“I’m no political pundit but I grew up w a dad who was a federal prosecutor & he taught me a lot & I’ve also sat a fair amount of poker w serious players & l’ll say this: I do not think Trump is trying to ‘make his base happy’ or ‘laying the groundwork for his own network’……or that ‘chaos is what he loves’. The core of it is that he knows he’s in deep, multi-dimensional legal jeopardy & this defines his every action. We’re seeing 1) a tactical delay of the transition to buy time for coverup & evidence suppression 2) above all, a desperate endgame…which is to create enough chaos & anxiety about peaceful transfer of power, & fear of irreparable damage to the system, that he can cut a Nixon-style deal in exchange for finally conceding. But he doesn’t have the cards. His bluff after ‘the flop’ has been called in court…His ‘turn card’ bluff will be an escalation & his ‘River card’ bluff could be really ugly. But they have to be called. We cannot let this mobster bully the USA into a deal to save his ass by threatening our democracy. THAT is his play. But he’s got junk in his hand. So call him. I will allow that he’s also a whiny, sulky, petulant, Grinchy, vindictive little 10-ply-super-soft bitch who no doubt is just throwing a wicked pout fest & trying to give a tiny-hand middle finger to the whole country for pure spite, without a single thought for the dead & dying. But his contemptible, treasonous, seditious assault on the stability of our political compact isn’t about 2024, personal enrichment or anything else other than trying to use chaos & threat to the foundation of the system as leverage to trade for a safe exit. Call. His. Bluff. Faith in the strength of our sacred institutions & founding principles is severely stretched…but they will hold. They will. He’s leaving, gracelessly & in infamy. But if we trade for it, give him some brokered settlement, we’ll be vulnerable to his return. We can’t flinch.”—Actor Edward Norton via Twitter, seething over Donald Trump‘s continued refusal to concede the 2020 Election. Trump and his deputies–notably Rudy Giuliani–have continued to spread false allegations of voter fraud and file frivolous court suits in an attempt to overturn Joe Biden‘s victory.
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Oscar-nominee Edward Norton dismantles Trump in epic Twitter tirade
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rbernard
I agree with Edward Norton and have been telling my friends the same story.
Goforit
Totally agree. I have thought for a long time that Trump has been using the threat of civil war as leverage to keep America from throwing his treasonous A$$ in prison as soon as he is out of office.
ingyaom
Impressive, Ed.
Kangol2
Wow, that is some astute analysis. I’d take Ed Norton as a talking head on one of these political shows on CNN, MSNBC, The PBS News Hour, FoxNews, etc., over some of the tired people parroting conventional wisdom they usually feature.
CarrieV
Hmm, I’d never given much thought to this (or any other) actor outside of the two hours they entertain us in the theater, but this one is pretty spot on.
Why can’t we get some political commentators who are this astute?
MrMichaelJ
I’m extremely disappointed Queerty didn’t bother to post a as-naked-as-possible picture of him in this article 😉
jdr11201
Hurray for Edward Norton,
Now Mr. Trump, Get Out … 😛
lather
And now I get to fall in love with Edward Norton all over again. XOXOXO
CKNJ
Perfectly stated… that orange POS needs to jailed not let off the hook!
RichardPeters
LOL, Ed Norton waxing poetic on more illogical lib nonsense. Nobody has cheated more than the libs going back to Slick Willie and it has gotten progressively worse. If they had anything on Trump they would have exposed it by now. Meanwhile, MSM turns the other cheek to all the transgressions of Biden/Kamal and the rest of Obama’s sycophants.
Maybe try listening to folks like Richard Grenell for a more real perspective rather than the typical lib spewage.
Mack
LOL sounds like you drink a lot of the Trump koolaid. Pathetic.
KyleMichelSullivan
You’re not a gay man. I doubt you’re even into men, at all, and just came on here lying so you can make some idiotic point. At most, you’re a self-loathing homosexual. Big difference.
As for supporting the GOP, that proves you are also self-destructive. You need help for that.
Why not get over your psychoses and learn to be okay with yourself and those around you instead of being such a nasty queen?
Kangol2
RichardPeters, you sound like Kieran rhapsodizing about that moron Richard Grenell. Dude, let it go. Even Germany wanted that idiot gone, and as Grenell demonstrated recently in Arizona, he was barely able to give his name when it came to defending Don the Con. On top of it Donny Dump lost badly. BADLY. He’s FIRED!
Also, you actually took the time to write: ” If they had anything on Trump they would have exposed it by now.” Are you out of your mind? Did you miss the Mueller Report, the bipartisan Senate Intelligence Reports, countless court testimony, etc., showing that not only did Don the Con’s team & allies conspire with Russia but he remains Russia’s puppet, and he commit numerous acts of obstructing justice. Were he not President–and he LOST, BADLY–he’d have been brought to trial already.
