The sad truth is Trump is too mentally impaired and unbalanced to testify at his impeachment trial

[dlk]

He couldn’t pull it off if his life depended upon. A skillful cross-examination would cause Trump to have a complete and total melt down, and he’s cagey enough to realize it.

[Walleye]

1. I think his lawyers have gagged him and duct taped him to a chair

[dlk]

4. Or chained him to his bedpost...

Anyone with half a brain can see how unhinged he is.

[Walleye]

9. Ha! I just pictured Trump as a bad doggie chained outside of his doghouse 😼

[PJMcK]

14. 70-something million Americans voted for Trump

I'd have to agree that they have less than half a brain.

[MustLoveBeagles]

30. Or did this

All that's missing is the ball gag.

[Walleye]

34. 🤪😆

[spanone]

2. I doubt he's cagey enough to realize it. I think he's crazy enough to think it would win it for him.

which, of course it wouldn't.

[MyOwnPeace]

23. With you 100%!

There's NO WAY he doesn't think he couldn't 'talk his way out of it' just by being there - and he's crazy enough to think that a majority of the people sitting there listening to him would be supporting him the whole way.*


*Sad thing is - there will be at least 35 that will indeed "see it his way!"

[spanone]

26. 👍🏼

[Girard442]

3. I suppose we could go for the theatrical approach and...

...put a chicken on the witness stand.

[leftyladyfrommo]

5. Or an empty chair. nt

[MyOwnPeace]

24. And bring in......

Clint Eastwood to do the cross-examination!

[marble falls]

8. Or youtube or twitter on the stand.

[marble falls]

6. Being "cagey" enough to realize he's mentally impaired kinda speaks against any degree of ...

... impairment, it does say a lot about how aware he really is about everything he pulls off.

He realizes he will be pushed back on any lie he chooses to tell and doesn't want to appear less than imperial to his basket of deplorables.

[dlk]

10. I could be wrong but I think Trump understands to some degree how off the rails he is

He just really doesn’t care, in part, because he’s special and entitled.

[marble falls]

16. With not a doubt in my mind. He may be spectacularly ignorant but he is high scripted ...

... even in his divergence from prepared statements. He knows what his issues are.

[arlyellowdog]

7. What is the deal with Trump?

Sincerely, he is never seen talking.

[dlk]

13. He's probably still raging about losing the election & his handlers have put him on a tight leash

There are a lot of people whose personal fortunes still depend on Donald.

[RKP5637]

11. I think he should be subpoenaed and forced to testify. He's the one making all the claims and

also an insurrection event. He should be on the stand IMO. Let him try to justify his claims and also trying to excuse himself from the resulting insurrection at the capital. This guy always slips through the cracks, never seems held responsible for a damn thing and goes off on his merry way leaving destruction behind him that he caused. Never held responsible!!!

[PJMcK]

12. I think he really, really wants to testify

He misses being the center of attention and his testimony would shatter viewing records.

His lawyers won't let him testify because they know he would perjure himself. I believe there's an ethical rule that lawyers cannot knowingly allow a client to lie under oath.

Frankly, I think Trump has finally gone around the bend. He actually believes he won the election and should still be president. Really! I'm sure he's still plotting something, perhaps for the beginning of March to try to bring the attention back onto himself.

We're very, very lucky that Trump didn't do more damage in the last 4 years.

[dlk]

15. I agree, Trump thrives on the attention

Although, I think he understands he lost the election and is especially enraged because he cheated, and still lost. The looming specter of state prosecutions has to be haunting him.

[PJMcK]

19. Yeah, I'll go with that

He knows his side cheated and he's pissed that Americans beat him fair and square.

The state prosecutions are more problematical. For example, it was reported the other day that New York City's DA, Cy Vance, was not going to pursue a prosecution of Trump related to the Stormy Daniels hush-money payment even though Michael Cohen was convicted and jailed for the same crime. Why did "Individual No. 1" evade prosecution?

However, NY's Attorney General, Letitia James, will definitely be going after Trump for civil criminality and tax violations.

Trump is toast. He'll fade away in relevance over the next couple of years as current events eclipse his term. It'll drive him nuts and I'll love it!

[dlk]

37. There are rumors about Cy Vance's mob connections

He’s turned a blind eye to Trump’s crimes for decades. My money is on Letitia James. She means business.

