To get into the rank punditry vein, it's crossed my mind that putting Trump through those New York trials has backfired politically (I'm not talking about their legal merits, just their political effects). I think these may have been the first times in his life that he's had no choice but to sit down and shut up, and I think that's a vit…
To get into the rank punditry vein, it's crossed my mind that putting Trump through those New York trials has backfired politically (I'm not talking about their legal merits, just their political effects). I think these may have been the first times in his life that he's had no choice but to sit down and shut up, and I think that's a vital skill he's sorely lacked. I don't know how much one can learn to mitigate their impulses at his age, but it certainly seems like something there has changed. (It's also conceivable he's feeling older and less fiery in general, or some combination of the two.)
To get into the rank punditry vein, it's crossed my mind that putting Trump through those New York trials has backfired politically (I'm not talking about their legal merits, just their political effects). I think these may have been the first times in his life that he's had no choice but to sit down and shut up, and I think that's a vital skill he's sorely lacked. I don't know how much one can learn to mitigate their impulses at his age, but it certainly seems like something there has changed. (It's also conceivable he's feeling older and less fiery in general, or some combination of the two.)