Don the Con was impeached for trying to extort the Ukrainian president to smear Biden. Don the Con has engaged in all kinds of pimping of the US government to fill his and his vile family’s pockets, since day 1. Don the Con completely lied to the American people about Covid-19 and has 260,000 deaths & countless ill people on his bloody hands. Don the Con cruelly separated children from their parents and over 560+ still have not been united with their parents. And on and on. You have got to be kidding.
Roy Ajax
Sounds like Norton is the petulant little child with this whiny, bloated tweet. He thinks he’s a political expert because his dad was a lawyer and he plays poker. Another arrogant actor with his head up his own @ss.
Goforit
Roy Ajax Just to make sure we understand. You don’t have an educated argument with Norton’s statements. So you resort to childish insults? Can you see the irony with that? You must have gotten your trolling degree online at Trump University. Ask for your money back.
Roy Ajax
@Goforit
Eddy doesn’t give any facts to verify, it’s all conjecture.
LMG
Richard Peters needs to get back on his meds. To cite Richard Grenell a total a$$hole for anything shows how ridiculous RP is. That’s why Trump “loves the uneducated”. The joke is on all those fools who can’t drink enough of the Kool Aid that the obese purveyor of lies constantly feeds them at his temper tantrum rallies. Good riddance to him and all of his supplicants who can’t recognize when they’ve been had. More than 258,000 dead in this country and many more to come from the man-child in the WH who is nothing more than a “very unstable jacka$$”. That is his legacy!!
DK
“But Obama, But Hillary, But Bill, But Biden, But Kamala”
Yawn. The insane, racist, homophobi, communist, serially dumb, America-hating Rethuglikkklan right has no defense for the fascist antics of unpopular, vulgar, rage tweeting thug, pedophile, and pathological lying birther bigot @sshole Trump.
No ideas for healthcare, education, climate change, infrastructure jobs, or election security.
Just fearmongering, nonstop lies, vote suppression, and lame attempts to change the subject to fact-and-evidence free smears of Democrats, when they’re not selling out American troops, allies, and elections to communist Russia, bankrupting American farms with a failed trade war, and cutting taxes for billionaires.
No wonder Trump’s fat orange @ss lost by 6 million voted and even Fox News has turned on his deranged cult of meth-addict deplorables.
P.S. Nobody around here takes sellout Reich Minister Grennell seriously. Get real.
stuffedpuppy
Boy, Richie Rich, did you ever stumble on the wrong side of the fence. Thanks for giving me the biggest belly laugh in a long, long time!! Oh, if by any chance, should you be ‘queer’ please don’t forget to let that gas oven unattended at the Log Cabin. 😉
Hdtex
Trump’s personal sphincter licker weighs in…
missvamp
Well stated & I totally agree.
Mack
I love his description of Trump-PERFECT.
RichardPeters
Maybe do a little research instead of being a sheep. There are many gays like myself who back Trump and are conservative.
Max
@RichardPeters
nothing wrong with being conservative or even Republican.
but everything is wrong with Trump, from his lies, deceptions, morals, and ethics. he is unfortunately the shiny golden idol folks are errantly worshipping.
RichardPeters
@Max How so brother, I just don’t see it.
DK
@RichardPeters Yes, we are well aware that many gays are either racists or idiots who still haven’t figured out that Trump isn’t a lying, vulgar, unfit con artist.
No self-respecting conservative would support a rage tweeting, pathological lying communist tyrant like Trump. Nice try!
A_Fremen_Naib
I am Jack’s complete agreement.
bachy
Absofookinlutely, Ed. All of Trump’s end-of-term flailing is a thinly-disguised effort to avoid the bed he’s meticulously made for himself. I also suspect some of the Deep Pockets who’ve funded this debacle may be coming for their pound of flesh, Jeffrey Epstein-style.
Roy Ajax
You don’t think “deep pockets” funded Biden? A Forbes article (you can find it online) states that 94 billionaires are backing Biden. 38% from finance billionaires. 11% from tech billionaires. Do you not think these people/corporations/industries aren’t going to want their “pound of flesh” from Biden?
DK
@Roy Ajax “But Bidennnnnnn!!!!”
The only answer the gayKK has left, since even Fox News is finally fed up with lying communist thug Trump, a scumbag who tweeted a White Power video on June 28 2020.
SPEEDOSWIMMER
NAILED IT!!!
GayEGO
Absolutely! No settlement for Donnie, jail him!
Rock Star
Trump is dust in the wind. Dust in the wind. You tell ’em Edward.
Looking forward to his being prosecuted for the damage he did to America.
Americans don’t like bullies. Or crooks.
mozzer
@RichardPeters
“There are many gays like myself who back Trump and are conservative.”….and RACIST too I’m sure. I’ve had the unfortunate opportunity to meet a few gays like you, all Trumpers.