The Incredible Shrinking Trump

 I read a tiny portion of Twitter and websites for information on politics, news, and what dumb thing Trump just did. And yet just minutes ago did I learn this:

Trump has made 49 social media posts in the past hour attacking Haley, Desantis, Judge Orgoron, Letitia James, Jack Smith, Kim Reynolds, the media, Fani Willis, and of course “massive caravans” are coming too.

Now some of this should be subject to gag orders, but on the larger scale, if this is an “assault” on the American legal system, somebody has a really low opinion of that system. 

Because I’m old enough to remember the infamous trials of the ‘60’s when defendants directly challenged the legitimacy of the courts and the legal system in open contempt of court. The favored charge then was not “election interference!” but declaring oneself a “political prisoner” as a way of claiming prosecution solely for one’s ideology.

Didn’t work all that well then, either.

49 posts and I haven’t read about one of them? Is any one of them even news? As in, some new content? Not likely.

Trump is a piker and a clown and Chris Christie is right, the calculus changes with just one felony conviction. And he’s charged with 4 different felonies in D.C. alone; the case most likely to be tried before next summer. He may be out in an appeal bond after that case, but conviction on just one felony is as certain as sunrise.

A threat to the justice system? He’s not that important. And frankly, he’s shrinking as we watch.

Addendum: as I was saying, the gag orders are another thing:

NEW: Death threats & antisemitic rants "inundated" Justice Engoron & his law clerk after Donald Trump attacked them on social media, says top NY court security official, citing 275 transcribed pages. 

The threats are "serious and credible and not hypothetical or speculative."

Nor is this speculative, or just “news reports.”

The information was filed today as part of Justice Engoron's opposition to Trump's motion to lift the gag orders. The judge argued they were necessary for the safety of this staff. 

This affidavit by court security is meant to support that position. 

"Although Mr. Trump did not directly threaten Ms. Greenfield, the comments made in his post resulted in hundreds of threatening and harassing voicemail messages that have been transcribed into over 275 single spaced pages."

Trump is a vile and contemptible person, but the legal system is perfectly capable of handling him, and serving him his just desserts.