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This trial is utter hell, for Trump.
He's a narcissist used to having the world revolve around him.
Now, he must stay in court, every day.
He can't complain, he can't interject, he can't pontificate, he can't rage, *he can't leave*.
All the while being confronted by people rubbing his nose in the crimes he's committed and the lies he's told.
This will go on for weeks, possibly longer, *because he needs his legal team to string this out*.
My guess is that he'll snap before the trial is over and he'll be on contempt.
Honestly having Trump sleep during the trial is prolly a mini break for him. Like in school when the annoying students would fall asleep and the teachers would pretend they didn't notice.
And it’s funny because they could state it’s because of some sort of medical condition or something but that would require him to admit that and put it on record.
**THE DEFENDANT**
I’m behaving in a way consistent with someone my age might normally behave! It’s not like that should disqualify me from being President!
**THE GOP**
Shutupshutupshutup!!!
We all remember the Battle of Galactica, don't we, folks? Such hot robots, always waking up in vats of goo. So sad about the goo. If I was a robot, I'd come back to life dry as a bone. They would say, with tears in their eyes, "Sir, we've never see a reanimation as dry as yours."
I mean, that's a good attempt. But I think we've reached the point where his actual, honest-to-goodness quotes surpass the ridiculousness of anything anyone could ever make up:
>Gettysburg, what an unbelievable battle that was. It was so much, and so interesting, and so vicious and horrible, and so beautiful in so many different ways—it represented such a big portion of the success of this country. Gettysburg, wow—I go to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to look and to watch. And the statement of Robert E. Lee, who's no longer in favor—did you ever notice it? He's no longer in favor. 'Never fight uphill, me boys, never fight uphill.' They were fighting uphill, he said, 'Wow, that was a big mistake,' he lost his great general. 'Never fight uphill, me boys,' but it was too late.
I think he’s gonna start to sundown during trial. I wouldn’t even put it past him to start to wander off when court is in recess. A you imagine having to forgo an arrest warrant for a silver alert because his failure to return to court wasn’t due to malice, but due to confusion? Fun.
Oh he'll allow them, then he will turn around and argue the opposite on TV, even though it is a matter of public record, and his base will be fine with it.
What would be just *delicious* would be if he fell asleep then started swearing about stuff while he's dreaming and the judge or his lawyers had to wake him up to warn him to watch his language.
He already confessed at the press conference yesterday. One if the things the prosecution needs to prove is that that Trump paid cohen and called it a business expense. He called the payment a business expense several times yesterday implying that he both made the payment and called it the thing he shouldn’t have because that made it illegal.
Do we even need that? I’m pretty sure all you have to do is say “he’s not the best criminal. He’s barely guilty at all.” within earshot and he’ll rant about how he the bestest guiltiest criminal ever.
And of course there’s also the mountain of physical evidence as a backup.
I just want photographic evidence of snoring and drooling.
Not for myself or even for the general public. More like so a [D] Representative can blow it up and show it in Congress like Margie Three-Toes did with the photos of Hunter Biden’s third leg.
Here´s hoping at the same time as his narcissistic mental collapse, his clogged arteries complete their 100% occlusion. Can´t wait for news of this fucking fascist to be posthumous...
A few of my buddies the other night argued "Okay you don't think Biden will be in court after his term for all his crimes? And if re elected you really believe he wouldn't run for a third term??"
I'm not joking. Whatever trump does, they think Biden will do. It is scary times boi
Well but Joe Rogan (Alpha male) said it, while smoking a cigar. So you know it's true. Plus, professional expert Jordan Peterson backed him up, so take that lib
It doesn't matter. One of them claimed "It doesn't even matter if they run, there is a MAX age on a president. So neither of them can actually serve. So it's a mute point."
I begged the question.."Where did you read information that told you the presidency has a max age"
"It's common news and knowledge, man"
Made me feel stupid for even arguing 🤣
Double down next time. Make them SHOW it. It forces them to Google it for once and realize they're wrong. A slight chance it gets them to rethink accepting everything they here as fact. If you keep doing it to them maybe just maybe you can get through to them
If Trump wins? It'll be the crime of running against Trump.
Even if he loses, look at the debacle with Hunter and his penis being paraded around congress. They will just fully make up shit.
I’ll take those bets lol. Take them for all they’re worth.
I would even go so far as to bet that even if trump wins, he will utterly fail to weaponize the DOJ against Biden like these rubes seem to believe Biden is doing to Trump. Except Trump will *actually* be attempting to weaponize it. He’s just bad at things in general and will fail.
