Trump Loses at the Supreme Court — and Threatens the Justices
After losing his case at the Supreme Court of the United States, Donald Trump took to social media and threatened the very institution that ruled against him:
"We will take appropriate action immediately to make sure that someone who has committed wrongdoing will not be making vital decisions concerning the Welfare of the United States of America!" he posted on social media.
Read that again. A man who lost in court is promising "appropriate action" against the people who decided the case. Coming from someone with his own record, the projection is hard to miss. So let's talk about who has actually "committed wrongdoing."
The Record
The woman he was found liable for sexually abusing — and is still paying.
- Paid E. Jean Carroll $5 million — a federal civil jury found him liable for sexually abusing her, a finding the trial judge noted amounts to rape in the ordinary meaning of the word (Carroll v. Trump, May 2023).
- Still owes $83.3 million to E. Jean Carroll — a second jury's award for defamation, for his disparaging public remarks about her after she came forward (January 2024).
The hush money — paid to Stormy Daniels.
- Convicted on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to conceal a $130,000 hush-money payment to adult-film actress Stormy Daniels before the 2016 election — the first former U.S. president ever convicted of felonies (New York, May 2024).
And the rest.
- Hit with a ~$454 million judgment for persistent business fraud — inflating asset values to deceive banks and insurers (New York Attorney General civil fraud case, February 2024).
- Indicted federally for retaining classified national-defense documents at Mar-a-Lago and obstructing their return.
- Indicted over efforts to overturn the 2020 election — federally and in a Georgia racketeering (RICO) case.
That is the "wrongdoing" record of the man now threatening "appropriate action" against the Court. The projection writes itself.