So Trump is suing the BBC to the tune of $10 billion for “defamation” (of character?
Cornelius Hamelberg
“It’s carbon and monoxide
the ol’ Detroit perfume
it hangs on the highways
in the morning
and it lays you down by noon”
( Paul Simon : Papa Hobo
Paul, the same one who made this classic cut : Duncan
Trump is suing the BBC to the tune of $10 billion for defamation ( Bing)
Trump is suing the BBC to the tune of $10 billion for defamation ( Google)
A first reaction could be,
or even ”Good Lord !”
when for lack of
a much better word
for infinite comparison
you think about what
the consequences could be
for e.g. defaming
Voice of thunder
coming from Heaven
"No man sees my face and lives"
Trump is saying that the BBC put words in his (Trump’s) mouth and had him saying things that he did not actually say, when in fact what the BBC actually did was to cobble together verbatim statements that he made, elliptically, slightly leaving out what he said in between those statements…
First questions first :
When at this very moment, America’s great, perhaps greatest and most narcissistic & egocentric President Donald J. Trump who also happens to be the most powerful dude on the planet right now intends to hit the BBC for a good $10 Billion for defaming his not so holy name, the first question that comes to mind is why does he want to have them punished by a mere $10 Billion fine ( for damages) which should go directly into his hungry bank account, when surely, at least according to holy MAGA Doctrine, his good name is worth infinitely more than that $10 Billion which should be viewed as a mere pittance ? Why not $20 trillion?
Lord have Mercy : And how many defamation suits is he going to be pursuing when his star role in the Epstein Files actually really gets going?
It’s a well-known fact that a narcissist is always extra-sensitive to any criticism or perceived insult/s. Modesty, humility, “low profile” etc is not the narcissist's or the egocentric’s forte; if anything, such is a narcissist’s and an egotist's self-perception that they will always tend to exaggerate what they believe to be their importance, even their “holiness”, their abilities, mental capabilities, intelligence, health status, etc etc
As for me I mishear all the time
For instance listening to
for years I used to hear
“How come you get someone like him to be your GOD ?”
when in fact the bard had been chirping
“How come you get someone like him to be your guard?”
I’m now asking,
America,
how come you get someone like him
to be your president ?
The beauty of Democracy?
Earlier in the day (on BBC) I listened to George Freeman on Trump's chances of winning his defamation case against the BBC - that Trump has circa zero % chances of winning that case…
Here is a rallying cry : Let us all stand up for the BBC against Donald Trump
And we all know Trump: the spectre of Trump the loser is anathema to his ego and should it turn out that he has to bite the bitter dust of losing, he might turn on not only the BBC but also Great Britain; in revenge the usually vindictive Trump would possibly sign some new stiff tariffs and pass some punitive sanctions in his former colonial landlord,,,
To tell you the truth, I'm disappointed that the case is not going to be tried in the UK. Of course, Trump would be sure that that would give the BBC an undue advantage and in addition to losing the case he would also have to pay legal costs to the defendants. Ideally Trump would love the case to be tried by some of his hand-picked judges over there in his home turf near his Mar-a-Lago Club, in Florida, hopeful that the outcome ( $10 Billion in damages awarded to him) would not be uncertain.
But in the UK the $10 Billion being in any way awarded to him, would have been beyond any legal doubts. With the trial being held there, it should have been interesting if the defence would have resorted to calling up Mr. President for some rigorous cross examination in the witness stand to answer certain questions about his reputation, the kind of cross examination under which Trump would have wilted - knows, in a British Court of Law it’s possible that we would have seen the self-righteous Trump explode like one Nnamdi Kanu exploded , although I doubt that Trump, with his wits about and with even half a chance of grabbing some grubby money would dismiss his lawyers in the midst of such a trial or start abusing the judge, yelling at him,” You don’t know The Law”
Cornelius Hamelberg
Once upon a time there was a popular TV series Dallas, starring a ” skurk” known as J R played by Larry Hagman
Those of us who are not familiar with Trump’s once upon a time reality show The Apprentice in which the punchline was “ You’re fired” are less acquainted with Trump than those who did . And how many people has Trump (TR) not literally hired and fired since he first became president?
