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Cyrano

(15,043 posts)
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 03:19 PM Apr 16

Trump can't use a mobster's usual courtroom props.

You know what they are: An oxygen tank, a wheel chair, a doctor seated nearby, etc. (You saw it all in the movie "Casino".) He can't use any of them because it wouldn't fit with the image of him that he's cultivated with his followers. After all, Jesus didn't have an oxygen tank, a wheel chair, or any ancient medical assistance while he was dragging that cross.

You've been hoisted by your own petard, Donald. And while your followers look on in grief, sane people are relieved that you are finally being held to account for the first time in your life.

For the next two or three months, you are going to have to sit there with your mouth shut while others testify about who and what you are. And if you "lose it" and have an outburst, the judge can hold you in contempt of court, (and can even have you held in a jail cell for contempt of court if he so chooses).

Welcome to the real world, Donald. If you somehow win/steal the presidency in November, we will all live in fear of your revenge. If you don't/can't, win/steal it, you've got a lot more courtroom time ahead of you.

Hopefully, we will have a blue tidal wave this November that will exact an enormous price on you and your version of reality.

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Trump can't use a mobster's usual courtroom props. (Original Post) Cyrano Apr 16 OP
I guess for his benefit this will train him some restraint? Chakaconcarne Apr 16 #1
Not likely. Cyrano Apr 16 #2
I just had a great idea for Donald.... erronis Apr 16 #3
But the miniaturized small-footprint apparatus would also come in handy in his prison cell... GopherGal Apr 16 #4
The prop I'd like to see speak easy Apr 16 #5
I went to an eight hour seminar once and the chairs weren't as comfortable as this one. twodogsbarking Apr 16 #6
by design? speak easy Apr 16 #8
Nice hotel but plastic back breakers. twodogsbarking Apr 16 #10
They're not designed for sitting leftieNanner Apr 16 #14
Oh Donald isn't inclined to show weakness PatSeg Apr 16 #7
Yes, hopefully we will have a blue tidal wave in November birdographer Apr 16 #9
That's the preferred scenario. Elessar Zappa Apr 16 #12
Show up in a bathrobe. Buns_of_Fire Apr 16 #11
Is the bathrobe trick about this guy? Dave Bowman Apr 16 #16
Maybe a potty chair mymomwasright Apr 16 #13
Great post. Dave Bowman Apr 16 #15

Cyrano

(15,043 posts)
2. Not likely.
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 03:45 PM
Apr 16

He's a 77 year old man who doesn't seem capable of learning. It will probably just strengthen his desire for revenge.

erronis

(15,306 posts)
3. I just had a great idea for Donald....
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 03:47 PM
Apr 16

Bring along a tiny putting green and putter and just stand in a 2 foot area knocking your stupid little ball back and forth.

I guess he could do it on a laptop/tablet with a stylus if the above wasn't allowed.

speak easy

(9,269 posts)
8. by design?
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 04:48 PM
Apr 16

There's not that much worse than giving a presentation at the end of the day with the audience nodding off.

PatSeg

(47,520 posts)
7. Oh Donald isn't inclined to show weakness
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 04:39 PM
Apr 16

even if it would serve him. I remember that show he put on when he returned from the hospital suffering from COVID. Clearly he was still seriously ill, but he was obsessed with projecting strength.

No oxygen tanks or wheel chairs for the "tough" guy.

Buns_of_Fire

(17,183 posts)
11. Show up in a bathrobe.
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 05:18 PM
Apr 16

I was going to add "and bright pink bunny slippers," but I don't think his manly-man worshippers would emphasize with that. Well, maybe the Proud Boys would, but that's it.

Dave Bowman

(1,870 posts)
16. Is the bathrobe trick about this guy?
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 06:45 PM
Apr 16


"For nearly 30 years, Genovese crime boss Vincent Gigante pretended to be mentally ill to avoid prison. And it almost worked."

"Partly because he wandered the streets of Greenwich Village in an elaborate performance of insanity, Mafia boss Vincent “Chin” Gigante eluded prosecution for decades as a supposedly unstable and incompetent man."

Yeah, well t-rump is the real deal, unstable and incompetent.

(First link I clicked on in Google)
https://allthatsinteresting.com/vincent-gigante


Dave Bowman

(1,870 posts)
15. Great post.
Tue Apr 16, 2024, 06:04 PM
Apr 16

I so wish the Baboon could read it and that I would be in the room to watch the show. The ketchup would fly like hell.

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