Edition · June 24, 2024

The Daily Fuckup — June 24, 2024

2 verified reports published on June 24, 2024.

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Closing take

June 24 wasn’t the day Trump got hit with the biggest factual explosion, but it was the day his legal-and-political universe tightened around him. The through line was classic Trump-world: turn every problem into a louder fight, then act surprised when the fight gets worse. When the next shoe drops, it will almost certainly be wearing a suit, carrying a filing, and billing by the hour.

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Trump’s immunity case was still waiting on the Supreme Court on June 24

★★★★☆Fuckup rating 4/5 Serious fuckup

As of June 24, 2024, the Supreme Court had not yet ruled in Donald Trump’s immunity case. The Court had already heard argument in April and was still deciding how much of a former president’s conduct can be treated as immune from criminal prosecution, leaving the federal election case in limbo until the opinion came on July 1.

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Trump’s Post-Verdict Money Machine Kept Living Off Rage

★★★☆☆Fuckup rating 3/5 Major mess

Trump’s campaign continued to lean on inflammatory fundraising tactics after the verdict in his New York hush-money case, squeezing supporters with messages built around grievance, fear, and urgency. The strategy was working in the narrow sense of keeping the cash coming, but it also reinforced the image of a campaign that had become dependent on scandal as a business model. June 24 showed a candidate whose fundraising edge was inseparable from his legal and political mess.

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