The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the former magazine columnist who accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.
The reframe has already worked. The number keeps being reported as 1.8 billion dollars when it was specifically 1.776 billion, 1776 being red meat for his base. That number means something to them and covering it up is providing cover for the motivation and intent of the fund.
The 1,776 million number contains more useful info than saying 1.8 billion, so I’m cool with that framing.
The reframe has already worked. The number keeps being reported as 1.8 billion dollars when it was specifically 1.776 billion, 1776 being red meat for his base. That number means something to them and covering it up is providing cover for the motivation and intent of the fund.
The 1,776 million number contains more useful info than saying 1.8 billion, so I’m cool with that framing.
It actually helped me realize that it was a purely made up amount too and that it’s exactly pandering to his base with “1776”
The irony being that all of his jackbooted thug fans would be Tories and ache for a Big Daddy/King to rule America again.
There’s no number in the “settlement.” Drumpf just handed himself a blank check to be paid by the taxpayers