[justlurking]

Is Trump having trouble making it clear that it’s the specific affiliations and connections of the curious Curiel that are the difficulty here. It wouldn’t matter if Curiel was a green Martian, he has a conflict of interest in this case. “You’re Hispanic” is something we are supposed to be civically color blind to. “You’re buddies with La Raza and you were born of illegales” isn’t.

Yes, and Trump should be pointing out his specific conflicts of interest (there are many), and not his heritage.

The judge's problem may indeed be linked to his heritage, but Trump is setting himself up for an attack by making that claim without a specific admission from the judge.

[Tau Food]

I don’t understand why his lawyers haven’t yet filed a motion to request the judge to recuse himself. In that way, Trump can lay out all the details showing that the Mexican judge cannot properly handle Trump’s case.