Is he an emperor reincarnation conquering the world and amassing all wealth or is he just posing as one, scamming Putin in the process?
Attribution: Putin’s new bear by Christo Komarnitski, Bulgaria
Hitting 40,000 at Birthday
According to On this Day in 1792 24 merchants formed the New York Stock Exchange at 70 Wall Street.
Just the day before 232 years later:
The Dow Jones hits 40,000 points for the first time ever : NPR
The Dow Jones Industrial Average surpassed 40,000 points on Thursday for the first time ever, signaling a strong endorsement of the health of the U.S. economy.
Those Were the Days
Trump Violates Gag Order Again
This time he is violating the judge’s prohibition against directing others to attack witnesses.
New York magazine’s Andrew Rice said on MSNBC that during the trial he personally witnessed Trump “editing” and “making notations” to quotes submitted by GOP allies before they made them to media outside.
That is a violation of the gag order if Trump is providing daily talking points to surrogates who attack witnesses. The order bans “making or causing others to make” prohibited statements.
When Judge Merchan found Trump in contempt of court a second time last week and fined him again, he made it clear that jail time was the only remaining option. In this instance he is violating the order in the courtroom in front of the judge!
Just yesterday a 5-judge New York appeals unanimously upheld the constitutionality of the gag order, ruling that it “properly determined that the defendant’s public statements posed a significant threat to witnesses and potential witnesses in this case, ensuring they are free from threats, intimidation, harassment and harm.”
With the trial coming to a close and to avoid an interruption Merchan can choose to wait and put him in jail for gag violations after the trial is finished.
