Trump announces

[George K]

Donors bail:

Stephen Schwarzman — chairman, CEO and co-founder of private-equity giant Blackstone — says in a statement to Axios that he's defecting from former President Trump for the 2024 presidential race.

Driving the news: "America does better when its leaders are rooted in today and tomorrow, not today and yesterday," Schwarzman says.

"It is time for the Republican Party to turn to a new generation of leaders and I intend to support one of them in the presidential primaries."
Why it matters: This is a major defection by a GOP megadonor who was close to Trump — very engaged with him on trade issues — and had real pull in the Trump White House.

The big picture: It's the second GOP megadonor to come out against Trump in two weeks.

Ken Griffin — the billionaire founder of the Citadel hedge fund, who had praised Trump policies — endorsed Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis last week.
Griffin, who moved Citadel's headquarters to Miami this year, told Bloomberg yesterday that Trump is a "three-time loser."
Between the lines: Two of the country's largest and most influential Republican donors are looking for a next-generation candidate.

Trump doesn't need the money. But the statements by Schwarzman and Griffin are likely to give cover and backbone to some Republican elected officials to move on.

[Jolly]

I think he's got $100M in his campaign warchest, so he doesn't need the big donors, as much as he needs the continued support of the small donors.

[Axtremus]

@Jolly said in Trump announces:

I think he's got $100M in his campaign warchest, so he doesn't need the big donors, as much as he needs the continued support of the small donors.

Have you donated yet since his announcement to run in 2024?

[Axtremus]

[Renauda]

@George-K said in Trump announces:

@jon-nyc said in Trump announces:

Wow. The Post today.

Can you imagine being in the room with Trump when he's shown that front page? "Florida man," LOL.

And the story buried on page 26 no less.

[89th]

@Jolly said in Trump announces:

You've swallowed the MSM Trump line hook and sinker. Once you do that, you're like any other caught fish. It's just a matter of how they play you, until they land you in the boat.

FIFY

[Axtremus]

@George-K said in Trump announces:

@jon-nyc said in Trump announces:

Wow. The Post today.

Can you imagine being in the room with Trump when he's shown that front page? "Florida man," LOL.

I'm holding out for Babylon Bee.

[Copper]

@Axtremus said in Trump announces:

Have you donated yet since his announcement to run in 2024?

You should get on the automatic weekly plan, simple, no hassle.

[Jolly]

@89th said in Trump announces:

@Jolly said in Trump announces:

You've swallowed the MSM Trump line hook and sinker. Once you do that, you're like any other caught fish. It's just a matter of how they play you, until they land you in the boat.

FIFY

Lad, you're full of shit.

[Jolly]

@Axtremus said in Trump announces:

@Jolly said in Trump announces:

I think he's got $100M in his campaign warchest, so he doesn't need the big donors, as much as he needs the continued support of the small donors.

Have you donated yet since his announcement to run in 2024?

Thanks for reminding me.

[jon-nyc]

OMG the actual story on p26.

“Classified documents library”. lol

[Copper]

The hate is strong

[George K]

@jon-nyc that is Babylon Bee-worthy stuff

[jon-nyc]

Yeah. Say what you will about the post, they have long had tremendous headline writers.

[Renauda]

NY Post like Fox Corporation is owned by Murdoch.

So when is Fox News going to unleash the Carlson/Gabbard tag team to dump on Trump?

[George K]

@George-K said in Trump announces:

Journalism dies in the opinion pages copying one another.:

And NPR repeats the lie:

" he inflamed racial tensions like when he said there were "very fine people" on both sides of a white nationalist protest in Charlottesville, Va., where a counter-protester was killed"

[89th]

Honestly, I have no problem with the headlines. Americans should never forget a President's refusal to accept an election loss. Never.

That being said, you are right about the NPR write-up, specifically this paragraph.

The foundation of Trump's 2016 candidacy and ensuing presidency was nativism — he campaigned on building a wall to keep Spanish-speaking immigrants out of the United States; in his early days in office, he banned people from some mostly Muslim countries from coming to the country; he inflamed racial tensions like when he said there were "very fine people" on both sides of a white nationalist protest in Charlottesville, Va., where a counter-protester was killed; and he regularly exaggerated dangers to trigger anger and fear in many Americans.

First, it's written like, by a 7th grader, like, totally, like ya know? Second, while I certainly disagreed with Trump on a number of topics (election denial, handling COVID early on, 3rd grade insults) the items listed above are very much inaccurate. I had no problem with his effort to secure the border in regards to illegal immigration, ban certain countries from sending people to the US (presuming there is a valid national security reason), and indeed there were many fine people on both sides of the Charlottesville event. Then again, as a native Virginian, I have more respect for Robert E Lee than probably most of the country.

[Doctor Phibes]

He acted like a spoilt, whiny little brat when he lost the election, which perhaps isn't particularly surprising, but certainly isn't what I'd want as a head of state.

I'm not sure the headlines are particularly egregious.

[Copper]

@Doctor-Phibes said in Trump announces:

He acted like a spoilt, whiny little brat

And was still better than most of his opponents.

Sad

[xenon]

I think almost anyone who is a top Republican contender today can beat Biden in the general. Probably easily.

But, if Trump doesn't make it out of the primary on top, I can see him running 3rd party and completely ruining that.

EDIT: meant to say "beat Biden"