'He's going to pop': Warning given about Trump's age and stress during hush money trial

[Tom of Temecula]

During an MSNBC panel discussion about Donald Trump's upcoming hearing on contempt charges related to attacks made on jurors and witnesses in his hush money trial, a former prosecutor predicted the former president is headed for a major meltdown. Speaking with the hosts of "The Weekend," Charles Coleman Jr. suggested the trial that will commence next week in the Manhattan courtroom of Judge Juan Merchan will be long and intense and that Trump's age and ability to deal with the stress could be a major factor.

Asked what he predicts will happen in the coming week when opening statements will be presented and the first witnesses will be called, Coleman went in a different direction about how the trial is weighing on the embattled ex-president. "Donald Trump is not used to being in spaces where there are narratives advancing about him that he cannot counteract and that is exactly why he has so much trouble with this gag order," he told the hosts.

"There are things being said about him and he feels as if his hands are tied: he cannot stand the feeling," he elaborated. "And I joked about it at the beginning of the last segment. The truth is that trial is a very long, arduous and exhausting process. For someone of his age, it is a lot of stress to deal with. That is why I fully expect, regardless of what happens with Judge Juan Merchan's recent ruling this week, he is going to pop."

"He is going to violate the gag order in grand fashion in front of the media and I think it will come sooner rather than later because it is not a position he is used to being in," he added before suggesting, "If I'm the prosecutor in this case, I'm going to sit back and let it happen."

https://www.rawstory.com/trump-age-mental-state/

[pfitz59]

1. He won't be able to keep his mouth shut

when Stormy and others tell their sordid tales. The man has no filter or off switch.

[Irish_Dem]

2. I cannot disagree with what this former prosecutor is saying.

I think Trump is going to feel more and more angry and out of control.
Feeling confined and dictated to by others.

People will tell the truth about him in stark ways he cannot face.

Trump is going to act out more and in very aggressive ways.

[hadEnuf]

4. His minions will act out as well.

We need to be prepared for that.

[Irish_Dem]

8. Yes I agree. And the danger level will increase.

I hope the judge understands that.
He holds a mental health court, so he knows how things work.
And knows mental health professionals, I hope he is listening to them about Trump.

[Takket]

60. i only hope when they decide to get violent that we end up with all "Ashlee Babbets" and no "Brian Sicknicks"

[ProudMNDemocrat]

13. Charles Coleman is correct here.

Speaking as a former Prosecutor. Glenn Kirschner has said the same thing as well.

The more TSF talks, the more he seals his fate that there are realities he no longer has control over.

[Kid Berwyn]

3. He's going to poop, too.

Stink-y!

[Joinfortmill]

48. You can't make this shit up.

😊

[Bernardo de La Paz]

49. What is tRump?

tRump is a machine for making ketchup, ego, diet coke, and lies into big stinks.

[BlueKota]

63. 🤣

[bucolic_frolic]

5. Narcissists always seek to avoid consequences. More orange won't help.

J6 was an attempt to avoid outcomes. What will he try here?

[PCIntern]

6. I believe he is headed for a cardiovascular or cerebrovascular event

His appearance resembles that of an individual whose physiology is decompensating.

[ananda]

23. I keep wondering how he made it this long.

Just what is keeping him alive?

He is one the most unhealthy individuals and yet
he just keeps going.

Sheesh!

[kimbutgar]

32. The devil is watching over him!

[evemac]

33. Faustian

He made a deal with the devil a long time ago.

[kimbutgar]

35. Exactly

[ananda]

45. Well, he certainly has the devil in him.

I wonder if meanness keeps him alive longer.

I just can't figure it out.

[Pluvious]

38. And physically decomposing (nt)

[Conjuay]

56. Please stop teasing me

[NH Ethylene]

7. He looks more awful than usual.

Just putting in 6 or 8 hours days is likely too much for him, not even counting all the stress.

He may 'pop' in more ways than one.

[onenote]

10. If I had a dollar for every DU post predicting his imminent demise, I'd have more money than Trump

Although I suppose at some point one of those predictions will turn out to be right.

[Arthur_Frain]

16. Came here to say this.

Been waiting to see a significant perp-walk since Mueller. Simply never happened. I'm not going to hold my breath here either.

[RandomNumbers]

24. It isn't a perp walk, but seeing him essentially "chained" to that chair,

is quite satisfying. For now at least.

If he ultimately goes away without a conviction here, that will be highly annoying; but at least he has had to endure some tiny fraction of what a normal person would have to deal with if they broke the law. It's not a lot but it's WAY more than he feels he should be subjected to, and that's something at least.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

11. Even if he were to experience a medical event and not survive...

His estate, or what is left of it after litigants(E Jean Carroll, the state of New York), creditors, and banks get their money, nothing will remain for his family. The 2 daughters are sitting just fine. The 3 sons? That's another story.

[onenote]

17. The executor of his estate could and would continue to pursue the appeal

So it would be a while before the judgment could be enforced.

[CanonRay]

30. I wonder if he even has a will

That would involve imagining his own death, and I'm not sure he's capable of that. Just a thought.

[Ping Tung]

12. Not with a bang but a whimper. From T.S. Eliot's The Hollow Men

Trump's going down. But I think it will be with a bang then a whimper.

[Sky Jewels]

15. But, before the whimper, a series of bangs in the form of his disgusting farts.

[Sky Jewels]

14. I'm picturing a sulfuric explosion of

orange makeup, ketchup, KFC grease ... and worse.

[ProudMNDemocrat]

19. Or this?

The opportunity lended itself.

[Sky Jewels]

22. Ha ha, quite so.

Love the Python!

