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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump Lawsuit Says He's Too Addicted to Twitter to Make Rational Decisions.
One thing Donald Trump is known for is a refusal to abide by contracts he has agreed to. Over his decades in business, he has stiffed hundreds of contractors and skipped out on creditors, sometimes concocting wild legal theories to justify his crookedness. (Trump famously countersued Deutsche Bank for $3 billion, claiming it caused the global financial crisis, thus relieving him of his obligation to repay his loan.)
Another thing Trump is known for is his compulsive tweeting. Trumps campaign and presidential aides devoted a large share of his political career begging him not to tweet, or to tweet less, or at least to let somebody spell-check his tweets before he sends them. Trumps addiction to Twitter runs so deep that even the most sycophantic Republicans will often concede that his microblogging habit is one thing they would change about his otherwise unblemished presidency.
These two traits have come together in hilarious fashion in Trumps most recent lawsuit. Trump is challenging his ban from Twitter and, in this filing, requests that the case be heard in Florida rather than in San Francisco. His lawyers say the case needs to be heard near his home because his access to resources to conduct extensive litigation in Northern California are limited. (Apparently Trumps financial situation is pretty dire.)
The problem, Trumps lawyers recognize, is that the terms of service Trump agreed to bind him to holding any legal battles in Northern California. So they are making the case that these terms of service are invalid. The argument they came up with is that Twitter is so addictive that Trump had no choice but to accept the terms of service:
The total immersion that Defendant seeks to achieve on the part of its Users leads to a dependency that alters the relative bargaining positions of Defendant and those Users. Thus, even when Defendant prompts its Users to review its updated TOS, Defendant knows that its Users are dependent on its services and more than likely than not to accept its changes, whatever they may be.
Read more: https://nymag.com/intelligencer/2021/09/trump-lawsuit-trump-too-twitter-addicted-to-think-clearly.html
Midnightwalk
(3,131 posts)They finally banned him for violating terms of service that arguably are there to control content that aimed to provoke, shock, and enrage.
You know, the things his suit says trump is addicted to. The response should be fun to read.
Skittles
(153,160 posts)ShazzieB
(16,396 posts)When you read it with that filter, it's actually pretty damned funny!
abqtommy
(14,118 posts)he was born/hatched with DNA that supported that.
Lady Freedom Returns
(14,120 posts)Disaffected
(4,554 posts)most folks otherwise would be tilting.
Tilting - the medieval sport of jousting with a lance.
keithbvadu2
(36,804 posts)That will make a great campaign slogan.
PortTack
(32,767 posts)Be bigger, right up to and including unfit to stand trial due to mental and or physical incapacity. But...and theres always a but with him, when it comes to running for office, he will claim he is fit and ready to run for the presidency again.
vanlassie
(5,670 posts)Well done, TFG. Now, get yourself to Betty Ford and stop bothering us.