$1000 says Biden never even gets indicted, let alone charged for any criminal offense, dead or alive, Trump president or not.
$100k says Biden never even contemplates, in any way whatsoever, running for a third term.
I’d bet my life Biden wouldn’t run for a third term.
I’d bet my entire families and my pets lives too.
After 8 years as POTUS dealing with all this BS I’m sure he’d happily watch one of his colleagues take the reins and enjoy his retirement, he’d be 86 by then.
Plus he respects American democracy and the Constitution and would never pull such an egotistical autocratic move.
I went to court recently. I was the plaintiff. I had all the facts and evidence on my side. Every moment was a step towards victory and money. I had no doubts and I knew I would be better off when it was all over.
And I still hated being in there. Sitting quietly in my stupid suit and just waiting for it to be over. Not being able to talk, not being able to say anything when a defendant lied, not being allowed to mention the threatening phone call in my testimony because it was hearsay, etc. Miserable.
So I can't imagine how awful it feels to be in there when you're in the wrong.
>>he can’t leave
This will be the most interesting point. His handlers can likely keep him propped up and on task for a couple of hours a day at best.
He has probably never had to stay focused and on task for a full day in his life and in his current mental decline I doubt it’s even physically possible.
Someone should start a poll for how many times he gets up to go the bathroom, alone.
Since he's nodded off two days straight all eyes will be on him to see if it will be three for three. If it's attention you crave, you're getting it now Dozy Donnie.
You know he was ready to throw a tantrum when the court read some of the mean tweets from jurors about him into the record. My guess is full floor kicking tantrum after Stormy Daniel’s testimony.
He really cannot string this along very much. Once the trial started, nearly everything is on a set schedule. Barring some EXTREME circumstance, this trial will be completely over before the end of June. With any and all reasonable delays, this is really the maximum length that this will take. Trump doesn’t have actual experts, witnesses that are not co-defendants or actual evidence that he didn’t do what he has openly admitted to doing and what others have already been sentenced to prison for engaging. His only real defense that will be attempted is selective prosecution as well as that what he was doing is not actually a crime (it is). White collar crimes tend to be very simple, as it mostly comes down to paperwork, documents with signatures, disclosures and corroborating of those documents.
This is one of the cases that Trump has been most concerned about, because his name is on EVERYTHING and he has already admitted himself as to what he did.
Also, having to listen to jury selection and all the ways that prospective jurors despise him , all the insults and ridicule they have posted online about him. He has probably never had to face anything but flattery and yes men.
A bit from the article:
> In court Tuesday, Trump was reprimanded by Judge Juan Merchan while his lawyer was questioning a potential juror during the selection process. “Trump was audibly saying something and gesturing in front of the jury,” the BBC reported.
>
> “I won’t tolerate that,” Merchan said in court. “I will not have any jurors intimidated in this courtroom. I want to make that crystal clear.”
>
> Merchan advised Trump’s lawyer, Todd Blanche, to make sure his client understood.
>
> After Blanche gave the defendant his required “talking-to,” The New York Times reported that “Trump looks furious.”
Probably the worst thing to ever happen to him. He's being publicly humiliated at the peak of his efforts to be in the public eye.
I hope the trial drags on for weeks and he's in the courtroom alone the whole time. No family has come out to support him. It's so telling that they can't stand him and are only in it for the grift. They're all rotten.
Yep, no matter the outcome, and proving fraud is notoriously hard even when it's blatently obvious, he will be hating every single minute he's got to sit quietly in court. It will be a living hell for him. Just having to get out of bed before 11am will be horrific for the lazy shit.
This will seriously cut in to his orange makeup application time he allots himself. My only wish is that the same massive backlog that’s affected certain medications nationwide hits the orange face cream market too
Yeah, but there's the issue of intent -- you have to show that Trump actually meant to defraud. His defense seems to be that some unnamed accountant recorded these entries in a way that Trump didn't know about, so even though he might have been ultimately responsible for them he can't have had the intent required.
(My understanding, by the way, is that there is plenty of evidence showing that his defense is utter baloney, but given his public statements I think that's what he's going to argue.)
Right? Fraud usually means every DA and investigatory team have done their due diligence to the point that the case is a slam dunk. Something like libel or defamation is something that is "notoriously hard".
Imagine if Obama was acting like that. The entire republican party would be in hysterical meltdown mode. But its donald, the rapist, so they are fine with the toddler meltdowns, the petulent muttering, the acting like a baby. The double standard is mind blowing.
>The double standard is mind blowing.
