What Trump Requires

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Analysis by Josh Marshall, Talking Points Memo.

Touches on dictatorial politics.

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He requires very little. Meager rations, a cell of his own, one hour daily of supervised time in the yard.

Add cheeseburgers and Diet Cokes.

*hamberders

You can tell that by the intensity of their screaming. This isn’t some peristaltic outpouring of rage and anger.

wow, that is one hell of an appropriate visual!

an appropriate visual!

As is:

His face and his hair and his comportment had that look I remember from childhood when I or other schoolboys would have the wind knocked out of them on the soccer field

Jail?

... Is for good people to do nothing.

...a swift kick in the arse.

Requires? One-way ticket to Moscow!

I saw the New Yorker magazine cover...LOL!!!

Summary?

It’s a very short piece, but the gist is that the noise Trump is making about the guilty verdict is proportional to his level of fear about the potential consequences. But that ultimately his supporters have already decided that they prefer him over our justice system.

It's a quick read