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The man who performed “Worm” within the film Rounders is looking President Donald Trump a horrible poker participant.
Award-winning actor Ed Norton took to Twitter Friday morning and went on a seven-tweet rant about how Trump’s unverified claims of election fraud are only a horrible bluff to attempt to destroy America’s democracy and religion in establishments.
Norton credited his father, who was a federal prosecutor, alongside along with his expertise enjoying with a number of “serious” poker gamers to make the comparability.
“He doesn’t have the cards. His bluff after ‘the flop’ has been called in court,” wrote Norton. “His ‘turn card’ bluff will be an escalation and 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. But he’s got junk in his hand. So call him.”
I’m no political pundit however I grew up w a dad who was a federal prosecutor & he taught me quite a bit & I’ve additionally sat a good quantity of poker w critical gamers & l’ll say this: I don’t suppose Trump is making an attempt to ‘make his base happy’ or ‘laying the groundwork for his own network’…
— Edward Norton (@EdwardNorton) November 20, 2020
…or that ‘chaos is what he loves’. The core of it’s that he is aware of he’s in deep, multi-dimensional authorized jeopardy & this defines his each motion. We’re seeing 1) a tactical delay of the transition to purchase time for coverup & proof suppression 2) above all, a determined endgame
— Edward Norton (@EdwardNorton) November 20, 2020
…which is to create sufficient chaos & anxiousness about peaceable switch of energy, & concern of irreparable injury to the system, that he can minimize a Nixon-style deal in change for lastly conceding. But he doesn’t have the playing cards. His bluff after ‘the flop’ has been known as in court docket…
— Edward Norton (@EdwardNorton) November 20, 2020
His ‘turn card’ bluff shall be an escalation & his ‘River card’ bluff might be actually ugly. But they should be known as. We can not let this mobster bully the USA right into a deal to save lots of his ass by threatening our democracy. THAT is his play. But he’s obtained junk in his hand. So name him.
— Edward Norton (@EdwardNorton) November 20, 2020
I’ll enable that he’s additionally a whiny, sulky, petulant, Grinchy, vindictive little 10-ply-super-soft bitch who little doubt is simply throwing a depraved pout fest & making an attempt to provide a tiny-hand center finger to the entire nation for pure spite, and not using a single thought for the lifeless & dying
— Edward Norton (@EdwardNorton) November 20, 2020
But his contemptible, treasonous, seditious assault on the steadiness of our political compact isn’t about 2024, private enrichment or anything apart from making an attempt to make use of chaos & menace to the inspiration of the system as leverage to commerce for a protected exit. Call. His. Bluff.
— Edward Norton (@EdwardNorton) November 20, 2020
Faith within the energy of our sacred establishments & founding ideas is severely stretched…however they are going to maintain. They will. He’s leaving, gracelessly & in infamy. But if we commerce for it, give him some brokered settlement, we’ll be susceptible to his return. We can’t flinch.
— Edward Norton (@EdwardNorton) November 20, 2020
Trump’s refusal to confess defeat has held penalties for the playing neighborhood as properly. Online sportsbooks around the globe have but to grade betting slips and pay out tons of of thousands and thousands of {dollars} to those that wagered on this yr’s presidential election.
Norton has been a favourite of the poker neighborhood for a while because of his function in Rounders. In 2016, somebody paid €110,000 at a charity public sale to play poker with the actor and take heed to him inform tales concerning the film.
Norton gained a Golden Globe Award for “Best Supporting Actor in a Motion Picture” for his function in Primal Fear. He was additionally nominated 3 times for an Academy Award.
