Edition · November 30, 2023
The Daily Fuckup — November 30, 2023
1 verified report published on November 30, 2023.
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Closing take
The through-line here is simple: when Trump is losing, he tends to double down on the conduct that caused the loss in the first place. That may thrill his base for a news cycle, but it also hands opponents, judges, and prosecutors fresh material. On November 30, 2023, that pattern was the story.
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Gag order backfire
Confidence 5/5
★★★★☆Fuckup rating 4/5
Serious fuckup
A New York appeals court reinstated a gag order in Donald Trump’s civil fraud case after he repeatedly targeted a judge’s law clerk and other courtroom personnel. The ruling was another reminder that Trump’s instinct to lash out at the referee keeps creating legal and political problems for him. What might have been a narrow courtroom restriction instead became another public example of Trump turning discipline into defiance and then calling the consequence persecution.
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