It took Trump about 24 hours to challenge the conditions of his release, in the form of a text on Truth Social to the effect of “You come after me, I’ll come after you.” A blanket threat issued by someone who’s probably feeling a bit like a cornered rat and somehow still unassailable.
Keith Olbermann offered up a scorchingly loud and animated argument for putting him away asap. No more leeway, no more of Trump’s tiresome shenanigans and bullshit impunity. Olbermann insisted that the judge needs to put him away until the trial. Right now.
Glenn Kirschner and Cy Vance aren’t quite as keen on that approach, recognizing the potential for violence that always accompanies a situation like this involving the former President of the United States. But is it wise to keep playing Trump’s game, keep deferring to the possibility of blood in the streets—a concern, it seems, that doesn’t have as much bite as it once did?
It’s time to call Trump’s bluff. He keeps up his diarrhea of the mouth? It gets nipped in the bud, and he spends the rest of his time before trial behind bars.
As loud and outlandish as Olbermann may seem to many, he’s right about the double standard of justice— there’s always been one tier for Trump, or no law he can’t ignore or break or circumvent, and another tier for everyone else.
Kirschner seems to think the judge will keep him on a very short leash from this point forward. “Enough rope to hang himself” is the way he put it. I hope that’s exactly what happens, even though there should be no more leash, no more rope. Trump no longer deserves any benefit of any doubt. The abuse and deception and lies and general ugliness have gone on way past long enough.
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