Lawyers.

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(04-18-2018, 07:51 AM)hollodero Wrote: I more or less see it the same way, still there's a part of me just wondering about the incompetence of these "dirty work" people. Wouldn't one prefer competence in these workers, in general and especially when it comes to legal advice.

Normal people would. Trump wants "winners". So as long as they produce for him he'll keep them. If they make HIM look bad though they are out for being "losers".

He also wants yes men. So all they have to do is keep telling him how great and right he is and they stay on.

(04-18-2018, 07:51 AM)hollodero Wrote: But maybe it's true, maybe every respected lawyer knows that they would only damage their own reputation and that Trump is a lost cause because he obviously cannot take advice and tends to go straight for the hornet's nests.

And there will be always be those lawyers willing to do/say anything to keep the money flowing in.

(04-18-2018, 07:51 AM)hollodero Wrote: But going on that way cannot end good for Trump, no matter if he did something illegal or not. And while I never considered him to be overly intelligent, I cannot imagine he would have made it that far while using these methods.

He has a lot of money. And he's 70+ years old. His mistake was running for POTUS. People who don't care about his money are investigating him. He's not used to/hates that kind of scrutiny...probably in part because he knows he doesn't know half of the things that go on in "his" businesses. That's why all he can do is make blanket statements of "nothing" ever happened and then attack the people who are looking into his actions. He wants to be the biggest guy, the bully. And when he isn't he turns into the whinny little boy that he really is behind the money and image.

(04-18-2018, 07:51 AM)hollodero Wrote: I still don't care about the affair per se, but the way this Stormy situation was handled legally is so astonishingly unprofessional and awful. Can't wrap my head around that.

It is typical Trump: Do whatever he wants,have a slimy underling clean up the mess, deny everything.

But, again, as a private citizen he could get away with a lot more than he can as a public official.

And it must be driving him crazy that he can't just bully people (with threats/bribes/etc) into stopping.