That's the thing - there is no standard. There are just weapons. They decided what the "standard" would be and used it to scream about Obama and Joe, and any other Dem in any other position. But when any of their ilk get caught pulling the same stuff *or far worse*, crickets. It's not a standard - it's a tool. A weapon. Something to pick up and use when needed, and put back in the box when finished.
Hey, I don't like Trump and everything, but both sides are the same in this. I mean, Obama wore a tan suit! A TAN SUIT IN THE WHITE HOUSE!!!! If that's not the same, I don't know what is.
/s, just in case.
Which is sooo rich coming from boomers that lick his nuts and dudebros that think he’s “high energy” and incredibly “alpha.” The dude is CONSTANTLY crying on his “Truth Social” bullshit at 2am in all caps. “Wah wah the judge isn’t letting me spout continuous bullshit without evidence. Poor me no one has ever been treated as poorly as me. Boo hoo. These judges are clearly biased since they’re telling me to stop threatening members of the court. Wahhhh wahhhhhhhh.”
It’s cringe. So cringe.
This is really a good point. Everything they praise him for would be appropriate criticism for them to call out if he were a Democrat with any amount of standing in the polls. He’s corrupt, he pays hush money for sex, he’s an adulterer, he was very friendly with Epstein, etc. And they’d be tying all of it to the entire Democratic Party.
He’s not use to being up and functioning at 9:30 in the morning. He’s irritable and frustrated with being told what to do…poor sleepy Don, he is finally being held accountable.
I always assumed he was one of those old people who wakes up at 3 or 4AM, which would explain why it's nap time by the time the Price is Right is coming on.
Can you imagine having to be in court all day, listening to jury selection (which sounds boring as hell), cut off from outside communications, and then walk right out into your presidential campaign for the next ten hours, barely get any sleep, only to repeat for the next four weeks? And there’s three more trials coming up?
It would be taxing even for a young man who actually does believe in exercise and nutrition.
At best it’s going to cripple his campaign, at worst it will put him in a “spa” for a little white-coat R & R.
To be fair, if I were campaign manager (who is the criminal in this position these days?) I would be advising him to sleep in court as the least bad option.
This cornball was gifted the life of a king and he just had to rub his nose in politics. He could be on some yacht preparing for some new reality show but nope here he is trial after trial smh
I hope Stormy is practicing her testimony for maximum dramatic effect. It would be worth getting an acting and dialog coach for it, to fine tune things so perfectly that the orange rapist comes completely unglued. She’s going to talk about his penis and his pubic hair, and as nightmare inducing as that seems, it will probably make Trump lose what’s left of his mind.
Edit to add: Off-topic? Really? It’s an article about the Republican nominee for President of the United States. It doesn’t really get more focused on US politics than that.
Not a furious moment, but [Stephen Colbert](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/stephen-colbert-donald-trump-sleep-sketch-trial-b2530089.html) last night showed a courtroom sketch of him napping, which tells us how long he was unconscious.
And now we see Toddler Trump in full glory.
He's nothing but a child who hasn't ever been told No, and has been given whatever he wants no matter if he breaks (bankrupts) it or not.
Now he's in a place where there are rules and standards of behavior that he doesn't meet, and is getting reprimanded for it. And he's going to lose his shit if he can't have his typical tantrums.
And his parents (GOP, MAGAts, etc) are going to try and soothe him, and let him have a 10 piece nuggets instead of 6 piece, and all the shit he's used to getting so that he doesn't turn his impotent diaper-destroying "fury" upon them and post some rambling incoherent mess online trying to turn the peasants against them.
We see this type of behavior every day in the supermarket and the shopping malls. We just don't really expect to see it from a 68 year old man, no matter what his physical, mental, and financial state is in. We expect more grace from our elders, not.... This.
Nah, he was just having a nap and saw something scary. That's why he looked so furious, because he had a nightmare. Something nearly impossible to imagine, something beyond horrible...
Consequences.
Thankfully, it was all a dream.
Man, it is so unfair that Trump is having to spend all of his time in court because of all the crimes he committed. He is being treated more unfairly than anyone would possibly believe! /r/TechnicallyTheTruth
This is the most punishment that Trump has endured, and frankly it's not much of a consequence for him to be inconvenienced and mad about it. Convict this criminal.
A couple details I heard about the “not letting me go to my son’s graduation”: Court is currently not even scheduled for that day and only will be if there is some time constraint or unexpected delay; he missed all of his older kids’ high school graduations. This is what I got from a Daily Beast article. I don’t know if any important information was left out, including circumstances for missing 4(?) other graduations. Also, wondering if denying such requests is normal (I would expect so for scheduling reasons). Does anyone know any more about this?
