What’s Coming

Remember that the son Trump is referring to below was born to him and his wife Melania just four months before he allegedly began his affair with a porn star. https://t.co/KmYrQobvmL

— Tim O'Brien (@TimOBrien) April 16, 2024

And during the pregnancy, he was having a different affair:

Trump is crying about supposedly having to miss Barron’s graduation when the state is introducing evidence that he was having an affair with a Playboy model the entire time Melania was pregnant.

And that was before Stormy.

We won’t be seeing Melania on the campaign trail.

— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) April 15, 2024

Wait, is Ingraham admitting that Trump had the affair?

Because Trump certainly hasn't admitted that. https://t.co/g1g64FoEx0

— Bradley P. Moss (@BradMossEsq) April 16, 2024

Except Trump approached Daniels in the aftermath of the Access Hollywood tape. That tape is going to be presented in evidence (via transcript from the Carroll cases), and Daniels is going to testify.  Funny thing about court: only evidence matters. Nothing Ingraham says here is going to be true. And reports from the court will prove it.  Trump wasn’t trying to put the episode behind him. He was trying to win the election.

That’s what the felony in this case is all about. That, and Trump’s inability to keep it in his pants.

And no, it doesn’t matter that Trump had the affair, with McDougal or Daniels. Like the valuation of MAL, the fact is the only thing he understands. He thinks if he disproves that, or proves Cohen a liar (he is; so is Trump. They each have court judgments to prove it .), then game over. 

Not that simple, of course. Trump can deny the affair all he wants. But unless he takes the stand, there is no evidence of that denial for the jury (and no point to it, anyway). The affairs are not the case; the payments are. How and why he tried to hide them, actually. Trump can deny there was an “affair.” But he’ll have to take the stand to do so.

And after today, who doubts he will? He pressured his lawyer into asking the judge to let him attend all sidebars. He demanded in court that his lawyer “fight harder.” He insists the judge has already denied him the chance Tyree his youngest son graduate. After three weeks (or more) of listening to witnesses for the prosecution (he sporadically attended the civil fraud trial , and still that testimony upset him), he’ll be ready to explode. 

Put money in your purse.

As for the sex (whether they were “affairs” or not is irrelevant. Don’t get distracted.), one hopes it was worth it. One also can’t imagine how it could be.

Also interesting that Trump wants to be in the Supreme Court argument next week, though he serves no role there. But that is the case which can keep him out of jail. He doesn’t seem concerned about the hearing before Engoron which can end his attempt at an appeal bond, and bring his empire crashing to an end. His presence at one is a kind of sympathetic magic, or at least magical thinking. Being there, at least, will be better than not being there. And being at one is more important than being at the other.

Like the impending gallows of the aphorism, impending jail also focuses the mind.