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Trump talks like he is being persecuted but he is being given deferential treatment over and over again. No one else would have been shown such leniency. Let's remember, he tried to topple our democracy via a coup! And yet he is so narcissistic, he can't maintain good behavior, he has to attack and make sure people think he is right and superior. Sad!

Weissman: Anyone but Trump 'would have to await trial in jail' if they violated terms of release - Alternet.org https://www.alternet.org/trump-await-trial-in-jail/

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"On Sunday, MSNBC legal analyst Andrew Weissman discussed what can be done to stop Trump from further violating the terms of his release after Inside host Jen Psaki noted that Trump's pledged compliance was short-lived.

"So, Jen, you know, it's worth noting that on Thursday at the arraignment, Donald Trump under oath swore that he would not retaliate against or threaten any potential witness. And then the next day, that post and others, with respect to Mike Pence were issued. So what can the judge do? Well, the judge can start by bringing the parties in and giving, you know, a sort of stern lecture, 'You know, this is, you have an admonition that you have one more chance,'" said Weissman.

"The other thing that the judge can do — because remember, Donald Trump is out on bail, so he is not free to say anything that anyone else would — is there can be restrictions on what he did and what he can do," Weissman continued. "This did happen with Roger Stone in this very same courthouse when he posted a photo of the district judge with crosshairs over her shoulder, and that led to severe restrictions on what he could post. Just to be clear, any other defendant who did this, who was facing six counts of obstruction of justice — four in dc, two in Florida — I think would be remanded, meaning would be sent to jail and would have to await trial in jail.""

Seems like a compelling theory...Trump raped E. Jean Carroll because he felt very insulted and humiliated by her, and used violence and sexual assault to regain his power and put "her in her place." He is such a narcissist and can't brook anyone making him look bad or putting him down, and as we've all seen, he goes on the attack.

Donald Trump's defense attorney in rape trial may have accidentally revealed the motive https://www.salon.com/2023/05/01/donald-defense-attorney-in-rape-trial-may-have-accidentally-revealed-the-motive/

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"It may be ill-advised, but it's not a surprise that Trump would hire a lawyer committed to the strategy of pure misogyny. This is the same Trump who pushed Justice Brett Kavanaugh towards the whining-and-shouting response to similarly credible allegations of attempted rape. Trump has always thought it looks "tough" to be a coward who only bullies people who can't fight back.

Badgering an elderly woman isn't just a bad look, however. In going for maximum belligerence, Tacopino may have accidentally revealed a telling detail about why Trump allegedly raped Carroll in a dressing room that day. Not because he was overcome with lust. No, because Trump was angry over a perceived insult. We all know how he loves to take revenge over imaginary slights.

The crucial moment came during a back-and-forth between Carroll and Tacopino about a seemingly irrelevant detail from the day. In her original recounting, Carroll described Trump asking her to try on lingerie, and her teasingly countering with, "You try it on" and "it's your color."

Carroll was using a standard bit of feminine self-protection, deflecting sexual overtures with jokes. She said as much on the stand. "Laughing is a very good—I use the word weapon—to calm a man down if he has any erotic intention." But Tacopino would not let it go. He insisted on treating these jokes as if they were evidence that Carroll is unhinged when she was obviously just being silly. He kept after her about why she thought it was funny, forcing her to remind him that she wrote an Emmy-winning skit for "Saturday Night Live" about men in lingerie.

As I was reading this baffling exchange, I couldn't help but start picturing how Trump, who we all know has a tissue-thin ego, would react to having a pretty, witty woman tease him with jokes about putting on a teddy. There's no question about it. He would have felt emasculated. He would have been furious. He would have grown angrier and angrier as she kept the banter up. She probably thought they were having fun. In reality, she was dealing with a short-tempered narcissist who cannot take a joke.

Tacopino inadvertently answered questions that Carroll herself has said haunt her: Why her? Why that day? Why did Trump allegedly get violent so suddenly?

