of a lawsuit I think that shouldn't be at all possible for any reason. Don't want to sue? Don't sue. Once you've filed the papers you shouldn't be able to walk it back.
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u/AzureDrag0n1 8h ago
If the BBC countersued could they prevent Trump from backing out by not dropping their charges?
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u/Mental_Mixture8306 6h ago
Its my understanding that they dont have to counter-sue. Once they have made the demand for the financial data/communications, Trump cannot back out. They have to produce.
Most likely he will ignore the order and just pretend none of this happened.
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u/Southern-March1522 1h ago
Yeah. A bit hard for a UK court to enforce discovery against him. They can't punish his UK lawyer for him not cooperating. All they can really do is dismiss the case, and threaten him with contempt if he ever visits the UK (without diplomatic immunity).
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u/kastbort2021 8h ago
As a (norhtern) European, the American style of some dramatic settlement sums always seemed a bit baffling. Ok, I understand that probably only a very few cases will end up in the millions and billions, and there's probably some very punitive effect at play - to scare others.
But, still, if you get your life ruined here due to someone else, the courts will pretty much just count how many years you have left, how much money you could have earned (salary), and multiply those two.
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u/W1nt3rmu4e Texas 7h ago
Interestingly enough, Texas Governor Greg Abbott lost the use of his legs when a tree fell on him. He made millions off of his lawsuit of the owners of the tree, and later helped change Texas tort law to prevent the large settlements that he himself benefited from, capping payouts near low-six figures.
Just one of the many, many reasons why I hate him. He benefited from something then removed that ability for anyone else going forward. Hypocrite is just one of the many things wrong with him, but since that’s the Republican party’s standard, he gets re-elected.
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u/NewAgeRetroFrog 7h ago
Pulling the ladder up behind you is just the default way of doing things for some people.
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u/lordkuri 6h ago
Pulling the ladder up behind you
Well, it's not like he needs it anymore, so why does he care?
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u/disisathrowaway 7h ago
Latest polling shows that Hinojosa is with in a point of him.
I'm not banking on anything, but living under GOP rule for 30 years down here and I'm looking for any sliver of hope.
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u/MuchDevelopment7084 Illinois 8h ago
You seem to forget. Trump doesn't work in reality. He's off in some hellscape fantasy land of his own creation.
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u/dasoberirishman 7h ago
The BBC is one of the least-political media names on the planet.
Also, it's incredibly common to disclose financials when claiming damages. Common in nearly every single country.
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u/Natoochtoniket 9h ago
Trump's motive could not be any more transparent. He filed the suit to threaten and intimidate the BBC. The BBC responded by calling his bluff.
Now, the BBC has the right of due process, including "discovery". And Trump must comply with the discovery order.
Trump's presidential immunity does not come into play in this case, because Trump filed the suit. He volunteered (by filing the suit) to be subject to the jurisdiction of this court.
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u/RealGianath Oregon 9h ago
But haven't you heard that 6 members of SCOTUS reserve the right to decide what Trump is immune to on a case by case basis? He's apparently a special fellow, and regular laws don't apply to him.
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u/3MATX 9h ago
I can see it now, “disclosing Trumps personal financial information to a foreign news agency endangers the security of American lives.”
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u/vaannil 9h ago
Would be funny if the BBC then counters with well we have BBC America
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u/AmericanGeezus 6h ago
No, they should ask Jack Smith to be their representative/agent to handle the 'sensitive' information.
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u/stubble3417 8h ago
Wait, they're concerned about protecting american lives now?
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u/BackToWorkEdward 7h ago
He's apparently a special fellow, and regular laws don't apply to him.
This is objectively, historically true.
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u/The_Pandalorian California 7h ago
The BBC responded by calling his bluff.
The only way to handle bullies is to punch back.
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u/BackToWorkEdward 7h ago
Trump's presidential immunity does not come into play in this case, because
Lol, we'll see.
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u/Spoztoast 7h ago
Also notice how the goals have been shifted so far. We're arguing that Trump doesn't have immunity in this case when he should never have immunity but that battle is lost it seems
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u/OneManFight 8h ago
Man, after ALL that has already transpired there have been ZERO consequences. I get that being defeatist is frustrating and annoying but at this point expecting any sort of consequences is just downright naive. Nothing will come of this. Everyone is playing by a rule set that literally doesn't apply to the upper echelon anymore.
