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Less than two weeks after paying E. Jean Carroll $5.6 million tied to a civil sexual abuse and defamation case, President Donald Trump is asking for the money back.

Trump’s legal team is seeking an emergency injunction that would force Carroll to return the amount she was paid following a judge’s July 8 ruling that ordered the payment process to begin, according to The Independent.

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[–] FaceDeer@fedia.io 67 points 2 days ago (3 children)

Trump has this utterly fundamental belief that you're either a "winner" or a "loser." The moment you give something they want, that makes them the winner and therefore you are the loser. He doesn't care about the numbers, he just cares about whether he's winning.

[–] Gerblat@lemmy.world 60 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Ironic, since he’s one of the biggest fucking losers in recent history lmao

[–] Fredselfish@lemmy.world 43 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Hard to tell with him making billions off our tax dollars and having zero consequences for the corruption.

[–] phutatorius@lemmy.zip 2 points 1 day ago

Zero consequences so far.

[–] Zachariah@lemmy.world 18 points 2 days ago (1 children)

and literally nobody loves him—not even himself

[–] kewjo@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

i don't think he has that emotion, everything is just an object to him.

[–] nickiwest@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

I would bet that he's got his father's voice in his head, telling him what a loser he is a dozen times a day.

A lot of us have family trauma. Most of us don't try to burn down the entire world because of it.

How different do you think things would be if someone had gotten this man into therapy in the '80s or '90s?

[–] newton@feddit.online 1 points 2 days ago

So ,he's a loser in murica ,the war in Iran ,nothing new