The lingerie jokes hold the answer: Trump felt humiliated by Carroll's teasing. He wanted to put her in her place.

We all know how Trump reacts with over-the-top rage at perceived embarrassment, especially at the hands of those he deems as lower status than himself. Think of how furious he was when President Barack Obama made fun of Trump's racist conspiracy theories at the White House Correspondent's Dinner in 2011. The cameras captured Trump, who had been so proud of himself for getting invited, glowering with barely contained fury. Legend has it that it's one major reason Trump decided to run, as an act of literal revenge.
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Trump went on to prove her picture of his ugly temper, by raging like a madman on Truth Social after her testimony. Indeed, his inability to stop his own public tantrums are why he's getting sued by Carroll. She sued for defamation after similar rage-fueled public insults from Trump.

Note that the other reported story of Trump moving past groping to full-blown rape was also rooted not in lust, but anger.

During her acrimonious divorce from Trump, Ivana Trump testified in a deposition that he raped her in a fit of rage, blaming her for his bad plastic surgery. "Does it hurt?" she recalls he said afterward, taunting her.
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It would be the least surprising thing in the world, given everything we know about him, that he reacted to harmless teasing by exploding into a violent rage. And rape is, unfortunately, a common way that angry men lash out at women.
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Tacopino just told the jury the likely story of what happened here: Trump got mad because some woman teased him, and flipped out on her with violence. Since Trump's almost as famous for his hair-trigger temper as he is for his lying, it's easy to picture it. If the plaintiff's attorneys circle back to that aspect in closing, Tacopino's questions could be used to make the case that Trump's bruised ego led him to take revenge with rape. "

Trump is violent and lusts after violence because he thinks it makes him look badass and brave, but he is also a huge coward who never, ever endangers himself with the violence he perpetrates or spews. Whenever he feels belittled or humiliated, he lashes out in a kneejerk reflex to protect himself and invalidate any sense that he isn't perfect and also as a deterrent to future humiliation because narcissism. In other words, he is thoroughly insecure and afraid that anyone will see the vulnerable, fearful, highly imperfect man-child he actually is.

He is the exact opposite of the role model or hero he lyingly assures himself he is. Trump, like the rest of the GOP, only plays a hero on TV and in their own minds. Pitiful, sad!!

Two courtrooms, two violent crimes, same ex-president--Amanda Marcotte's Articles at Salon.com https://www.salon.com/writer/amanda_marcotte?

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"One of the surest signs of the numbing effect Donald Trump has had on the nation: On Thursday, two people who have been the target of his criminal violence testified before juries about it, and almost no one pointed out how remarkable that was. In a civil case in New York City, E. Jean Carroll gave her second day of testimony, accusing Trump of raping her, likely in 1996. At the same time, former vice president, Mike Pence, testified to a grand jury about Trump sending a murderous mob to intimidate him on January 6, 2021.

These two crimes happened 25 years apart, but they are linked by one unchanging rule: Trump believes people he sees as beneath him should submit without question to his whims. And if they don’t, he feels violence should be used to bring them in line.

Trump is a massive coward, so sometimes his violence feels muted in the public conversation. When we think of violent men, we usually picture men who take personal risks when they lash out. For instance, the Proud Boys get their asses whipped plenty when they get into street brawls. Trump won’t risk his hair getting mussed, much less actual injury to himself.

But that doesn’t mean he’s not violent. He just seeks ways to inflict violence without risk to himself. By attacking much smaller women, for instance. Or sucker-punching his teenage son. Or sending cops to attack non-violent protesters. Or sending a mob of his supporters to storm the Capitol while he hides in the White House.

Trump’s violence is one of the many reasons he’s such an evil man. But I have to admit that his cowardice is what makes him so contemptible. He thinks violence makes him manly, but in fact, he’s pathetic. I’ve long thought his supporters understand full well he is sociopathic, and they don’t mind. But they really do seem to think he’s a “fighter,” which…no. He’s a coward who only punches down, which these two crimes illustrate perfectly."