Wednesday, August 02, 2023

too many balls in the air?

I know people have counted Trump out before, and I definitely did not expect him to win in 2016. So I definitely could be wrong this time. But I just don't see how Trump can carry on a presidential campaign when he has four separate criminal cases against him in four different states (the federal cases in DC and Florida, and the state cases in New York and Georgia). Plus there is the NY AG's civil lawsuit against Trump and his business and a new E. Jean Carrol civil lawsuit on top of all of that.

Defending yourself in a lawsuit takes a lot of time and resources. Trump can obviously delegate that to other people. So maybe he could pull that off if he was dogged with one criminal case. But four? Plus at least two civil suits at the same time It is just hard to imagine how he can keep this up and be the Republican front runner. I mean, he does have a rabid and loyal following no matter what happens with the court cases. But I'm just talking in terms of holding it all together and managing a campaign, a business/grift operation, and five different court proceedings all at the same time. It just feels like a house of cards that will all collapse at some point (although I also can't imagine how that collapse would play out)