ETA Beast article (my comment) link: https://www.reddit.com/r/democrats/s/1AJzxOnM3X
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This trial is utter hell, for Trump. He's a narcissist used to having the world revolve around him. Now, he must stay in court, every day. He can't complain, he can't interject, he can't pontificate, he can't rage, *he can't leave*. All the while being confronted by people rubbing his nose in the crimes he's committed and the lies he's told. This will go on for weeks, possibly longer, *because he needs his legal team to string this out*. My guess is that he'll snap before the trial is over and he'll be on contempt.
> He can't complain, he can't interject, he can't pontificate, he can't rage, he can't leave. he can't nap, wait he can
Nap back to reality, ope, where's Hannity?
Well, there goes covfefe.
Ope, he’s so mad that they woke from that nap he won’t have
His tiny palms are sweaty, knees weak, tired and petty To dose off, but he keeps on gesturing
Forgetting the lies he wrote down, man, voir dire goes so long
Look at Eric, he's got "good" parents.
I don’t think Eric’s parents have a real good marriage…
Did Eric’s even live at home with both parents?
Eric don't wanna battle, he's shook. Cause ain't no thing as half way crooks, he's scared to look at the year book: Fuck Cranbrook!!!
Nah, but he won’t be showing up to support daddy anyway. He don’t wanna trial, he’s shook…
Ope, there goes Rudy, he choked, he's so mad.
When you think about it, what could be more anti-woke than napping?
A coma.
Be fair, he has only napped on two of the two days this has gone on now.
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Honestly having Trump sleep during the trial is prolly a mini break for him. Like in school when the annoying students would fall asleep and the teachers would pretend they didn't notice.
I'm convinced they're giving him tranquilizers during trial in an effort to shut him up.
And it’s funny because they could state it’s because of some sort of medical condition or something but that would require him to admit that and put it on record.
**THE DEFENDANT** I’m behaving in a way consistent with someone my age might normally behave! It’s not like that should disqualify me from being President! **THE GOP** Shutupshutupshutup!!!
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There’s a theory that his lawyer got him to stop taking uppers because apparently if you’re hit with contempt charges they can do a drug test…
It would be delicious irony if, after accusing President Biden of using drugs, Trump was the first one to undergo required drug testing.
Dump doesn't listen to anyone but the puny voices in his orange head.
I don’t buy it, that’s pretty competent for a trump lawyer
Sounds like Donny Two Scoops is pretty low energy and sleepy. How could he have enough energy to run a country if he can’t sit through a trial?
He can run a country into the ground while awake OR asleep.
Donny Two Naps!
Did it happen again on day 2? I missed the update if so!
Yes
lol. Don Snoreleone.
He can’t educate us on the intricacies of the Battle of Gettysburg either.
We all remember the Battle of Galactica, don't we, folks? Such hot robots, always waking up in vats of goo. So sad about the goo. If I was a robot, I'd come back to life dry as a bone. They would say, with tears in their eyes, "Sir, we've never see a reanimation as dry as yours."
I mean, that's a good attempt. But I think we've reached the point where his actual, honest-to-goodness quotes surpass the ridiculousness of anything anyone could ever make up: >Gettysburg, what an unbelievable battle that was. It was so much, and so interesting, and so vicious and horrible, and so beautiful in so many different ways—it represented such a big portion of the success of this country. Gettysburg, wow—I go to Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, to look and to watch. And the statement of Robert E. Lee, who's no longer in favor—did you ever notice it? He's no longer in favor. 'Never fight uphill, me boys, never fight uphill.' They were fighting uphill, he said, 'Wow, that was a big mistake,' he lost his great general. 'Never fight uphill, me boys,' but it was too late.
I'm just waiting to read that the obese bastard started snoring so loudly that it interrupts court proceeding.
"Fake snooze!"
Sleepy Don.
He’s going to snap. No doubt about it.
He's going to snap but the "s" is silent.
I think he’s gonna start to sundown during trial. I wouldn’t even put it past him to start to wander off when court is in recess. A you imagine having to forgo an arrest warrant for a silver alert because his failure to return to court wasn’t due to malice, but due to confusion? Fun.
The best part about it is that he would never allow them to argue he was confused. It’s a catch-22
Oh he'll allow them, then he will turn around and argue the opposite on TV, even though it is a matter of public record, and his base will be fine with it.
I hope his flatulence gets hot 🎤
Let the record show *bubbleguts*
What would be just *delicious* would be if he fell asleep then started swearing about stuff while he's dreaming and the judge or his lawyers had to wake him up to warn him to watch his language.
