Edition · March 27, 2023
The Daily Fuckup — March 27, 2023
1 verified report published on March 27, 2023.
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Closing take
The throughline on March 27 was simple: Trump could have gone quiet, but instead he kept feeding the story. That is usually how he turns a bad situation into a bigger one. The question, as ever, was not whether he was still attacking the case. It was whether he was helping prosecutors, alarming critics, and making the whole mess look even more dangerous than it already was.
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Bat-post cleanup
Confidence 5/5
★★★★☆Fuckup rating 4/5
Serious fuckup
Donald Trump’s March 24 Truth Social post pairing him with a baseball bat and Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg drew fresh attention on March 27 after Trump’s lawyer said the post was “ill-advised.” The lawyer said the image was posted by a social media person and that Trump took it down after realizing Bragg’s photo was attached. The explanation did not end the matter; it extended the life of a post that was already under scrutiny.
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