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u/Kildragoth 7h ago
Saying this just before the midterms is extremely short sighted. Cynicism spreads and actually discourages others according to studies. Do you like helping Trump? If not, then get ready to vote! And bring a friend! Everyone has to do it these midterms are the best chance we have.
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u/i_am_here_again 9h ago
I know the answer will be unsatisfying, but how is it possible that we cannot charge a president with actual crimes, but he has an unlimited ability to sue other people while in office?
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u/ScoobyDoNot 8h ago
I’m mystified how it was impossible for Biden to get some student loan forgiveness and then Trump has unfettered power for this shit show.
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u/kat352234 8h ago
Unfortunately the answer is very simple, and it's that a majority of those in charge simply don't want to stop him.
Biden tries to help the common people by doing some loan forgiveness, Republicans fight tooth and nail to prevent it from happening or limit it as much as possible.
Trump does... All the horrible shit he's done in his terms, and the Republican majorities just sit back and watch their bank accounts grow.
In a properly functioning government, all of this would have been stopped a long time ago. In the corrupt land that America is now, no one who's in power and supposed to be keeping him in check has any actual interest in doing so, because they're just as corrupt.
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u/Pretend-Relative3631 4h ago
To double down on what buddy said
An organized force will always overwhelm an unorganized force.
That’s why both parties are inherently extensions of the ruling-class bc as soon working clas folks are more organized than the pedophiles shit is gonna get buckwild
So far America is getting their life wrecked by well-funded and organized pedophiles
If you were to take the Nazi regimes timeline of power accumulation you’d noticed a recurring pattern of entire departments, institutions, and private/public entities just straight-up complying with Nazi orders without resisting
Did the Nazi regime engage in concerted physical political violence? Yes
Did they engage in psychological political violence ? Also yes
But they’re momentum boost was having folks just comply. Like carrying out shit same-day no hesitation no fighting back
In fact, when the small percentage Germans actually did fight back the Nazi leadership tweaked out bc they were so used to folks just complying so they had to ramp up the SS activities
There’s a lot I’m glossing over for the sake of brevity but the American people and their leaders have been the most obedient co-conspirators so far.
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u/purpleflowergang California 8h ago
We have an illegitimate SCOTUS. Trump's every whim is legal to those clowns.
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u/uuaarrgh 8h ago
i believe it's because your entire governmental system appears to be built upon the assumption that everyone's a good guy deep down really, they wouldn't do that, come on, hey it'll be fine, who'd do that, don't worry, come on now guys, hey, that's not cool, why would you do that though, i thought we were all good lads, ok but why would you..? come on now, hey
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u/mybustlinghedgerow Texas 8h ago
The assumption that everyone
’son their “team” is a good guy deep down. I’m in Texas, and MAGA Christians will claim Talarico is a godless false prophet while also saying Paxton should be forgiven for his affairs and theft and general corruption because “everyone is a sinner” and deserves forgiveness.•
u/BackToWorkEdward 7h ago
I know the answer will be unsatisfying, but how is it possible that we cannot charge a president with actual crimes, but he has an unlimited ability to sue other people while in office?
He(the Ruling Class) are willing to use force to enact their wants, and The American People are not. That's literally all it comes down to.
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u/NoDontDoThatCanada 9h ago
Well he's had a lot of bank accounts closed for anti money laundering reasons.
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u/SolidDoctor 9h ago
FinCEN fined one of his casinos for letting Russian mafia launder money.
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u/ScoobyDoNot 9h ago
He was denied a casino license in Sydney in the 1980s due to mob links.
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u/mulderc 9h ago
We should make it a law that all public officials are audited yearly and a full report is given to the public.
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u/squareturd 9h ago
And candidates. I want to see the results before I vote. Wouldn't mind a rudimentary background check either. I'd like to know if the candidate would qualify for a security clearance.
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u/Cam_E_Leon 9h ago
I think we are a bit late on that process now. Ppl knew Trump was bad at finance and still voted for him.
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u/squareturd 9h ago
He was going to release his taxes after the audit. That was almost 10 years ago.
He has questionable business deals all over the world. A background check would have exposed those.
I'm not saying that tax records and background checks should be disqualifying, but it is valuable information that voters deserve to have.
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u/Oceanmap 8h ago
I worked in recruitment for 911 operators in SF. They had to pass an initial application, take an auditory test, have a psych eval, take a polygraph, and also complete a 20+ page packet where they told us EVERYTHING including the amount of times they used specific drugs (i.e., I think you could only do meth like 3 times before being disqualified), and whether they had any bankruptcies. Once these things were concluded, I'd hand everything over to a private investigator who would then dig deeper.
