[Pete F.]

Just keep believing

steals from a charity,

Originally Posted by detbuch

It is not alleged that he "stole" (nice spin) money from the charity. It is alleged that he, as Snopes put it "engaged in practices that could be regarded as self-dealing, rather than theft or embezzlement." That case is still pending, and remains an allegation.
No, it is not. Mr. Trump, who at first dismissed the suit as a political attack, made 19 detailed admissions, acknowledging, for example, that the foundation had purchased the $10,000 portrait of himself that was ultimately displayed at one of his Florida hotels.

He admitted to using the foundation’s money to settle obligations of some of his for-profit companies, including a golf club in Westchester County, N.Y., and Mar-a-Lago, his private club in Florida which he frequently visits.

And he admitted that the foundation had given his presidential campaign control over about $2.8 million that the foundation had raised at a veterans fund-raiser in Iowa in January 2016. Mr. Trump acknowledged the fund-raiser was in fact a campaign event.

The Trump Foundation, which Mr. Trump founded in 1987, disbanded last December after an investigation by Barbara Underwood, then-acting attorney general of New York. Ms. Underwood’s office found “unlawful coordination with the Trump presidential campaign, repeated and willful self-dealing, and much more.”

The "fake university" was indeed, apparently, a stinker. But he did settle.

And Pam Bondi ends up on his impeachment defense team, after getting a 25K "contribution" she settles the fake university case, given his typical definition and actions vis-a-vis friends and enemies, it apparently was very good for him in his mind.

Originally Posted by detbuch Pelosi assaults the truth most of the time when she politically opens her mouth. As for sexual assaults, try Clinton who set the standard for doing it while being President, and being pretty violent about it in past escapades. It seems that our Presidents' sexual misconduct wasn't an important enough issue to expose or discuss until Clinton, and even that wasn't important enough to disqualify him from being President, a much admired one. Trump's "assaults" were mild compared to Clinton. And didn't occur while he was President.

So that's conjecture with a But Clinton

mocks the disabled,

Originally Posted by detbuch That's disputed.
Dispute this


tears a child from their parents,

Originally Posted by detbuch Ahh . . . there's your ability to put a really positive spin on something.

No spin there

THE FACTS: Obama did not have a separation policy. The Trump administration didn't, explicitly, either, but that was the effect of zero tolerance, which meant that anyone caught crossing the border illegally was to be criminally prosecuted, even if they had few or no previous offences.

The policy meant adults were taken to court for criminal proceedings and their children were separated. In most cases, if the charge took longer than 72 hours to process, which is the longest time that children can be held by Customs and Border Protection, children were sent into the care of the Health and Human Services Department. Zero tolerance remains in effect, but Trump signed an executive order June 20 that stopped separations.

pays off a porn star,

Originally Posted by detbuch Probably wasn't worth it. Hey, Congress has a fund for paying off sexual claims against Congress folks. Apparently, the fund has been tapped many times for millions of dollars. So it's OK for Congress to hush up and pay for those many claims, but Trump is a bad guy for paying it out of his own funds.

Is that a But Congress?

insults a gold star family,

Originally Posted by detbuch The "gold star" family insulted the President. because obviously his great sacrifices are equal to the loss of their son


calls nazis fine people,

Originally Posted by detbuch He never did that. That's not even pure spin. It's a blatant lie.
Better tell these guys


denies science,

Originally Posted by detbuch He doesn't deny science. He sides with those, including scientists, who disagree on the causes and solutions for climate change. Saying that he denies science is pure spin.
He claims it's a chinese plot