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struggle4progress

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Tue Nov 7, 2023, 06:59 PM Nov 2023

The Kafkaesque trial

By Alexandra Petri
Columnist
November 7, 2023 at 1:11 p.m. EST

... T. knew that something was unusual when he arrived at his campaign rally. From the very first moment it struck him as an odd place for a rally. It was inside a Manhattan courtroom. His children had spoken, which was typical for a rally, but their remarks had been strangely confined to their business dealings ...

... The man at the desk looked at him oddly. T. thought he had better let this fellow know that he was a man of the world. “Aberdeen is the oil capital of Europe, very rich,” he said. Someone objected that this was irrelevant. T. was surprised that people who did not want to hear him talk had made the effort to come to his rally ...

... There was a little thing at the bottom of all his business papers that he was pretty sure explained that they were works of creative fiction inspired by the concept of a budget sheet but should not be mistaken for budget sheets, and that meant they were not fraud. Anyone knew that! ...

... He would tell them about his hatred of windmills (“I’m not a windmill person”) and how much he esteemed Mar-a-Lago, a place of incalculable value because it was the most beautiful spot in the world. He would tell them how he would be the next president, though perhaps it would be better not to elaborate on his plans to get vengeance right away. He would rail about witch hunts and judges. He started off quite strongly, but as he went on, he began to feel ill at ease. It was strange to speak like this without his cheering audience, with just the man sitting there at the desk growing visibly irritated ...

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2023/11/07/trump-new-york-fraud-trial-kafka-satire/

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The Kafkaesque trial (Original Post) struggle4progress Nov 2023 OP
Good literary allusion no_hypocrisy Nov 2023 #1
Call me when he turns into a cockroach. usonian Nov 2023 #2
He's always been a cockroach pfitz59 Nov 2023 #3
Why so damn big and hard to squish? usonian Nov 2023 #4
Well done! Hekate Nov 2023 #5
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