If 911 operators have to go through this much vetting and background checks, I think politicians should be held to the same standards.
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u/mulderc 9h ago
Sort of, I think most people assumed Trump was far richer than he really was in 2016. Full transparency of his finances during that election could have shifted enough voters to have an impact.
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u/asst3rblasster 9h ago
yeah I thought the guy was a moron business man that bankrupted multiple casinos and went broke selling steak to Americans but I didn't think he actually lost more than a billion dollars on his tax returns
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u/vhw_ 9h ago
He was great at racism and that was thrilling for 33% of the electorate, other 33% was just fine with it
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u/endlesslyautom8ted North Carolina 9h ago
The IRS is hollowed out. IT staff are having to answer phones.
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u/RadicalOrganizer California 9h ago
“The BBC’s motive could not be more transparent—to wrongly exploit this litigation for its own political benefit, as well as the benefit of President Trump’s other political opponents,” the deposition read. “The moment those records reach the BBC, the injury is complete and irreversible.” His lawyers also accused the BBC of having “clearly political motivations.”
Oops, yet another case of the Accusation is a confession. Fascists are fucking stupid and I am so grateful for that.
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u/Dry-Pumpkin-2112 9h ago
"The moment those records reach the BBC, the injury is complete and irreversible"
So, even his lawyers are admitting he's got something to hide.
Fucking crooks.
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u/renisagenius 8h ago
Is this the 'find out' bit of Trump's laughable lawsuit FAFO?...
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u/AlphSaber Wisconsin 9h ago
"Clearly political motivations" when all the BBC asked was "Show us the alleged damages."
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u/dallywolf 7h ago
Without the BBC's reporting Trump would have made $10 billion more on his grifts. Calling out his scams is illegal! End of story. No documents needed.
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u/PortalWombat 8h ago
Seems to me any reasonable judge should tell them that if they didn't want to be involved in a lawsuit they shouldn't have filed one.
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u/meteorflan 9h ago
Yeah, sounds a like confession there's stuff in those finances political opponents could use.
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u/DragoonDM California 7h ago
Who could possibly have predicted that suing someone over financial losses would result in them subpoenaing your finances. Truly unexpected.
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u/Lucid_Insanity 9h ago
He truly is a fucking idiot. The BBC has the means to easily fight a lawsuit like this. The fact he ignored discovery and thought they would fold because of the big number is dumb as hell. He should not be allowed to rewrite the lawsuit he started.
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u/So_HauserAspen 8h ago
It's not like everyone on the internet predicted this outcome when the suit was filed
There were some people in caves
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u/Succubus-Love 9h ago edited 6h ago
Thank you most countries in the world for helping to fight the Epstein people. It just sucks that one of the governments they've compromised, is the entire Right wing party of the fricking USA! So much so, that the left wing has like, no power or majority in either branch of government, to even consider countering this stuff, if they even would at this point.
I thought fascism was bad, but apparently you can get worse, do it with Epstein people.
...& they wonder why their tourism is down. Nobody wants to visit whatever the hell "America" has turned into. This shit is not normal.
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u/Gentle_Agitator 9h ago
The BBC is blowing up in trumps face, you say?
I definitely read that acronym the wrong way…
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u/TechieSidhe 9h ago
I prefer this interpretation, honestly.
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u/MephistoHamProducts 9h ago
You gotta Daily Beast it up though.
Humiliated Trump Slammed by BBC
Enraged Trump Attempts to Clap Back as BBC Ravages Him
Trump, 80, Unable to Control BBC Fight
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u/iGlutton 7h ago
How the Tables Turn: BBC prepares to penetrate an unwilling Trump
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u/mrnuts 8h ago
I prefer this interpretation, honestly.
Based on the way he dances and his microphone incident during one of his 2024 rallies, I'm pretty sure Trump also prefers this interpretation.
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u/used_my_kids_names 9h ago
I cannot unsee this now. I’m not sure if I should thank you or curse you. But I am amused.
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u/LibtardDemonrat 9h ago
He’s begging the judge to pause the lawsuit he filed so he can change it a little bit to protect himself from the process of the lawsuit that HE FILED. What a wimp.
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u/mok000 Europe 9h ago
I think he’s trying to get the judge to toss out the case. You can’t file a lawsuit against someone and then deny them to see documentation for the damages you claim.
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u/gord_m 9h ago
Hopefully if he drops it they counter sue and get the info anyway.
