Trump has never been big on making sense, but close observers have noticed that he's suffering a rapid decline from his already low standards lately.
Saturday was a particularly cringeworthy demonstration, with Trump frequently drifting off into nonsense and stumbling over his own words.
This is not like Trump's civil trials, where he could show up when he felt like it, or not at all.
Trump knows that's a bad look, which is why he tried to conceal it with brute-force lying.
If they pull him off the campaign trail, on the other hand, then only Trump news anyone sees will be about this trial.
The smart move, no doubt, would be to keep Trump at home when he's not in court.
Trump is so profoundly narcissistic that having to sit still in court all day every day would break his already fragile mind. »
