it was dismissed in less than six months. practically actually laughed out of court. now the ruling by u.s. district judge donald middlebrooks ordering trump and his attorney to cover the legal costs of the defendants in that suit is one for the ages. it is a stinging rebuke of donald trump the man and of donald trump s lies and his tried and true now legal strategy of jamming and gumming up the courts with lawsuits. it starts off like this, quote, this case never should have been brought. its inadequacy there is that word again as a legal claim was evident from the start. no reasonable lawyer would have filed it. the judge then makes it crystal clear that the ex-president himself bears responsibility for the suit. he goes on, quote, trump is a prolific and sophisticated litigant who is repeatedly using the courts to seek revenge on political adversaries. he is the mastermind of strategic abuse of the judicial process, and he cannot be seen as a litigant blindly following
have you? no, and i think it s overdue, too, nicolle, so count me in your camp on that one. thank you, my friend. it isn t even just the stop the steal stuff, trump has been doing this stuff since the 80s, you know, frivolous lawsuits, abusing the courts in order to bully counterparties. this is just a long-held strategy for this guy and i m glad we ve finally reached the find out portion of his chicane ri. the one thing i do agree with andrew on which i think is a good point here is is that time and again the courts have really stood up in the face of a big assault. we spend a lot of times on this show and the bulwark talking about areas where democracy is fraying at the seams and institutions are fraying at the seams, as andrew said not every single time but even trump appointed judges in some cases.
bipartisan infrastructure act that was passed last november is a really good example of how that worked. andrew, let s talk about this. it s so fascinating. i remember jeff immelt when he was at ge, you know, this supply chain thing, having to get a refrigerator made from across the world and then getting it shipped here, let s make it here. well, we saw in covid, you know, people go, wait a second, we don t make any masks here. they re all made in china? then a couple of months later. the pills all the pills we make are made in china? they re not made here? now we re, of course, in russia. we re talking about natural gas, we re talking about it does seem like the past few years have what heidi is talking about, just encourages us to, yes, do more energy exploration here, but also, invest more in r&d, do all the things that bring these jobs back home. you would think it would. and it should. the big winner, by the way, i would argue, i m curious if heidi agrees with this, is
horrific nature of this war. ambassador michael mcfaul, thank you very much for being on this morning. we appreciate it. thank you. up next, we re just minutes away from the opening of the markets. as netflix prepares to release its quarterly earnings, the once unthinkable could be on the table for the streaming giant. and breaking news, the imf talking about a downturn next year. is a recession in your future? we ll talk to andrew about that as well. just in time to have andrew on. and this morning s must-read opinion pages including why russia likely won t win the fight in ukraine s cities. and senator elizabeth warren on how democrats can avoid disaster in november. we re back in just a moment.
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