Like the scorpion in the fable that causes its own drowning, Donald Trump cannot stop himself from attacking and insulting and belittling. It’s been his nature for his nearly 77 years and helped propel him into the White House. A fitting word for his attitude is contemptuous. While his sneering has often served him well, this trait is now putting him at risk. We hope it sinks him like the scorpion and the frog that was fatally stung.
A day after a Manhattan federal jury unanimously found that Trump sexually abused and defamed E. Jean Carroll and ordered he pay her $5 million, he went on CNN and before a national TV audience defamed her again. Carroll is now seeking at least another $10 million and it’s hard to see how she won’t get it since the evidence against civil defendant Trump going against the court’s verdict is so clear.
Yesterday, criminal defendant Trump was back in court (via a video hookup), before Acting Manhattan state Supreme Court Justice Juan Merchan, for a hearing on the judge’s protective order barring Trump from doing what he loves.
