A progressive daily ledger of Trump-world self-owns, legal pain, policy blowback, and bad-faith chaos.
2 verified reports published on October 12, 2023.
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The through-line was classic Trump-world: overreach, contradiction, and the kind of self-damage that makes the cleanup worse than the original blast. On a day when he wanted to look presidential, he instead looked reckless abroad and brittle at home.
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Trump’s Oct. 11 comments on the Israel-Hamas war — including praise for Hezbollah as “very smart” — quickly drew criticism after they were reported on Oct. 12. White House officials and Republican rivals seized on the remarks as Trump tried to position himself as the toughest voice on the conflict.
A Deutsche Bank risk officer testified on October 11, 2023, that Trump’s financial statements were central to loans for his Doral and Chicago properties, while the bank applied its own “sanity checks” to some of the numbers. The testimony added to prosecutors’ claim that Trump’s paperwork helped him secure financing, even as the bank adjusted some valuations on its side.