Donald Trump Threatens to Sue Bill Maher

[WI_DEM]

Donald Trump tells Extra he will sue comedian Bill Maher if he doesn't pay up on a bet.

Maher told Jay Leno earlier this week he would offer to donate $5 million to the charity of Trump's choice if the New York businessman would release his own birth certificate to prove he was not the "spawn of his mother having sex with orangutan."

Trump says his lawyer provided the proof and now wants the $5 million.

http://politicalwire.com/archives/2013/01/10/donald_trump_threatens_to_sue_bill_maher.html

[Crazy Combo]

1. I think the bet had a time limit.

And Trump missed the time limit. So the $5m bet is null and void.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/01/08/bill-maher-donald-5-million-orangutan-monkey-leno-video_n_2432329.html

Also, I heard that Trump's birth certificate was not the long form, and so it's a fake.

[SummerSnow]

3. My question is did he prove he was not the son of a orangutan .

[Segami]

38. I'll take Orangutan Ancestry for $600....LOL!

[SummerSnow]

42. The answer is...

Reality TV personality who was thought to be human.

...Who is Donald Trump?

[Segami]

50. LOL!

My money is on the Hamburger crushing Trump.

[obamanut2012]

12. He also didn't give a DNA sample

[uponit7771]

21. +1

[Johonny]

2. that Donald Trump even responded to this demonstrates he is a joke

[leftynyc]

4. Any contract worth more than $500

must be in writing. Trump will get smacked down.

[Jim Lane]

45. If you're relying on the UCC, isn't that only for sales of goods?

I'd say instead that the whole thing was an obvious joke, not an actual offer of a contract.

[leftynyc]

56. Isn't any contract

really a sale of goods (in this case, showing something)? Isn't that the argument Trump is using?

[Jim Lane]

59. No, there are many contracts that aren't covered by the UCC.

There are also many state statutes that make oral agreements unenforceable in particular areas, but I think the $500 threshold comes from the UCC.

As for Trump, I won't make the charitable assumption that he's using any "argument" at all, in the sense of a series of logically connected propositions. It's more likely that he's just being an attention whore, as usual.

[leftynyc]

60. LOL- fair enough

NYers have been dealing with this clown forever and frankly I don't care where they smackdown comes from although I would love it coming from a judge. Really looking forward to Maher's show coming back to HBO next week.

[Bake]

5. Offer, Acceptance. Consideration. Contract basics.

None of which are here.

Trump knows better. Typical headline-hunting.

Bake

[1StrongBlackMan]

6. So ...

Now. What tact does Maher take to reject the B/C? Does he:

Claim the document released is a forgery?

Argue he wants the long form B/C?

Argue, "It's a Certificate of Live Birth, not a Birth Certificate"?

Oily and her birther hoard have provided the strategic map.

[brooklynite]

7. I'm sure Trump's Lawyer can explain the impact of "no written contract" on his claim...

...and also the New York State statutes against unlicenced gambling.

[Aristus]

32. I think there is such a thing as "breach of oral promise", but Trump is going to have difficulty

proving that it has legal veracity, coming as it did from a comedian.

[denverbill]

8. No, the birth certificate Trump showed was clearly a fake.

[rustydog]

9. Sorry "The Donald" birth certificate shows you were born and claims a father

this does not PROVE your mommy didn't have sex with an Orangutan which would be your TRUE father...come on show the proof!!!

[SummerSnow]

43. Donalds reply .....

Ooh ooo oooo aaaa aaa aaaa

[brew987]

10. So Maher doesn't want to pay up.

Too bad for the charities it was going to help.

[HERVEPA]

11. Don't let the door hit you on the way out.

[brew987]

37. Wow! you're so clever.

[JaneyVee]

40. He's a comedian. It was a joke. Or do you think Trump IS part orangutan?

[City Lights]

46. LOL!

Good one!

[HERVEPA]

41. Thank You

[obamanut2012]

14. Too bad Trump doesn't has strings attached on his charity giving

First Obama, now Mahr. Trumpy is a cheapskate.

Enjoy your stay.

[Cheap_Trick]

16. Shouldn't you be under a bridge somewhere, waiting for some goats? nt

[brew987]

36. Shouldn't you get out of your mothers basement

and clean your room?

[Still Sensible]

19. Perhaps you could share your pizza with them. n/t

[leftynyc]

23. Nothing stopping Donny from sending the

money other than his own ego and selfishness.

[Capt. Obvious]

24. Shocking I know

Favorite group: Gun Control & RKBA, 1 posts in the last 90 days (9% of total posts)

[spanone]

29. ooh, a trump lover on d.u. i thought i smelled something.

[Cali_Democrat]

44. A trump defender on DU?

You also managed to find your way to the gun forum and of course you're spouting gun nut talking points.

Something tells me you're not going to last very long here.

[Raine]

55. You're really naive or stupid if you think that money would go to a

charity and not be laundered right into Trump's bank account.

[obamanut2012]

13. Ummm... why does Trump's SHORT FORM bc have a barcode?!

They didn't have computer barcodes when he was born. And, it's short form. I could make one of those on my laptop right now.

FAKE.

And, where is his DNA sample proving he is 100% human?

wtf

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

22. Valid Point

Maher's bet was that Trump had to prove that his father was NOT an orangutan. Only a blood sample will suffice.

[obamanut2012]

34. Exactly -- DNA samples only take a few days

[fleur-de-lisa]

47. That thing on Chumps head is enough . . .

to make his claim of being human not at all credible. Show us the DNA samples!

[obamanut2012]

53. DNA DNA DNA

[Rider3]

15. I don't believe Trump

I'll stand with Bill on this one.

[no_hypocrisy]

17. Not a true "offer" as it was intended as satire.q

Never meant to be an exchange of promises with consideration.

Trump just can't pass up a chance for free publicity, that's all.

[lunatica]

18. Sounds like Trump's favorite charity is Trump

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

20. I suspect that Maher will milk this for all its worth...

Raising satirical (and idiotic) claims about the typeface of Trumps birth certificate, etc., etc., etc..

Trump just invited himself to weeks of ongoing mockery.

[In_The_Wind]

26. Indeed he will.

Trump should have laughed it off. [img][/img]

[leftynyc]

57. His show on HBO comes back next Friday

Can't wait to see how he handles this.

[RomneyLies]

25. Maher should simply claim it's a forgery

like Trump claimed about Obama's BC.

[Buns_of_Fire]

27. I feel left out. *sniff*

At this point T.Rump has threatened to sue almost everyone in the free world... but... but... he hasn't threatened to sue ME! *sob*

[spanone]

28. fuck trump.

[samsingh]

30. not the long form so it proves nothing trump

[mainstreetonce]

31. If his mother was married

to Mr. Trump, the birth certificate would have Trump's name even if his mother enjoyed wild love making with orangutans nightly.

[lpbk2713]

33. Understandably, the father denies it all.

He is so ashamed of what he has done to the world.

[Oilwellian]

39. Trump's response to Maher...

Is something an orangutan would do.

[Motown_Johnny]

48. It is an obvious forgery

[Last Stand]

49. We're only months away from Trump being found playing with his own poop in the

corner of the guesthouse sun room, babbling about Nigerian Presidents and other nonsense.

Write it down.

[Mr.Bill]

51. I will not believe the Birth Cerificate is real

Until it is fully investigated by Sheriff Joe's Posse.

[Tempest]

52. These kinds of bets have no legal standing.

Because they're illegal.

[upi402]

54. The douche-baggery is bottomless... n/t

[cecilfirefox]

58. lol- the premise is so off it couldn't be binding(sorry, thinking like a law student). nt