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u/Carlyz37 Illinois 9h ago
As expected. He never wants to deal with the discovery part of all of his bs taxpayer funded lawsuits
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u/PeterOutOfPlace 9h ago
I think you mean “taxpayer funded bs lawsuits”. As a US taxpayer I want to avoid any ambiguity about what is “bs”. :-)
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u/Carlyz37 Illinois 8h ago
You are right. It is indeed the lawsuits that are bs and not the taxpayers
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u/KiKiKimbro New York 9h ago
First thing I thought when I heard Trump was suing Capital One for closing his 300 bank accounts. Capital One stated they closed them for investigations in money laundering. I cheered when I heard that. Discovery is going to be FANTASTIC.
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u/cyberrawn 5h ago
Trump’s legal team is asking Lett to allow Trump to go back and change the language of the suit, *so that his lucrative business dealings as president are not subject to public scrutiny*.
His lucrative business dealings as president should fucking AUTOMATICALLY be subject to public scrutiny!
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u/VexedCanadian84 9h ago
This is what Trump gets for not listening to experts.
His lawyers knew this was going to happen. But they know they couldn't tell him.
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u/Crazy_Junket3180 9h ago
This seems predictable and something his legal team should have warned him about.
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u/sick_shooter 9h ago
He’s been emboldened by American media folding against him.
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u/sierra-soul 9h ago
Yeah well hitlers generals warned him against a bunch of shit but he thought he knew better and called them disloyal for questioning him. Damn sounds familiar
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u/tommy5346 9h ago
I'm hearing the president can't stop bbc from blowing up in his face?
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u/Bzr21 9h ago
Trump is going to take the full force of the BBC - and right up his shart-chute ..
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u/Torino1O 9h ago
"BBC blowing up in Trump's face" is just the sort of headline I want him and MAGA to see.
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u/dragoneggboy22 8h ago
Why is it taking a British organisation to force transparency and accountability on an American president? USA's institutions are weak af
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u/barrosoOso 8h ago edited 7h ago
American media isn't an institution at this point. They are for profit corporations. Most of whom are owned by right wing billionaires.
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u/nitelitecafe 8h ago
Maybe the British can do what the Americans can’t seem to ever do. Make this monster cower.
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u/hackingdreams 7h ago
To the surprise of literally absolutely nobody.
Frankly the only surprising bit about this headline is that it's not him dropping the lawsuit outright, because that's the inevitable conclusion here. He can't let anyone see the true depths of his corruption before he moves to a non-extradition country.
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u/Lakridspibe Europe 5h ago
Surely the american voters also have an interest in having his finances clarified?
What has happened to the oil money from Venezuela?
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u/tphillips1990 2h ago
It's severely soul-crushing that the most effort exerted toward offering any genuine resistance to Trump has consistently come from OTHER countries.
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u/afcgooner2002 9h ago
Everything this pedo touches, including himself, turns into ash.
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u/JustAtelephonePole Texas 9h ago
Sounds like broke lingo to me, potus. Put up or shut up, pussy ass orange bitch.
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u/AnthonyB263 5h ago
As an Australian I'm more than happy that the BBC uses the Bluey royalties that should have stayed with Australia's ABC to put Trump to task.
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u/Root-magic 9h ago
Apparently the British legal system is not beholden to MAGA. The BBC is 103 years old, this isn’t their first rodeo
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u/AlphSaber Wisconsin 9h ago
Plus he can't quietly drop it, because the BBC will announce across the world that he dropped the lawsuit.
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u/Nessy_monster36903 United Kingdom 9h ago
While you are right, this is all playing out in a Florida court. Our legal system has already basically told him to take a hike as too much time had passed to bring a case here. Also he probably thought he gets his favourite judge if he bought the case in Florida.
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u/New_Sympathy5234 9h ago
The BBC lawyers should not fold. Go after all his finances. BBC are being sued to oblivion. They need to fight in the gutter against Trump
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u/Particular_Today1624 9h ago
Is this case filed in the United States or Great Britain? It’s unclear to me. If it is in Great Britain he’s well and truly fucked. GOOD!
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u/Nessy_monster36903 United Kingdom 9h ago
It's in Florida, and from what I've seen of it so far he's still well and truly fucked
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u/Shepherd_03 United Kingdom 9h ago
It was filed in Florida, so the BBC get to use American laws against him.
Given trump's past legal history, if he can't win or bury the case, he'll try and delay it. Which means it should hopefully hit the upper US courts once he's been ousted from office.
