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Arrested Tate brothers' leaked texts look 'very bad' for Donald and Barron Trump (www.rawstory.com)

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The “leaked texts” in question are messages obtained and reviewed by The New York Times regarding their 2022 arrest in Romania.

“I had word from The Trump admin that theyre [sic] on top of things,” Andrew Tate wrote in a message to “someone close to him,” according to the Times. “Ive been told ill be free soon but Trump needs to see me in Miami.”

Mockler also noted Paul Ingrassia, who serves in the Trump administration as the general counsel of the General Services Administration, has represented the Tate brothers as their attorney.

“You may remember Paul Ingrassia from his leaked texts last year in which he said he has a ‘Nazi streak’ and uses old slurs,” Mockler wrote.

“[Vice President] JD Vance still follows the Tate brothers on Twitter. Barron is friends [with] them. All of this happened after Andrew admitted to being a pimp on camera. This is the Republican Party now. I’m a young dude who loves America, and hates seeing it hijacked by these hateful, abusive, degenerates.”

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[–] AlteredEgo@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Trump's MAGA followers believe in inequality based on identity. This explains how they can claim (reactionary) morality and at the same time cheer when Trump does something beyond the pale and gets away with it. They WANT their leader to be not just above the law, but above morality.

The "logic" is that if they live in a society that values their white identity above anybody else's, the leader makes this inequality very visible and definite. Every time we react shocked and salty they cheer. Being in the news with outrageous stuff every week is literally the strategy of Trump.

That is why two decades of "this looks bad for Trump" are helping Trump. Liberals need to understand this mechanic. Although I'm not sure what to do with this. Basically words are of no more use, and action has to follow. No more discussion of Trump and his cronies.

You can think of this as living under constant psychological abuse and terrorism. This is what our civilization has become. Part of the reason why this works is because we feed into it, and part is because it's profitable for the news and social media. Or for your karma farming.

[–] Glowstick@lemmy.world 2 points 1 week ago

Yup, exactly, this news isn't gonna hurt Trump in the slightest. It SHOULD, but it won't.