Trump can't accept MAGA isn't willing to fight for him this time [View all]

Former President Donald Trump expected huge crowds of supporters to show up in protest as he stood trial in Manhattan this week — and now he's desperate to come up with any explanation for their absence that avoids the harsh truth, wrote Amanda Marcotte for Salon.

This comes as the former president lashes out at New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman for reporting that he is disappointed with the lack of protests outside his trial, and insists that no one is there because police have cordoned off the streets around the Manhattan courthouse — a claim which has been debunked.

Another of his excuses is that Trump supporters are just too wary of setting foot in New York City due to out-of-control crime, Marcotte noted. "It's all a lie — crime is way down from the pandemic-related spikes — but it's one Trump repeats ad nauseum. And it's constantly reinforced by Fox News, which pushes out a series of misleading stories and images meant to scare their elderly suburbanite audiences into believing that going into the nation's largest city results in instant murder.

"Nonetheless, Trump keeps pleading with his followers to run through what they've been told is a 'bloodbath' in order to, you know, persuade Bragg and presiding Judge Juan Merchan to just give up on this whole trial nonsense." Meanwhile, there's a much simpler explanation for why Trump's crowds aren't materializing, she wrote, and it's one he doesn't want to accept — there just aren't enough people left who care about him.


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