TACO will back down bigly before discovery. His followers will claim victory.
this post was submitted on 22 Jul 2026
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Guess Trump thought he could bully the BBC as he did the local stations. The thing he forgot was that the BBC doesn't need his approval for mergers and it's not owned by any of his billionaire buddies.
Can they even drop the trial to avoid discovery at this point? Because some shit is about to come out in that discovery. Also I really hope they depose Trump.
They can just do what Alex Jones did in his defamation trail and refuse to cooperate with discovery. The court can't make them turn over documents at gunpoint, but the court can threaten to tell the jury that one party refused to cooperate, and to assume the evidence would be very bad for the party refusing to turn it over.
It's basically giving the other party carte blanche to say whatever they want because you're admitting you won't back anything up. So the discovery has to be pretty bad for someone to refuse to cooperate.
Its a civil trial and he can drop it at any time
The problem is that the bullying works even if it isn't really successful.
Next time a producer is considering whether to publish something, they're less likely to say something controversial about little-T because no one wants the bother of a lawsuit with POTUS even if it worked out ok last time.
Yes! Finally! Fuck diplomacy with these thugs, give an inch and they take a mile, take away their immunity and charge them for every little crime.
It's about time all of them get the Pulp Fiction treatment. A nice shot to the balls and let them stay put until the party starts.
I'm just spitballing here.
I'm guessing Trump's involvement in January 6th was far more damaging to his businesses than reporting on it.
This makes me downright giddy...
BBC is going to rearrange his guts.