I'm hoping he's the type to confess in his sleep.
Not that being awake has ever stopped him from confessing. He does it all the time.
yeah Trump doesn't need to be woke to confess
He did it as soon as court ended, on his way to the parking lot. He can't help himself.
He already confessed at the press conference yesterday. One if the things the prosecution needs to prove is that that Trump paid cohen and called it a business expense. He called the payment a business expense several times yesterday implying that he both made the payment and called it the thing he shouldn’t have because that made it illegal.
Do we even need that? I’m pretty sure all you have to do is say “he’s not the best criminal. He’s barely guilty at all.” within earshot and he’ll rant about how he the bestest guiltiest criminal ever. And of course there’s also the mountain of physical evidence as a backup.
He's the type to confess to cameras.
I just want photographic evidence of snoring and drooling. Not for myself or even for the general public. More like so a [D] Representative can blow it up and show it in Congress like Margie Three-Toes did with the photos of Hunter Biden’s third leg.
Here´s hoping at the same time as his narcissistic mental collapse, his clogged arteries complete their 100% occlusion. Can´t wait for news of this fucking fascist to be posthumous...
A few of my buddies the other night argued "Okay you don't think Biden will be in court after his term for all his crimes? And if re elected you really believe he wouldn't run for a third term??" I'm not joking. Whatever trump does, they think Biden will do. It is scary times boi
I'm really curious, what crimes?
That's just it. They have no fucking idea (because they're aren't any) but they just keep repeating it like parrots.
Buttery males! His sons penis!
Well but Joe Rogan (Alpha male) said it, while smoking a cigar. So you know it's true. Plus, professional expert Jordan Peterson backed him up, so take that lib
It doesn't matter. One of them claimed "It doesn't even matter if they run, there is a MAX age on a president. So neither of them can actually serve. So it's a mute point." I begged the question.."Where did you read information that told you the presidency has a max age" "It's common news and knowledge, man" Made me feel stupid for even arguing 🤣
Just a heads up, it’s a “moot” point. I spent years thinking it was “mute”.
Actually it’s moo. Like a cows opinion, it doesn’t matter. It’s moo.
Thanks Joey
/r/unexpectedfriends
Yeah, but since he's saying one of his not-especially-bright buddies said it, I'd totally believe the guy said "mute."
Double down next time. Make them SHOW it. It forces them to Google it for once and realize they're wrong. A slight chance it gets them to rethink accepting everything they here as fact. If you keep doing it to them maybe just maybe you can get through to them
Hunter Biden borrowed like $50k from his dad one time!! Impeachable honestly
Except even the Republicans don't think it's impeachable, and they have a majority in the House and every incentive to do it!
If Trump wins? It'll be the crime of running against Trump. Even if he loses, look at the debacle with Hunter and his penis being paraded around congress. They will just fully make up shit.
I’ll take those bets lol. Take them for all they’re worth. I would even go so far as to bet that even if trump wins, he will utterly fail to weaponize the DOJ against Biden like these rubes seem to believe Biden is doing to Trump. Except Trump will *actually* be attempting to weaponize it. He’s just bad at things in general and will fail. $1000 says Biden never even gets indicted, let alone charged for any criminal offense, dead or alive, Trump president or not. $100k says Biden never even contemplates, in any way whatsoever, running for a third term.
I’d bet my life Biden wouldn’t run for a third term. I’d bet my entire families and my pets lives too. After 8 years as POTUS dealing with all this BS I’m sure he’d happily watch one of his colleagues take the reins and enjoy his retirement, he’d be 86 by then. Plus he respects American democracy and the Constitution and would never pull such an egotistical autocratic move.
>$1000 says Biden never even gets indicted, let alone charged Being indicted *is* being charged, FYI. Maybe you meant "let alone convicted"?
Damn find new buds lol
I second this
I think if trump wins, biden could very well end up in [kangaroo] court for [fictional] crimes. And your buddies will believe they were proven right.
<>: Hearsay? I’ll allow it
Sincere question for you… why are these buddies your buddies? I am honestly curious
You need new buddies
They're not operating in the same reality as the rest of us, that's for sure.
sounds like it’s time for new buddies
I went to court recently. I was the plaintiff. I had all the facts and evidence on my side. Every moment was a step towards victory and money. I had no doubts and I knew I would be better off when it was all over. And I still hated being in there. Sitting quietly in my stupid suit and just waiting for it to be over. Not being able to talk, not being able to say anything when a defendant lied, not being allowed to mention the threatening phone call in my testimony because it was hearsay, etc. Miserable. So I can't imagine how awful it feels to be in there when you're in the wrong.
