Trump believes--and a whole lotta of voters agree--this lawsuit is a direct result of "reverse" racism and was brought for purely political reasons. If anything, it has had the opposite result of what the DA intended: Trump is the leading Republican presidential candidate for 2024 even though he is refusing to debate.
I never voted for Trump and certainly would not vote for him in 2024, but taxpayers are picking up the tab for this nonsense, which Trump is successfully exploiting as a form of paid advertising for Trump. He's luvin every second.
Trump is a toxic narcissist. Toxic narcissists thrive on attention no matter whether it is negative or positive. They never take responsibility for their own actions and blame everyone else.
JMO
Huh, pale, male, stale and hopefully in jail? I understand. (I know this is a civil trial, but Trump and both his sons have made admissions on the stand-I haven't caught up with Ivanka's testimony yet- and further Trump was deposed for seven hours-which may be used against them in future in criminal courts)
I don't think it's necessarily true that Trump is successfully exploiting this as a form of advertising, but concede he has tried to do that. There may be lots of people who only listen to his short sound bites, and certainly he is getting lots of probably successful exposure with them. However, there are lots of people that are taking notice, and frankly Trump is not coming out well from his exposure. I have read an opinion that Trump's popularity will plummet if he gets any criminal conviction.
His pathology-and I agree he is probably a toxic narcissist-is, unchecked, a danger for America, and frankly the rest of the world. He is not going to stop by himself, as long as he draws breath, and has an audience, he will rant and attack, cause damage and division. Part of that pathology includes this fraudulent behaviour. He needs to be tried, and held to account if found guilty. (I know-count one, but there are six more still to be determined)
Lots of us-me included- believe that he has successfully deployed legal mechanisms to avoid the consequences of his decisions before. Moreover, he is known internationally as a bully. He's never tried to hide that-cross him and see what unpleasantness happens. Teflon, nothing has stuck. And look where that has got us...
I'm fascinated by his legal problems-as subtle as a sledgehammer mostly, hiding boxes of classified documents in a shower, tripling the footage of his penthouse, bragging about defence secrets to someone from a different county whom you were trying to impress, to trying to overthrow the election The frauds that have not been disputed by Trump or his defence involve benefits of millions of dollars, really enormous amounts of money. It's terrible stuff.
I am not interested in politics, but adore true crime. I have never followed a civil trial before, but this one is fascinating.
Even though he is a bully and a former President, and especially if he runs for election again, there really so seem to be important questions that must be answered.
www.nytimes.com
I've been saying Melania gets hole number three after Marla gets buried on hole number two. 
What a misfit...
