A Week in the Life of Donald Trump
I usually like to focus on just one topic here at Gumshoe Politics, but there are just so many things happening this week that I don’t think anybody would have ever imagined. Not always of course, but for the most part, the people who run for office are a different breed. Sure, you might have to have a bit of an ego, but call me naïve, I still like to believe that those who decide to run for office are doing it for selfless reasons. They care about their community, their state, or their country. Donald Trump might be a lot of things, but one thing he is not is stupid. You don’t get to a position in life as he has by being stupid. But as we are witnessing this week, the left has yet to figure it out.
Donald Trump’s “hush money” trial has begun in Manhattan. It is a quintessential example of “show me the man and I’ll show you the crime.” As jury selection has begun, even one potential juror stated that she “doesn’t know what this case is about at this point.” She is not alone; many people are in the dark as to just exactly what Trump is being charged with. Best as we can tell, it is a simple book-keeping error that for average people would amount to a misdemeanor and possibly a fine. But it is no secret that the justice system doesn't work that way for Donald Trump. And speaking of jury selection, the biggest concern for, not just Trump’s attorneys, but for his supporters as well, is the concern that in a liberal mecca like Manhattan, there is no way Trump can get a fair trial, even if a trial can be had before the whole absurd case falls apart. Here is a small tidbit that just may answer the question of whether this will be a fair trial. In 2020, Donald Trump got just 14 percent of the vote in Manhattan. The Manhattan District Attorney is a far-left Democrat, the Judge donated to Joe Biden’s campaign, and his daughter is a Democrat consultant who is currently making money off her father presiding over this trial. What could possibly go wrong? Just how impartial an eventual jury will be remains to be seen, and that was just Monday.
If we have learned anything, it’s that the left does not let much come between them and their raging case of Trump Derangement Syndrome. Anyone in the way of “getting Trump” is merely collateral damage. Just ask people like Paul Manafort, Peter Navarro, or General Michael Flynn. But they are grown men, who are well-versed in the fact that politics is a blood sport. The latest case of collateral damage may just be Donald Trump’s own son Barron. Barron Trump will celebrate his first adult milestone when he graduates from high school next month. Not only is it a proud moment for the graduate, but also an equally proud moment for parents. But radical far-left Judge Juan Merchan, who is constantly on the lookout for any way to punish Trump, apparently just for being Trump, has not yet decided if Barron Trump will be allowed to have both of his parents participate in his special day. That is because Judge Merchan may not allow Trump to attend Barron’s graduation ceremonies and require him to be in court instead. Nothing says fairness and impartiality like making the son pay for the fabricated sins of the father.
Here is the thing about all of this, jury selection circus aside. We know that every bit of it is designed to keep Trump off the campaign trail. Because if he is campaigning, it is getting harder and harder for the left and the media to hide the fact that dozens of people show up for a Joe Biden campaign event, and thousands show up for Trump. Donald Trump may be in a courtroom during the day, but he can be anywhere he wants to be after 5 p.m. he also has his weekends free. Think he is just going to spend his free time lounging around Mar-a-Lago? Not a chance. And while he may be confined to New York Monday through Friday, doesn’t that give him time to campaign in a place that not many Republican Presidential candidates have campaigned very much in previously? A GOP win in New York? Stranger things have happened.
Most Americans know full well what is going on with Trump’s indictments. Did Democrats and the left not notice that with every indictment, Trump’s poll numbers went up? For most Americans, whether they love or hate Donald Trump, the ones that are parents, know what they would do if they were possibly being deprived of spending graduation day with their child. They would go anyway. If that happens, it is not going to go well for Democrats. While a special day like graduation in the life of a young person should certainly not be exploited for political reasons, what if Trump decides to defy any order from the Judge and attend anyway? Will Judge Merchan have Trump arrested? If that happens, the Democrats will certainly have committed political suicide and the possibility of a landslide in November becomes that much more real. How do the Democrats not know this? It is what happens when you never get outside your New York/DC bubble, and you think everyone thinks like you do.
Again, this is just one week for Donald Trump. For all the people who marvel at the fact that he continues to take the onslaught he does, there is the argument that it doesn’t debilitate him, he actually thrives on it, and it makes him that much stronger. Will the Democrats ever figure out that they are just Wile E. Coyote to Donald Trump’s Road Runner?