Trump’s Anguish, Defiance and a Loss of Control

Washington Post: “Two weeks in, the first criminal trial of a former president has been personally taxing for Trump and disruptive to his campaign.”

“Despite efforts to schedule dinners where donors, friends and world leaders join him, Trump’s moods are worse on trial days, according to several people close to him. The former president is accustomed to near-daily rounds of golf, ‘constant stimulation’ and cheers when he enters and exits a room at Mar-a-Lago, they said. Instead, he is now reporting four days a week for mundane court arguments and long stretches without permission to check his phone.”

“Trump has done his best to turn his trial into an extension of his 2024 campaign… But the indictments that once helped Trump lock down the GOP nomination by firing up his base have become a serious constraint in the general election and thrust the domineering candidate into an unusually humbling position.”