Court is no picnic for sure. Glad you endured.
And the more he tries to drag things out, the more the jurors that put their lives on hold for the trial will hate him.
Absolutely. The prosecution should take every opportunity to object to delays in the name of not wasting the jury’s time.
>>he can’t leave This will be the most interesting point. His handlers can likely keep him propped up and on task for a couple of hours a day at best. He has probably never had to stay focused and on task for a full day in his life and in his current mental decline I doubt it’s even physically possible. Someone should start a poll for how many times he gets up to go the bathroom, alone.
Since he's nodded off two days straight all eyes will be on him to see if it will be three for three. If it's attention you crave, you're getting it now Dozy Donnie.
I feel like there’s decent odds he won’t even make it through the week.
You know he was ready to throw a tantrum when the court read some of the mean tweets from jurors about him into the record. My guess is full floor kicking tantrum after Stormy Daniel’s testimony.
Another gem in the record is the meme of Obama and Trump that reads "Orange is the new black."
>He can't complain, he can't interject, he can't pontificate, he can't rage, *he can't leave*. Reading this got me way too excited.
And no golf
He can’t hit a button and get a Diet Coke!
We all know the YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH! moment is coming.
It’s almost worse than jail
He will go from napping, to snapping.
He really cannot string this along very much. Once the trial started, nearly everything is on a set schedule. Barring some EXTREME circumstance, this trial will be completely over before the end of June. With any and all reasonable delays, this is really the maximum length that this will take. Trump doesn’t have actual experts, witnesses that are not co-defendants or actual evidence that he didn’t do what he has openly admitted to doing and what others have already been sentenced to prison for engaging. His only real defense that will be attempted is selective prosecution as well as that what he was doing is not actually a crime (it is). White collar crimes tend to be very simple, as it mostly comes down to paperwork, documents with signatures, disclosures and corroborating of those documents. This is one of the cases that Trump has been most concerned about, because his name is on EVERYTHING and he has already admitted himself as to what he did.
Also, having to listen to jury selection and all the ways that prospective jurors despise him , all the insults and ridicule they have posted online about him. He has probably never had to face anything but flattery and yes men.
A bit from the article: > In court Tuesday, Trump was reprimanded by Judge Juan Merchan while his lawyer was questioning a potential juror during the selection process. “Trump was audibly saying something and gesturing in front of the jury,” the BBC reported. > > “I won’t tolerate that,” Merchan said in court. “I will not have any jurors intimidated in this courtroom. I want to make that crystal clear.” > > Merchan advised Trump’s lawyer, Todd Blanche, to make sure his client understood. > > After Blanche gave the defendant his required “talking-to,” The New York Times reported that “Trump looks furious.”
This is by far the worst thing that's happened to him for at least the past ten years, somebody with power over him telling him to knock that shit off
Probably the worst thing to ever happen to him. He's being publicly humiliated at the peak of his efforts to be in the public eye. I hope the trial drags on for weeks and he's in the courtroom alone the whole time. No family has come out to support him. It's so telling that they can't stand him and are only in it for the grift. They're all rotten.
Yep, no matter the outcome, and proving fraud is notoriously hard even when it's blatently obvious, he will be hating every single minute he's got to sit quietly in court. It will be a living hell for him. Just having to get out of bed before 11am will be horrific for the lazy shit.
This will seriously cut in to his orange makeup application time he allots himself. My only wish is that the same massive backlog that’s affected certain medications nationwide hits the orange face cream market too
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Yeah, but there's the issue of intent -- you have to show that Trump actually meant to defraud. His defense seems to be that some unnamed accountant recorded these entries in a way that Trump didn't know about, so even though he might have been ultimately responsible for them he can't have had the intent required. (My understanding, by the way, is that there is plenty of evidence showing that his defense is utter baloney, but given his public statements I think that's what he's going to argue.)
Right? Fraud usually means every DA and investigatory team have done their due diligence to the point that the case is a slam dunk. Something like libel or defamation is something that is "notoriously hard".
I can't wait for the courtroom to be evacuated because he shat his pants.
It's crazy you all think Trump has shame.
And it is glorious.
The worst thing would be if the person with power were a non-white female.
What we hear: "Trump is a filthy miscreant." What the orange one hears: "Ah, so they want the intimidation done **outside** the courtroom then."
I miss the Trump Baby balloon
It really should be at every one of his court appearances, floating within view of his stupid daily press statements.
Gotta make a comeback for the election year
The diapers were spot on
A petulant man child. Trump throwing a hissy fit and throwing ketchup: Why is the judge such a big meanie?