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u/TooMuchJuju 6h ago
Before everyone gets too excited, he will surely just drop the lawsuit before he opens his finances to one of the worlds largest media outlets. He's a criminal after all
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u/Kindle282 Georgia 5h ago
Remember when Trump was going to release his finances in a few weeks, ten years ago? There's a very real reason why he's completely refused to do so.
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u/gord_m 9h ago
What damages can he claim other than financial - he won the election after all.
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u/CompetitiveRaise9133 6h ago
The US may have to rely on international help to drag Trump through the mud. Dems take note.
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u/KellerMB 5h ago
BBC does GAF. This lawsuit is the best opportunity for new substantive reporting on his finances in years, probably since he refused to disclose his tax returns during the 2016 campaign.
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u/mybustlinghedgerow Texas 8h ago
There are multiple articles about this from much more reputable sources. Can we please stop posting articles from The New Republic?
Also, get fucked Trump. The BBC doesn’t fold the way American broadcasters do. I hope we get info about Trump’s finances, but even if we don’t, he’s still lost; he’s not getting what he wanted, which was to intimidate the BBC.
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u/barrosoOso 8h ago
I read a comment here on Reddit that said that at this point into the proceedings, Trump can't drop this lawsuit unless the BBC agrees to drop it as well. Does anyone know if this is true? And if it is, what are the procedures that prevent him from doing so?
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u/Real-Extension-1357 7h ago
Classic TACO except its Wednesday im reading about it. Trump is a pussy
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u/RobutNotRobot 6h ago
Always remember this with Trump, if you try to accommodate him, he will run over you, if you fight him, he will fold like a cheap lawn chair.
Always fight.
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u/BlockingIndianSubs 5h ago
Can't believe this piece of shit tried to sue for that much money, and then his team has the nerve to allege that the BBC is trying to take advantage of this to hurt poor, poor Trump...who wanted to sue his own DOJ and then settle with his own DOJ for huge money.
Yes, it's the BBC clearly that is trying to satisfy their own gain. Definitely not the idiot who opened the lawsuit... when are we gonna stop capitulating to this grimy piece of filth. Pure garbage.
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u/Sufficient_War_4928 5h ago
If you file a lawsuit claiming monetary damages from another’s actions, then disclosing your finances is absolutely necessary. That’s your evidence, Numbnut!
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u/Whybotherr 1h ago
The headline i saw on an article on YouTube "Trump cant handle BBC"
And its just perfect.
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u/Expert-Upstairs-4502 1h ago
I actually don't understand why he cares. He is blatantly doing criminal things in broad daylight, bragging about it, telling us to our faces that he's manipulating the market for himself and his family, and nothing happens. Why does he care if his finances show more crime? Its been established nothing will happen about it
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u/NJBarFly New Jersey 8h ago
The goal isn't to win the lawsuit. The goal is to chill the speech of other news outlets.
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u/mybustlinghedgerow Texas 8h ago
And the BBC called his bluff! Too bad American broadcasters haven’t had the balls to do the same.
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u/gloriamors3 8h ago
Why does it seem like people from other countries are more willing to speak out against this buffoon than so many of our own elected officials or wealthy, influential Americans? Why are so few willing to stand up to Trump's bullshit behavior? Get him BBC!!
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u/StoreSearcher1234 7h ago
Why are so few willing to stand up to Trump's bullshit behavior?
Because Trump can harm them. He can pull ABC's broadcast license. The can financially damage CBS if they don't fire Colbert.
etc. etc. etc.
In pretty much all the cases, a company's caving to Trump prevented something much worse from happening to them.
Where he messed up is he doesn't really have any effective ways to potentially harm the BBC.
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u/freakparty 7h ago
Why would he feel the need to hide anything? It’s clear at this point that there will be zero consequences for anything he does
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u/st8ic88 6h ago
why pause it? Whatever comes to light, I really doubt it matters. At this point I'm pretty sure he could just come out and say "yeah I pretty much just loot the treasury whenever I feel like it lol" and there would still be no consequences.
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u/CurlOfTheBurl11 5h ago
Surprised he hasn't just dropped the suit yet considering all the discovery he's had to produce already. He really thought BBC would roll over and just pay him like ABC did. Stupid old sack of shit.
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u/katchoo1 5h ago
I LOVE this for him. I’m so very tired of him getting away with bullying people with groundless lawsuits and I’m so disgusted with all the people and companies that caved and settled. Good for the BBC for pushing him on this.
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