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Politics
Heather Digby Parton

Trump knows he's lost this case already

I'm sure Donald Trump was hopping mad to see Kevin McCarthy and Matt Gaetz steal the spotlight on Tuesday with their historic antics in the House. After all, Dear Leader is on trial and he's appearing in the courtroom even though he's not required to so that he can preen before the cameras in the hallways and insult the judge, the prosecutor and everyone else. This is supposed to be his party and it was completely overshadowed by House Republicans who are supposed to understand that.

As of midnight last night the only thing he had to say on the matter was, "Why is it that Republicans are always fighting among themselves, why aren't they fighting the Radical Left Democrats who are destroying our Country?" If the man he calls "My Kevin" expected him to intervene on his behalf, he was sorely disappointed. In fact, Trump didn't even bother to write a bland Truth Social post wishing McCarthy well in his future endeavors.

Trump was already in a bad mood on Tuesday after Forbes Magazine dropped him from the list of the 400 Richest people in America which, according to Forbes is largely because his investment in the Truth Social platform has turned out to be a dud. If this trial proceeds as it appears it's going to, he's going to fall even further. He stands to lose his New York properties and $250 million or more in punitive damages. Of course, Trump doesn't have the emotional bandwidth to care about what's happening on Capitol Hill right now. This is important.

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