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Hes been retracting frivolous lawsuits left and right. Theres that at least..
I never believed he was wealthy. >

Everything about him is an attempt to make him look more wealthy than he actually is. He's a morons idea of a rich man. He's a living caricature. >

A weak man's idea of a strong man, a poor man's idea of a rich man and a stupid man's idea of a smart man. Sums him up fairly nicely. >

Unfortunately, most of his supporters manage to be all these things at once.
Weak, poor and stupid. >

And the ones easiest to grift. The GOP is a con game designed to convince them that emptying their pockets to Republicans is the smartest, strongest, most financially savvy thing they could do.
To save freedom, own the libs, let Jeebus take the wheel and keep the brown people from raping our wimmin and murdering our childrens.
Trump just scooped up the conservative scam and ran with it. >

You ain't wrong...there's some trump ball gargler around here that likes to park around my county hawking Trump's campaign, and anti lib paraphernalia that claims he needs to sell the shit to pay his rent.  I wanna slap him upside the head al a Gibbs from NCIS, take him by the shoulders, shake him and scream "Maybe you wouldn't need help with rent if you didn't give all your money to a fraudster that depends on you being this fucking stupid!!" >

Lengthy jail time would be a better deterrent >

Paying fines makes him angry, but it doesn't actually punish him. >

Right because Clown Prince Muhammad Bone Saw slips him all the cash he could ever need... >

That was my reaction too but if money is not a problem, why not push forward the New York AG lawsuit? If Middlebrooks rules the same way, couldn't they potentially claim the judge is biased? >

Trump is sue-happy, and he's been suing people for most of his career, so this fine won't mean a thing to him.  However it will mean a tremendous amount to Alina Habba, who is jointly liable for this.  So while this won't necessarily mean much for Trump, this may make Trump's current and future attorneys hesitant to enter into lawsuits that have no legal basis, but are simply a way to get media attention and harrass the opposing parties. >

Trump isn't actually rich so this will matter to him. >

This. Trump isn’t the wealth machine he has led people to believe. These fines will hurt him. >

Will hurt his fans, because if he needs to pay X, he’ll extort them for 5times X. >

You are so right. >

To use the law to not pay people as Trump does is one thing.
The court making you pay a million hurts this fake rich guy a ton. My only concern is how the court enforces it. Things like criminal restitution can be hard to enforce in most cases and doesn't really deter financial crimes. Trump has already backed out of another lawsuit so have to wait and see. >

For all the knee-jerk "lol deterrent" people commenting:

The penalty appears to have registered on the former president: Within hours, he withdrew a lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James, a suit that the court decision had identified as similarly frivolous and vengeful.

And then the following day:

Trump voluntarily drops another lawsuit against New York Attorney General Letitia James

The penalty was for filing a frivolous lawsuit. He immediately withdrew two frivolous lawsuits. But because  some of y'all don't know what 'deterrent' means:

a thing that discourages or is intended to discourage someone from doing something. >

Trump won’t pay this. He will make his lawyer pay it and then that will go to court. >

Our court system is nothing more than a Lego construction to the rich.  Add a piece.  Take a piece out.  Both are used to reach the desired goal.  And the goal is to get rich and powerful enough where the Lego construction can just be discarded. >

Think of a real life example of someone going around saying “I’m gonna sue” over every thing. 
Those people are weak and awful. >

It’s a million dollars. They have plenty more. >

No. No. That’s not the point. this lawsuit and judgement, no matter the value of the case, will prevent Trump org from getting bank debt or raise debt cheaply now that he has been convicted of fraud. 
From a business stand point, it’s a knife in one of its kidneys
EDIT: I replied to the wrong article and a different fine charged to Trump Org >

He will just scam his supporters more.  Well, until they are broke anyways. >

so, what you're saying is, MORE NFT's ? >

Or those "recurring" support donations to fight against stolen election, fight against government tyranny and MAGA.  As of now the more fight he starts the more money he can raise from donations. >

“It’s a serious deterrent”? Maybe to the average person, but there will always be wealthy people bank-rolling lawsuits or using the court system to get their way. >

Does trump just take ever photo like he’s about to vomit or what? >

Sorry but I fail to see consequences. I’ve been seeing articles like this since 2016, this man child has faced 0 consequences.