Trump Derangement Syndrome

There is no way to evaluate the total damage inflicted on Trump’s candidacy by Bragg’s prosecution until we learn what Judge Merchan will do.

I’ve been surprised at the punditry about the fallout of Trump’s convictions in the Manhattan criminal trial. It made sense to say that we’d needed to wait for a couple of weeks to get a reliable read on how the public was processing the jury’s guilty verdicts. That is, rose-tinted pronouncements by Trump enthusiasts that the convictions had no meaningful effect on the race — or even that the former president’s 2024 bid was somehow helped by his status as a convicted felon because it showed that Democrats had overplayed their lawfare hand — were daft.

I don’t think so. Or let me at least put it this way: I think those who look at the calendar, look at the negative reaction in much of the country to Alvin Bragg’s patently politicized prosecution of Trump, and pronounce lawfare at an end are overconfident.

The limits and liberties with respect to President Trump’s speech in South Florida are emerging as the next contest between the 45th president and Special Counsel Jack Smith.

Judge Aileen Cannon could soon decide whether to deny or grant Mr. Smith’s motion to amend the terms of Trump’s release to bar him from criticizing law enforcement. That is the request from the special counsel. Trump maintains that such an order would violate his constitutional rights.

However much you hate the media, it’s not enough. The latest reminder comes courtesy of The Washington Post.

On Friday, Donald Trump’s birthday, the Post ran a predictable — but nonetheless despicable — piece of 2024 election propaganda titled, “Donald Trump, potential future oldest president, turns 78.”

“Age is just a number, the adage goes. For Donald Trump, that number just got bigger,” writes national political “reporter” Marianne LeVine, who adds that Trump’s age “has also drawn notice from some voters and experts on aging.”

Reflecting their typical disdain for intellectual diversity, discordant Dems are shrilling against MAGA. Despite the fifty-state movement attracting increasing numbers of converts, despondent Dems desperately label it a cult. They even assert that its members need to be deprogrammed.

According to internal documents, FBI officials, as part of a confidential security clearance assessment for a longtime employee, probed into the individual’s political inclinations, stance on COVID-19 vaccination, and participation in Second Amendment gatherings. The internal memo triggered a complaint to the Justice Department’s internal oversight body.

Crazed MSNBC analyst Donny Deutsch recently urged the U.S. military to release an ad campaign against former President Donald Trump ahead of the upcoming presidential election.

True story, as Joe Biden might say.

In her recent article “The Silent Insurrection: General Milley’s Hand on January 6,” for Declassified with Julie Kelly, author Haley McLean examines the actions and influence of General Mark Milley under President Donald J. Trump, then-Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, leading up to and during the events of January 6, 2021.

h/t Mauser

Trump’s hush money conviction could be in doubt after a Facebook post claimed jurors were discussing plans to find the ex-president guilty before delivering their verdict.

Judge Juan Merchan sparked speculation of potential mistrial when he sent a letter to the prosecution and defense attorneys about the message that read: ‘My cousin is a juror and says Trump is getting convicted [heart emoji] Thank you folks for all your had work!!!!’

The user, named Michael Anderson, wrote the post that sparked confusion on a New York Unified Court System’s Facebook page.

By treating Donald Trump as a unique threat to the way things run, Democrats are burnishing his populist bona fides.

Democrats learned quickly that the legal pursuit against Donald Trump had a political effect. In the beginning of 2021, Florida governor Ron DeSantis was tied or ahead of Donald Trump. When the first criminal charges came down, Trump consolidated the support of the Republican base, while it seemed to hurt him with suburban moderates and in the betting markets.

The kangaroos in Manhattan had their turn. The rest of the country gets its chance to serve justice. First, we must elect President Trump and let him pardon himself. Of course the president has the power, for the Constitution says the President “shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offences against the United States, except in Cases of Impeachment.”

The whole premise of New York’s case was a federal election, which makes the case an offense against the United States, which gives him jurisdiction as president.

h/t DS

Andrew McCabe claims certain FBI agents are worried about Trump throwing them in jail, and many are thinking of fleeing the country.pic.twitter.com/r4EiPmTeXQ

— Citizen Free Press (@CitizenFreePres) June 6, 2024

H/T Mauser

By now, we should be accustomed to seeing favorite performers betray us, risking years of good will and fond memories to express petulant political bias and empty promises. (“I’ll leave America if . . . ”) But the utter disgrace that actor Robert De Niro has made of himself — through profane and irrational outbursts against President Trump and American civility — hurts deeper than most.

I was mesmerized by the Blehar blast at the Trump trial. (It’s really time for Jeff to come out of his shell, don’t you think?) And he’s right: It would be a travesty for anyone, let alone a former American president and de facto major-party nominee to return to the presidency, to be consigned to Rikers Island, Attica, or some similarly squalid New York hoosegow over a “crime” — I guess I should say 34 “crimes” — that the Democratic district attorney manufactured before the Democratic judge guided the jury to its guilty verdict.