“It is a win-win situation for him. If he is not gagged and jailed, he can disparage prosecutors and witnesses with impunity. If he is jailed, he can portray himself as a victim of persecution.”
Ok but... he’s already portraying himself as a victim of persecution. And he wouldn’t be any more right about that from jail than he is now. This attitude assumes the persuadability 1/2
https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2023/08/21/trump-rhetoric-indictments-threats/
of Trump supporters (who... *already support him no matter what*) is more important than the sensibilities of everyone who’s received less gentle treatment from the US justice system. Was the same before he went to Twitter jail, except this is much more important. JTMFA and watch how little difficulty it creates for the country. 2/2