Summary
Law firms that complied with former Trump’s demands are now facing consequences, including lost clients and potential damage to their reputations.
Trump is reportedly delighted by the situation, viewing it as a victory.
The firms, who believed they could appease Trump, are now in turmoil as he continues to demand more from them.
so wild to me that people who know the law inside out can’t out think a guy who literally can’t think
Trump’s not doing anything himself. He’s siccing his hounds on them. He has the entire staff of the executive branch to throw at them without the constraints of ethics or even the bounds of the law much of the time. Trump is dumb AF, but he has plenty of slimy sycophantic henchmen and women who are conniving and intelligent enough to pose a threat. And even if they, themselves, aren’t smart enough, they have heritage foundation back legal counsels that spend their careers twisting and exploiting holes in the law for self-serving goals. I can’t say that I would be in a hurry to put my company’s resources against that machine either.