[magicarpet]

51. .... plus mashed potatoes with extra extra gravy.

.... pass on the coleslaw,.. that's a veggie,... it might be construed as being too healthy.

[malaise]

18. I don't give a flying fuck

I have never heard any of them raise this about another criminal defendant

[Chautauquas]

20. Pop goes the weasel

It's a pleasant thought anyway

[H2O Man]

26. Beat me to it!

(recommended)

[tanyev]

21. Don't threaten me with a good time.

[Doodley]

25. I hope he does so we can all party like it's 1999!

[bucolic_frolic]

27. Does blowing a gasket count? /nt

[Blue Owl]

28. Thar he blows!!!

[brewens]

29. Trump is usually only seen under his terms. He's stuck in court with everyone watching all day with no way to

hide what people around him see every day. Falling asleep and shitting his pants are just the start. For a rally, he's fired up enough and with a fresh diaper can make it through okay. Weeks of having to control himself in court probably isn't going to turn out well.

He's having to follow the court rules all day every day. That's the worst thing that can happen to a dumbass authoritarian f-stain. Nothing brings out the man baby better.

[wnylib]

36. For someone so maliciously narcissistic, the trial functions like an intervention

does with someone who has a substance addiction. Only worse, maybe, because Trump will (or already does) feel paranoid about so many people presenting facts that he can't face and yet can't escape hearing. He can't interrupt with his usual spin and talking over others to project his own version of himself. He will (or already does) feel trapped and cornered.

Desperate to escape feeling trapped, he will resort to escalattion of verbal attacks and attempts to create violence on his behalf through RW media and political followers. If unable to do that, he will collapse in on himself, like a building being demolished.

For the sake of the nation and the world, I prefer the demolished building outcome.

[ecstatic]

31. Sit back and let it happen...

I know there's nothing the prosecutor can do beyond what he's already been doing, which is to demand accountability and consequences when trump violates the gag order. But someone's life will be put at risk when the MF does pop. That's the unfortunate part.

[JustAnotherGen]

34. I think

For every minute of "mini press conferences" he gives entering and exiting the courtroom on publicly owned property (courthouse) the media needs to give equal time to the Biden Campaign.

[RussellCattle]

40. Yep. I'd suggest a minute of Joe laughing and shaking his head.

[Takket]

62. .

[RussellCattle]

37. I may be wrong, but I always see something of a performative art in Trump's antics. I think....

......that, to some extent, he plays “Crazy Trump” to keep others off balance in their dealings with him. The idea that he is chained to his chair in the courtroom and can’t stand being made to just keep quiet and listen, may be somewhat less burdensome to him than we might hope. I really hope that I’m wrong, though, and that he either has a massive stroke or goes nuts and they have to restrain and sedate him with elephant tranquilizer.

[SleeplessinSoCal]

39. Even of this guy hadn't been POTUS, this case would still be before the court.

Once he declared his candidacy, he was subject to rules and regulations. And he thrives on breaking rules. But it's the people he warped along the way that is his biggest malfeasance.. it's beyond evil. He's earned his place on Hell. He broke America. Popping or no popping.

Do you suppose he is on Xanax?

[gulliver]

41. "It's wafer thin" nt

[Texin]

42. He's being a undisciplined toddler since literally having been an undisciplined toddler and it continues to this day.

[stopdiggin]

43. disagree (partially). if I'm a prosecutor I want to win this

(or any other case) on its merits. Not waiting for a gag order to be breached. The latter may serve up some satisfaction for the frustrated public - the prosecution is looking for a conviction on charges brought.

[Traildogbob]

44. Just like

The engorged, pus filled anus boil he is. Stand back and stand down, when it blows, because it will splatter everything in the country. Every single person will get some on them.
But the release may ease the pain in the ass he is.

[PortTack]

46. I'm not sure how he keeps going. He may be hopped up on drugs, but he has a body and he's not giving it

Anything to keep it going.

[Blue Idaho]

47. I've said it before and I'll say it again

I give him seven years - tops. Three of those being on a post stroke debilitated state.

[Skittles]

50. GOOD

THEN HE WILL FUCKING KNOW HOW IT FEELS TO BE *ANYONE* WITH CRITICAL THINKING SKILLS LISTENING TO HIM

[Eliot Rosewater]

52. He will pop at which time due to how he acts in front of the jury a mistrial will be declared giving him

even more time to stall so he can get in the WH and stop it all.

[Hekate]

53. Sounds messy, that does

[Botany]

54. The man is sitting in his own shit as he is being..

... exposed as a liar on everything and a crook.
May the stress be so great that he "strokes out." This trial is just the start of his hellish stream of criminal and civil actions against him and all the time he will have some Judge telling him what he can and cannot do as his former people testify against him.

[keithbvadu2]

55. No sweat! Trump's doctors swear by his superb fitness. Even that bone spur seems to have healed itself.

[Buns_of_Fire]

57. We prefer to call it "an uncontrolled spontaneous deflation."

It's nicer than saying "he farted himself to death."

[AuntyGravity]

58. Let Me Out! I Want Out!

[Takket]

59. the guy who constantly calls his opponents "low energy" couldn't make it through a few days without falling asleep

he might seem energetic TO SOME PEOPLE but that is because we only see him for a few hours a week at rallies populated by his cult. The reality is he is extremely unhealthy physically and mentally and having no place to hide for the next few weeks is going to take its toll on him.

[DBoon]

61. I was going to post a clip from Monty Python's The Meaning of Life

Titled "Mr. Creosote Blows"

But it was too gross even as a comparison to Trump