The former president fired off a series of potentially defamatory statements as he arrived in court

As he arrived at a federal courthouse in lower Manhattan, Donald Trump’s Truth Social account released an avalanche of posts attacking E Jean Carroll, who is suing the former president for defamation.

A jury in New York City will determine what damages he owes Ms Carroll, whom Mr Trump defamed by repeatedly calling her a liar and denying that he sexually assaulted her.

It’s the second trial stemming from defamation claims brought by Ms Caroll, and a jury already found him civilly responsible for sexually abusing her in the 1990s. He continues to claim that he never met her and has repeatedly mocked and ridiculed Ms Carroll in the wake of that verdict.

  • ThrowawayOnLemmy
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    1049 months ago

    It’s way more likely that we get manipulated and taken advantage of. Other countries realize Trump is easily manipulated because he’s a narcissist, and it’d be much simpler to stroke his ego while he opens our wallets .

    • Flying Squid
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      109 months ago

      If their leader is smart enough to manipulate us. I don’t know that Kim is.

      • @Atom
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        9 months ago

        He sure is. Remember he invited Trump across the border and told him he was the first president to come over. Trump bragged about that afterwords and talked about opening hotels on the NK waterfront.

        • @Jimbob0i0
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          29 months ago

          And that photo of Donald saluting a North Korean General was worth his weight in gold for propaganda use for them…

    • @[email protected]
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      39 months ago

      Other countries realize Trump is easily manipulated

      I mean the EU adapted very fast to him not reading and being clueless and Juncker used ‘brightly coloured, simple flashcards’ to explain trade to Trump during meeting.

      • @grue
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        19 months ago

        Trump’s been in bed with the Russians for literally decades.