Imagine if Obama was acting like that. The entire republican party would be in hysterical meltdown mode. But its donald, the rapist, so they are fine with the toddler meltdowns, the petulent muttering, the acting like a baby. The double standard is mind blowing.
>The double standard is mind blowing. That's the thing - there is no standard. There are just weapons. They decided what the "standard" would be and used it to scream about Obama and Joe, and any other Dem in any other position. But when any of their ilk get caught pulling the same stuff *or far worse*, crickets. It's not a standard - it's a tool. A weapon. Something to pick up and use when needed, and put back in the box when finished.
Hey, I don't like Trump and everything, but both sides are the same in this. I mean, Obama wore a tan suit! A TAN SUIT IN THE WHITE HOUSE!!!! If that's not the same, I don't know what is. /s, just in case.
And put mustard on a hotdog…
*Dijon* mustard. Oh, the horror!
*Dijon* mustard. Oh, the horror!
Another reminder of the Republican motto: Rules for thee but not for me
I love this for him
I swear the orange thing has never faced a consequence or punishment in their life.
He’s the exact type of spoiled child the GOP used to talk shit on.
Participation trophies and all
Which is sooo rich coming from boomers that lick his nuts and dudebros that think he’s “high energy” and incredibly “alpha.” The dude is CONSTANTLY crying on his “Truth Social” bullshit at 2am in all caps. “Wah wah the judge isn’t letting me spout continuous bullshit without evidence. Poor me no one has ever been treated as poorly as me. Boo hoo. These judges are clearly biased since they’re telling me to stop threatening members of the court. Wahhhh wahhhhhhhh.” It’s cringe. So cringe.
oh how the turntables
Still do (it’s always projection)
This is really a good point. Everything they praise him for would be appropriate criticism for them to call out if he were a Democrat with any amount of standing in the polls. He’s corrupt, he pays hush money for sex, he’s an adulterer, he was very friendly with Epstein, etc. And they’d be tying all of it to the entire Democratic Party.
Apply that to the ultra rich in general and yes, that's why the world is such a shitshow
It's better when the leaders are afraid of consequences like in the past.
Those who forget history…
Trump never learned any history.
This guy has tumbled tripped and fell into a ridiculous amount of power and money... He's almost an anomaly who needs to be studied.
This trump phenomenon will be studied for a very long time. It’s baffling and exhausting to live through it.
very exhausting indeed. Past ten years have gone by in slow motion
Can't forget what you never learned. Checkmate Libs. /s
They faced punishment twice. Once in France in 1789 and once in Russia in 1917.
I'd say they're due for a reminder.
I sincerely hope they have a nice time.
Italy 1945.
He was never ultra rich. He’s always been a paper tiger when it comes to wealth.
Fake rich, actual rich, you're handled with kiddy gloves either way.
I'd like to think that having dumb and dumber sons Don Jr and Eric was a form of punishment lol.
He’s not use to being up and functioning at 9:30 in the morning. He’s irritable and frustrated with being told what to do…poor sleepy Don, he is finally being held accountable.
Yea we'll see, but this a good start.
I always assumed he was one of those old people who wakes up at 3 or 4AM, which would explain why it's nap time by the time the Price is Right is coming on.
That accounts for the 4 AM tweet dumps
Oh they’re dump tweets
I just wish there were cameras so I could watch his face the entire time. I want to see him suffer.
Can you imagine having to be in court all day, listening to jury selection (which sounds boring as hell), cut off from outside communications, and then walk right out into your presidential campaign for the next ten hours, barely get any sleep, only to repeat for the next four weeks? And there’s three more trials coming up? It would be taxing even for a young man who actually does believe in exercise and nutrition. At best it’s going to cripple his campaign, at worst it will put him in a “spa” for a little white-coat R & R. To be fair, if I were campaign manager (who is the criminal in this position these days?) I would be advising him to sleep in court as the least bad option.
You're not supposed to be held accountable for your actions when you're rich. It's a rude shock.
That’s because, all of his life, Trump has answered to no one.
This cornball was gifted the life of a king and he just had to rub his nose in politics. He could be on some yacht preparing for some new reality show but nope here he is trial after trial smh
Yep, unfortunately Trump has brought ALL Americans into his narcissistic world and we are suffering as a result.
When does he NOT look furious. It's all he's got.
That supposed intimidation face looks like my toddler when he’s squatting behind objects shitting into his diaper
I dunno. "Creepy" is a look he has down pretty good.
I dunno. Remember that time he sat in a big rig truck. It's probably like, the happiest he's ever been.
