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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Victoria Bekiempisin New York

Trump temper tantrum marks courtroom face-off with E Jean Carroll

courtroom sketch of Donald Trump with E Jean Carroll and Judge Lewis Kaplan
‘Mr Trump, I hope I don’t have to consider excluding you from the trial,’ Judge Lewis Kaplan said. Photograph: Jane Rosenberg/Reuters

The second day of E Jean Carroll’s New York defamation trial against Donald Trump was a picture in stark contrasts. It featured solemnity from the former Elle writer and flippancy from the ex-US president – who repeatedly taunted the judge with irreverent courtroom antics.

As has often been the case when faced with a strong woman who is clearly unintimidated by him, Trump’s volatility and proneness to childish outbursts of anger came to the fore.

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