America has seen its fair share of lying politicians, but Donald Trump is in a class of his own. He appears to view literally any interaction with another human being as an opportunity to be exploited and a game to be won. In Trump’s world, rules are for chumps, norms are for losers, and the truth is whatever you can get another person to believe — nothing more. And of course, history makes clear that this approach has been quite effective at advancing Trump’s interests in certain settings — preening on the set of a game show, for example, or spinning up a fawning, frothing crowd at a campaign event.
But not only will those antics not work in a courtroom, they will backfire. Given the nature of the allegations against him, Trump will have to take the stand even though he has a right not to, and given his nature, he will lie to the jury just like he has lied to everyone else his entire life.
Which brings us to our next week’s poll. (The last Trump poll for a while, I promise.).
I’m going for the under on this one.
Seems to me that the prosecutors have the goods on him already.
The 100-page report will be filled with two types of statements: new lies and witness intimidation.
Adding charges based on new lies will merely slow the process and witness intimidation is far better addressed by the judges in these cases.
We shall see, this is just the beginning of the end. As for Trump’s “report” it will be filled with lies, far right fantasy and yet another call to arms for his slack jawed base. The goal is to build false hope and extract what little money his base has left.
Good points. But it is in Bedmister, and he hasn’t been indicted for anything in New Jersey yet.
He’s already broken the courts wishes to shut up and nothing has happened. just like his ‘report’ monday – it will be a nothing burger. What it will be is another opportunity to fleece the dupes with more tacky shit to buy, after he says he cant release the report because they are violating his first amendment rights
People say he’s fleecing the dupes like it’s a bad thing.