One Simple Reason Trump Dreads Trial That Nobody Is Reporting

We are going to break ground here today, friends. I have an hypothesis to share and I’m sure I’m dead right about this. I’m equally sure that you’re going to agree with me. And I’m also positive that you will marvel, as do I, that no other news outlet seems to be talking about this when it’s as obvious as the nose on your face. Donald Trump does not want to go to court tomorrow. He went to unimaginable lengths to have this trial continued, no less than ten motions, and all of them were denied. Here was his first post of the day today.

First post of the day. pic.twitter.com/fLHQxK1wuh

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) April 14, 2024

The tweet ends, “the White House that cannot be allowed to go forward!” Clearly, the man is terrified. He has reason to be terrified, because this is one historical precedent that he’s setting which is likely to blow up in his face. Even MAGAs, those people who tell the rest of us that we’re suffering from Trump Derangement Syndrome, have been known to say that *if* their messiah ends up being criminally convicted in a court of law that it would influence their opinion. And if there is, in fact, anybody sitting on the fence about how they will vote in November at this point, then certainly a criminal conviction would likely sway that voter to vote for Biden. So is that what has Trump all in a tizzy?

No. I’m going to tell you what Trump is flipping out over. Are you ready? Going to trial four days a week is like going to a job and you’re talking about a man who never had a job — not as you and I construe that term. For the yous and mes, a job is where you suit up and show up five days a week, starting in the morning, going until late afternoon. Or, maybe it’s a night or graveyard shift, but you show up for eight hours, five days a week, week after week. Trump has never done that.

When he was in the White House he used to roll into the Oval Office at 11:30 a.m. He can’t do that tomorrow or for the next six to eight weeks. He needs to be there at 9:30 a.m., in his seat and stay there until 4:30 p.m. Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday. This is like going to prison for him. He can’t play golf, he can’t screw around and do what he wants to. He needs to be in court.

This is why he’s going insane. I truly believe that I’ve hit on something here. When the Trump Organization fraud trial took place (or the E. Jean Carroll trial) those were civil matters and so he could send his lawyers. But this is a criminal trial and he has to be present in court. This is what’s driving him out of his mind. As litigious as Trump is, he’s always had the lawyers handle everything. Now he’s a defendant in a criminal case and is forced to play by a set of rules which is completely foreign to him.

Remember, we’re dealing with a toddler here. Donny does what Donny wants to do. When he wants to play golf, he golfs. When he wants to eat a hamberder, he eats. When he wants to watch TV, he watches. He doesn’t have those options. The judge will determine what people focus on, when to break, and for how long. Trump can’t just go outside and watch TV on his phone or tweet. He does not have those options.

The sublime irony here is that the trial itself is a form of incarceration. This trial is going to be a living hell for Trump. Trials are that, by their very nature, but not for the reason that it will be sheer hell for Trump. Most people, habitual criminals included, have had the discipline to be able to sit in one place and focus on one thing seven, eight hours a day with a meal break. Not so with Donald.

This trial isn’t just the means to an end, it’s an end in and of itself. It’s already been predicted that this case will finally be decided in an appellate court because it involves not only a state violation of falsifying business records but a federal violation of campaign funds, and so all that is expected to be sorted out at the appellate level. And most likely that is what will happen. So it may be a while before an actual sentence is handed down to defendant Trump.

But for the moment, he’s already serving a sentence. His sentence begins tomorrow at 9:30 a.m. in Manhattan and will continue four days a week for the next six to eight weeks. It is driving Trump insane that he has to show up for this trial. Simply banana screaming bonkers insane.

So expect more crazy social media posts — at least while Truth Social is still up and running. Tomorrow is also another day on the stock market and the platform is expected to tumble further as it reaches its eventual destination in insolvency. Then Trump will have to grovel to Elon Musk and that will make him crazy as well.

This is all very satisfying. And the satisfaction is only going to get more and more profound as Hope Hicks testifies, as Michael Cohen testifies, as David Pecker testifies, Stormy Daniels, all of them.

Will Trump violate his gag order? Will Trump be held in contempt of court, fined, and possibly jailed? These are all possibilities. Monday the 15th of April will be a great day for America because starting tomorrow, the chickens are coming home to Trump world to roost. Or maybe we should say the ducks, since the most famous avian cartoon character is also named Donald.