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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsTrump 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.
Chakaconcarne
(2,457 posts)Cyrano
(15,043 posts)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)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.
GopherGal
(2,009 posts)speak easy
(9,269 posts)A chair to keep awake
twodogsbarking
(9,768 posts)speak easy
(9,269 posts)There's not that much worse than giving a presentation at the end of the day with the audience nodding off.
twodogsbarking
(9,768 posts)leftieNanner
(15,133 posts)They're designed for stacking.
PatSeg
(47,520 posts)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.
birdographer
(1,332 posts)Or, I don't know, hopefully he will be dead.
Elessar Zappa
(14,010 posts)Scenario two is beating him in November.
Buns_of_Fire
(17,183 posts)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)"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
mymomwasright
(299 posts)With an attendant nearby.
Dave Bowman
(1,870 posts)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.