Posted on 06/08/2024 12:39:43 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
When a Manhattan jury found Donald J. Trump guilty, it should have sent shock waves through the nation. Yet, though the trial and conviction of a former president was unprecedented in American history, it seems most people couldn’t have cared less. As Michelle Goldberg recently noted, only 16 percent of respondents to a Yahoo News/YouGov poll said they had followed the first few weeks of the trial very closely, and when asked how they felt, many replied, “bored.”
In its way, that must have annoyed Mr. Trump: how insulting, that no one would care. There was media coverage, but no frenzy, no rallies around the world in protest when he was convicted. But to win in the court of public opinion, Mr. Trump must now transform a trial in a run-down Manhattan courtroom from a shoulder shrug into an unforgettable event, with a story powerful enough to keep his supporters energized, if not outraged, and to drum up sympathy from the undecideds.
For months, Mr. Trump has been laying the groundwork, spinning his tale of tyranny and martyrdom (his own of course) and styling himself as the victim of an administration that has to play dirty to eliminate a rival as formidable as he. That story of persecution has only grown louder in recent days. Moments after hearing the jury pronounce him guilty, he predictably called the trial “rigged,” the judge “conflicted,” and a trial by jury as well as government institutions like the justice system irrelevant compared with the verdict that galvanized voters will presumably hand him in November. Politics, not the law, is his métier, and history is not his concern. His preoccupation, and his talent, is storytelling.
Instinctively he grasps the kind of broader stories that break through from the courtroom to the public. These stories...
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And they ARE entertaining!
That Brenda gal is drinking too much of that apple wine.
NYT continues with its “no holodomor to see here” cover for real fascists and dictators.
President Trump in Arizona last Thursday.
There, fixed it ...
Em… no spin. That’s the situation.
“When a Manhattan jury found Donald J. Trump guilty, it should have sent shock waves through the nation. Yet, though the trial and conviction of a former president was unprecedented in American history, it seems most people couldn’t have cared less.”
How do you like that? The second sentence completely contradicts the first.
Whineapple has scales over her eyes.
Oh, my no, Brenda. The only ones who were annoyed are the idiots at places like the NYT who found out that their slander campaign was a bust. That must have been annoying.
a dems drama mama
pfft.
pure
projection
Who is this “Brenda Wineapple” front hole?
Yes, NYT, he gets to do that. You’ve been spinning your tales for decades with no interference.
And for some reason, the Trump campaign broke records in donations after the conviction to the tune of 400 million dollars over the week after.
She looks like an irradiated Barbara Streisand.
Looks like she has scales everywhere.
Surprising that her cats aren't put off by her reptilian aspect. Maybe she shares the boxed wine with them
New York Times: May the bearings of their printing presses seize, and the server of their website crash beyond repair.
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