Trump's first trial begins today. Meanwhile, his meme stock has collapsed in value. Also, hey Times? The reason Trump is the first former president to go to trial is that Harding died and Nixon was preemptively pardoned by Ford.
The hush money trial is going to be an interesting one, as it will test whether he can abide by the judge's gag order (I'm guessing he won't, but will there be consequences) and the credibility of Michael Cohen. If the jury believes Cohen, then Trump is likely found guilty. Then, does he get a prison sentence? If so, how long?
There's part of me that sees some polling of 18-30 year olds having a positive opinion of Trump that suggests they should be running his rallies on TV again, because he's gotten seriously unhinged. Trump actually benefits when he get muzzled, because his words are such rank shit. OTOH, it would be funny if he got a few months in prison for this particular crime, perhaps his least significant.
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