Now, with executive impunity, he would sure like to fire any highfalutin judge, anywhere, that ever made the very fundamental mistake of messing with him or even toying with the idea of messing with him. Such a person should live to rue the day…
Something for Trump himself to ponder : If Trump had not made that incendiary speech (which I also watched live and direct in real time, on TV) would there have been the infamous ( some say “ignominious”) 6th of January storming of the capitol ?
I asked Pa google the reputable, altogether, how many court cases has Donald Trump had so far ?
What Pa Google dredged up from the belly of the whale was astounding : It’s a very a very long list indeed and could land him in the Guinness Book of Records, World Record category with his cira 5, 000 cases , and with three years left of his presidency, there might be many more in the offing , even an impeachment or two could soon be pending
Trump strikes me as being very much like the Ashanti cocoa farmer whose watchword is “ I will litigate”
According to Forbes Trump is now worth about worth $6 Billion , and that could of course be considerably increased if he could manage to screw a further $10 Billion out of the BBC for “ Defamation” , according to him, for the BBC giving the impression ( and what everybody who listened to that his address to his supporters viewed as nothing less than naked incitement. But isn’t that one of Trump’s watchwords “We'll have to fight” - yes, Trump was heard by those who had ears to hear Trump exhorting his crowd - “We ve gotta fight like hell. And if you don't fight like hell, you re not going to have a country anymore” Exactly what did Trump mean by “We fight like hell”?
Stay tuned.
The continuing saga of Bungalow Bill :
Stay tuned.
All that remains to be done is for the US Constitution to be amended to introduce
the death penalty for anyone who has the audacity to in any way defame the president
Dr. Oohay
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Dr. Oohay
Cornelius Hamelberg
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People's Planet
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20th December, 2025
Dr Oohay,
I suppose that by now you have become a true grit American, maybe even a card-toting Republican and in no danger of being de-ported to e.g. Benin City?
Anyway, thanks to you we now know a little about Omaha poker - and thus our horizons have been considerably broadened. In the good old days before the internet, Google etc, when the Encyclopaedia Britannica was not at our fingertips or digitally available, I had more than enough trouble with "the boy who drank bergin" in Edward Albee's play Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? I had even more trouble getting to grips with some of the card games played in Tennessee's Williams plays….
As you must understand, some of your cryptic remarks are sometimes difficult to decipher, at times downright confusing. I suppose that by “Orwellian lingo”, you mean “doublespeak” ?
Occasionally, when I think that I have succeeded in deciphering you, I’m mindful of Benjamin the donkey in Animal Farm , the wry Benjamin who usually said, “donkeys live a long time.”
As the ol’ Creole folks in Saro
would be chirping to one another
at this auspicious time of the year,
I also throw you salute
(Pius Adesanmi language there) :
Seasons Greetings !
This Hanukkah & Christmas season
of peace on earth and goodwill to all men
that is upon us, I’d say that your little
tittle-tattle altercation with Prof Gloria
Emeagwali AIN’T kosher and that it’s
as treif as Christmas ham.
By the way, I watched
your Donald’s entire Hanukkah spiel.
He can be as amazing as he wants to be
can’t he? Donald can bless or pardon himself
all he wants, but I bet he can’t
sing Amazing Grace like Bro Obama
As far as I’m concerned, there’s nothing intrinsically holy in an argument, per se, whether it’s “the sermon on the mount” (a poor imitation of the glorious Mt. Sinai event) or much better still Aristotle’s ethics or Plato’s Republic or that boring, pretentious upstart Noah Harari, or Sam Harris or Baruch Spinoza ( who went far astray here) or the former Pope, the little ex- Hitler youth Benedictus Erectus, in my view/my humble opinion, an ad hominem that passes judgement can serve even better than an argument…
This could this be a reference to “your idol”
“Now he worships at an altar of a stagnant pool
And when he sees his reflection, he’s fulfilled”
Resist the urge to teach, admonished Idries Shah
The wild horses ( the nafs) are pulling in all directions but yours truly is resisting, he knows that he has to muster the necessary self-restraint so as not to go overboard with some people's holy cow, the red heifer without blemish in the White House, the one above all criticism, above all ad hominems, above Spiro Agnew's barnyard epithet “bullshit “ ( Short non-fiction)
And, talking about
paedophilia etc
what does Dr Oohay think about
the self-glorifying Trump’s walk of fame ?
Cornelius Hamelberg