[no_hypocrisy]

17. Trump has likely and progressively deteriorated mentally since he left the WH.

Look, he was mentally unstable during this tenure as president. Now he has an unstructured existence. No meetings, no timetable, no schedule. All he does is golf and watch FOX News. Nobody's calling. He probably has to have Ivanka call around to get a foursome together for golf. He has literally nothing to think about and that deficit contributes to further mental incapacity.

He'd make a terrible witness at the impeachment hearings. Not to mention such a display would further drive away supporters who are still donating money that's being funneled into the Trump Organization.

[Wicked Blue]

35. And he can't use Twitter

[leftyladyfrommo]

18. He's not even golfing, is he? He just disappeared.

Thank goodness.

[dlk]

21. American taxpayers are no longer picking up the tab for Trump's golfing

He took full advantage while in office.

[smirkymonkey]

42. It has been so nice not to have to see that fugly

Awful face everywhere, all the time, or to hear his whiny voice. I honestly feel a lot of my nagging little unexplained stress symptoms are going away!

[3Hotdogs]

20. Shows what you know.

He’s the best testifier that ever testified in testify land.

[dlk]

22. Of course, he is...

[MyOwnPeace]

27. And if all of these charges are actually acted upon.....

he'll be the bestest testifyingist testifier EVAR!!!!!!!!

NOBODY will believe how testifying he can be - the bestest!

"Just the other day a person said to me, 'Sir, you ARE the bestest testifier - THANK YOU for testifying for us!'"

"You'll be SO tired of my great testifying........"

[3Hotdogs]

41. + 1.

Glad to see we agree.

[Arkansas Granny]

25. I realize he doesn't have Facebook, Twitter or Parler these days, but it seems to me

that he has been eerily silent. I haven't seen any interviews, no news coverage of his activities, no press releases or statements, nothing.

Maybe he really is tied to a chair somewhere.

[dlk]

29. It's a mystery

[Clearly fogged in]

28. He has painted himself in that corner.

It is a recurring thought that Trump organized the January 6th event in the same manner as a wrestling match. Going against advice* he truly believed he was being the people's president, doing everything he could to give the people what they wanted - a great show.
Let's contrast what being the President means to him against what it means to any true public servant. It is difficult to imagine that President Biden or Vice President Harris are not humbled by the honor of being chosen to represent an entire country, of being proud in accepting that responsibility, and making improvements wherever and however possible.
Will Trump under oath be forced to detail how he cast characters for the spotlights, how he directed the placement of law enforcement officers, how he conspired Congress members to be on set for when the actors broke through? How mob mentality prevailed and broke through the barriers taking innocent lives? That's unlikely. It's also unlikely that we will learn of how dedicated professionals undermined the logistics of supplying the insurrection with weapons, barriers, and supplies needed to hold off our crippled agencies.
Ever since Trump came down that escalator a few years ago he thought it was all for him. He thought he was what the people wanted, that he was the only one who could deliver a truly spectacular show right down to the costume.
Trump planned it, organized, and orchestrated it. He can only avoid having to admit it. The most damning evidence we will never see.

*there is little doubt that every effort possible was made to stop the fracas at every step.

[dlk]

32. There are many layers with the events of January 6th

There are always many layers with large-scale government events. Some we are in the process of learning, some we will never know. This was the most horrific wake up call imaginable foe our country, to the threat of white nationalism and even more importantly to the very real and continuing threat of unregulated social media, and surveillance capitalism. I fear if we don’t take serious steps to confront and address these threats, our democratic republic will soon be over.

[Clearly fogged in]

36. +

[Poiuyt]

31. I remember trump's lawyers wouldn't let him testify during the Mueller investigation because

they knew he wouldn't be able to stop himself from lying.

[dlk]

33. Some things never change

[orleans]

38. i hope he testifies for my entertainment purposes nt

[Buckeye_Democrat]

39. Lindsey Graham: "Yes, he's too mentally impaired!"

"And I'm calling the FBI if he shares any secrets... I mean, confused misinformation... about me!"

[dlk]

40. Funny and not far from the truth

Lindsey must have some incredible skeletons in his closet!

[MyOwnPeace]

43. Forget Lindsey's skeletons....

I think somebody else has some incredible pictures!

[dlk]

44. Skeletons, pictures, phone recordings, videos...