Hope Hicks and the dirty old man...

Hope Hicks and the dirty old man...
Monday, May 06, 2024 at 8:31:45a EDT


Hope Hicks’ testimony has been sliced and diced, chopped and whirred to a fine powder after her turn on the stand. Fox commentators looked to spot a silver lining among the gathering darkness of her tale about her time with the ex-president. The rest of us recognized the sheer terror her words had to bring to her “mentor” who listened closely eyes wide shut-like. While what was asked and answered made news, I was struck by her performance.

Hicks testified under duress but not the kind of pressure we associate with those who have to tell the truth about someone they truly care for. There was a tawdriness about the relationship that came through. She laughed, she cried, she needed time to think. She was performing. Trump’s reaction, his eyes averted always, but attentive to her every word, reminded me of the creepiness that sits beneath the persona of the billionaire businessman with little time for details. One detail he attends to is his need to be surrounded and doted on by pretty young women. Hope Hicks’ resume never screamed “oval office,” her skillset hardly suggested ‘communications specialist” or whatever title Trump cooked up to place her within leer of the resolute Desk he wasted our time behind.

The longer she testified the more we were reminded of his inability to control himself around cute young things. We are reminded of E. Jean Carroll, Stormy Daniels, Karen McDougal… and Jeffrey Epstein. Our memories are drawn to his inappropriateness surrounding his relationship with daughter Ivanka, whom he once revealed he would date if she weren’t his child— and worse:

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The tears she shed on the stand as she testified last week seemed out of place. Her demeanor as described by those in the courtroom, was odd. She was reacting like a victim groomed by a predator. The pictures of Trump and Hicks together while in public could be compared to the signs of grooming that the RAININ website uses to warn victims being groomed for sexual assaults and rape:

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