Trump was unhinged during first week of hush money trial. He'll only get weirder.
Rex Huppke, USA TODAY
For perhaps the first time in his life, Donald Trump had to spend a week shutting up.
There was one place he had to be a Manhattan criminal courtroom and he couldnt come and go as he pleased. He couldnt talk. He couldnt send inflammatory social media posts from his phone.
He just had to sit there and listen as the people of the state of New York vs. Donald J. Trump began and jurors were selected to decide whether the former president falsified business records as part of a scheme to silence a former adult-film star and influence the 2016 presidential election.
Tough-guy Trump sure did a lot of bellyaching his first week on trial
Trump was clearly shocked to learn standing trial on criminal charges comes with certain inconveniences.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-unhinged-during-first-week-080041523.html
kimbutgar
(21,234 posts)But he thinks TFA (the fg a hole) will implode during this trial and lose it and will wake up some of supporters.
He said TFA has no self control and it will be a show to see him lose it as the stress mounts. I think his handlers wouldnt let him go to his North Carolina rally yesterday because they were afraid hed make his case worst by attacking the judge and threatening the jury.
Irish_Dem
(47,564 posts)Trump is going to act out even more.
He will get much worse before this is over.
I had the same thought.
Trump's minders or Trump himself put the breaks on the rally.
The minders were afraid of Trump would do there.
Or Trump is crashing and burning and couldn't get on the airplane.
dutch777
(3,050 posts)Irish_Dem
(47,564 posts)This is torture for someone like Trump.
He is getting punished just in the trial phase.
agingdem
(7,869 posts)he thought his lawyers could strike potential jurors with abandon..so after 4 days a jury was seated and now he's appealing he can't get a fair trial because the jury hates his guts..the idiot is a gas-blowing moron...
keithbvadu2
(36,985 posts)captain queeg
(10,274 posts)It would certainly get the highest ratings (viewership) of his miserable life. Or at least some camera to catch the meltdown, but I think its for the best. Not having an audience will no doubt drive him crazy. All people will see are those sketches and read what reporters are saying.
ShazzieB
(16,577 posts)...I'm afraid that it it was televised, I'd be so glued to it that I wouldn't be able to do anythimg else those 4 days of the week!
Gore1FL
(21,161 posts)speak easy
(9,343 posts)Hate that word. Trump was never "hinged"in the first place.
DemocraticPatriot
(4,449 posts)I think the "REAL show" starts on Monday....
ShazzieB
(16,577 posts)chouchou
(650 posts)..the judge is going to order a case of Industrial Air Freshener.
ms liberty
(8,615 posts)Warpy
(111,404 posts)If he did in fact deduct the payment to Cohen as a legal expense, the interest and penalty will make him scream in agony even if he doesn't go to prison for tax fraud.