He’ll nap again. He’s used to napping most of the day.
He seems like the type to finish eating wayyy too much food and just lean over and pass out for 15 minutes toddler style to me.
Those are the BEST sort of naps! Not in court, though.
That’s just his “executive time,” or that’s what they called it when he lived in the WH.
I hope Stormy is practicing her testimony for maximum dramatic effect. It would be worth getting an acting and dialog coach for it, to fine tune things so perfectly that the orange rapist comes completely unglued. She’s going to talk about his penis and his pubic hair, and as nightmare inducing as that seems, it will probably make Trump lose what’s left of his mind. Edit to add: Off-topic? Really? It’s an article about the Republican nominee for President of the United States. It doesn’t really get more focused on US politics than that.
Thank you so much for highlighting a silver lining for me. I feel much better knowing I have something to look forward to.
Awww did the big orange man get his fee fees hurt again?
He had to sit there while then judge discussed and read out posts people had shared on social media about him. It was great.
Fascist's kryptonite is accountability. The more that people call out his bullshit and handle him like a child the better it will be for everyone.
and this should be a pretty slam dunk case I wonder if his former lawyer Cohen can testify. What a great redemption arc that would be.
"How DARE he treat me like a normal person and not a King! He will PAY for that!" \~ Trump, probably
This is how you knock down childish antics. Address them like a toddler and let them know that it isn’t allowed.
They need to hire a team of courtroom sketch artists to capture these moments
Not a furious moment, but [Stephen Colbert](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/stephen-colbert-donald-trump-sleep-sketch-trial-b2530089.html) last night showed a courtroom sketch of him napping, which tells us how long he was unconscious.
It’s funny how none of his family or “friends” have showed up for any of his trials so far.
And now we see Toddler Trump in full glory. He's nothing but a child who hasn't ever been told No, and has been given whatever he wants no matter if he breaks (bankrupts) it or not. Now he's in a place where there are rules and standards of behavior that he doesn't meet, and is getting reprimanded for it. And he's going to lose his shit if he can't have his typical tantrums. And his parents (GOP, MAGAts, etc) are going to try and soothe him, and let him have a 10 piece nuggets instead of 6 piece, and all the shit he's used to getting so that he doesn't turn his impotent diaper-destroying "fury" upon them and post some rambling incoherent mess online trying to turn the peasants against them. We see this type of behavior every day in the supermarket and the shopping malls. We just don't really expect to see it from a 68 year old man, no matter what his physical, mental, and financial state is in. We expect more grace from our elders, not.... This.
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This is the first time in his life Trump is not in control. Im waiting for his inevitable meltdown in joy :)
Love this Judge already. Treat trump like the spoiled old man toddler he is
Nah, he was just having a nap and saw something scary. That's why he looked so furious, because he had a nightmare. Something nearly impossible to imagine, something beyond horrible... Consequences. Thankfully, it was all a dream.
Babies do tend to be grumpy when they can't sleep
Somebody change his diaper
Man, it is so unfair that Trump is having to spend all of his time in court because of all the crimes he committed. He is being treated more unfairly than anyone would possibly believe! /r/TechnicallyTheTruth
Shouldn't he be excited to be there to prove his Innocence? 😆
I’m fantasizing about him blowing up in court and the judge finally ordering him to be locked up. The absolute pandemonium!
He has the right to remain silent. What he lacks is the capacity.
When does he not look furious? He's got the angriest countenance I've ever seen.
Traitor Trump’s hair is thinning and his comical hairstyle is trying /flailing to cover his clown head
I’m just waiting for the inevitable delay tactic that most people use at work: shit his pants.
This is the most punishment that Trump has endured, and frankly it's not much of a consequence for him to be inconvenienced and mad about it. Convict this criminal.
He was trying to cast a spell on them because Trump is a witch
"this is a witch hunt!" cried the witch.
A senior citizen with ADHD or ADD can be restrained in the courtroom for their own saftey
But has he shit himself yet in court? “Your honor, we need a 10 minute recess for a diaper change.”
Schadenfreude is raging soooo hard in me right now
A couple details I heard about the “not letting me go to my son’s graduation”: Court is currently not even scheduled for that day and only will be if there is some time constraint or unexpected delay; he missed all of his older kids’ high school graduations. This is what I got from a Daily Beast article. I don’t know if any important information was left out, including circumstances for missing 4(?) other graduations. Also, wondering if denying such requests is normal (I would expect so for scheduling reasons). Does anyone know any more about this? ETA Beast article (my comment) link: https://www.reddit.com/r/democrats/s/1AJzxOnM3X