Trump, who wanted a TV legal team, is 'distracted' by impeachment trial, source says

[turbinetree]

By Jim Acosta, CNN

Updated 5:30 PM ET, Sat January 18, 2020

(CNN)A source close to the White House who speaks to Donald Trump regularly said the President has appeared "distracted" by the impeachment trial that begins on Tuesday, telling people around him Friday night at Mar-a-Lago that he "can't understand why he is impeached."

"Why are they doing this to me," the source quoted Trump as saying repeatedly.

Trump has been telling associates and allies around him that he wanted a "high profile" legal team that can perform on television, the source said. It's simply who Trump is, the source continued, adding Trump loves having people who are on television working for him.

This in part may explain why Kenneth Starr and Alan Dershowitz were added to the legal team representing the President.

https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/18/politics/trump-impeachment-team/index.html

[BigmanPigman]

1. He is distracted by a fly in the room.

"Why are they doing this to me?".....

Isn't that what Libya's Gaddafi said when he was being killed by this own people?

[mucifer]

2. Ok guys who do you think will be the first lawyer to quit?

[LuvNewcastle]

4. Dershowitz, I think.

He's sleazy enough and I can't stand him, but he's not a true believer. I'm not sure if Starr is a true believer, but he has a lot of ties to people who are, so he's more likely to stay involved, IMO. But I think McConnell is going to wrap this up pretty quickly. Nobody will likely have time to quit. There are going to be a lot of threats and blackmail going around in the GOP, so I don't see how the Democrats can pull out a victory here. Hope I'm wrong, of course. It's going to take more than what's in those two articles to dislodge Trump's ample ass from the White House.

[dhol82]

9. Dershowitz is only giving one speech and then he's gone. Getting his fifteen minutes.

The rest will be a clown show with an unknown ending.

[Skittles]

3. the bewilderment of a rich asshole who has never been held accountable

[Wounded Bear]

5. Narcissists always think their behavior is normal...

and simply can't understand right from wrong when it comes to what they've done. Empathy deprived, they don't understand that their behavior can harm others. Rules don't apply.

They'll always come back with, "But I didn't do anything wrong!"

[Wellstone ruled]

7. Yes!!!!!

[pwb]

6. I can answer that. You did it.

Your a pig and like hiring pigs.

[struggle4progress]

8. "Can't you see I'm busy trying to eat these fries?"

[dhol82]

10. Still an idiot.

Mind of a five year old.
Just a destructive five year old.