I’d wager a few bucks that Trump got the inside track from someone on SCOTUS that they’ve ruled against his tariffs and now, they’re just writing up the majority/minority opinions. And he's freaking out.

First thing I noticed, too. The right side of his mouth is drooping, and it's easily noticeable. My immediate thought was, "Dude's had a stroke, and not long ago, either."

In 2003, Trump was pretty much considered a has-been, a relic of the go-go 1980s. He was making his money licensing his name to others, as the '90s were a pretty lousy decade for him. He was little more than the butt of a joke and fodder for the tabloid gossip pages.

IIRC, and it's been a long time since I read it, the women in the novel would privately discuss that among themselves.

And I'd imagine there's almost certainly video of that. Bondi, and the entire DoJ apparatus, is going all-in to protect Trump.

Here's the source for those asking: energyandpolicy.org/dte-dark-mon...

I worked in retail what seems like a lifetime ago: basically, orders for Xmas merch are made in March and April (sometimes early-to-mid May), the factory makes the merch, it's shipped over in July/August, it's received stateside and goes out to stores in September.

♩♪"Elon...has got a broken dong"♫♩