Monday 6 November 2023

Trump rants in court as Gaza burns

There are three wars going on at the moment: Israel v Hamas, Russia v Ukraine and Trump v America's courts. I don't mean that to sound trite as far as the Trump war is concerned but it strikes me as extraordinary that at a time when appalling images of death and slaughter are being sent around the world every day, the former president spends his time boiling with rage at judges who are trying to do what they are paid to do which is to conduct trials in which he is the defendant without bias or prejudice. In the UK, a defendant simply wouldn't be allowed to get away with this behaviour. In fact he would be accused of contempt of court and be sent smartly down to the cells. But Trump continues using the courts and his appearances at them as opportunities to berate the federal justice system and to promote his a-million-times-repeated allegation that he is the victim of a Biden-orchestrated witchhunt. And while he does this, the latest polls are saying Trump is miles ahead of Biden in America's key states. If he becomes president again does he have a master plan to bring peace and stability to the Middle East and to resolve the Israel/Palestine issue once and for all? Who knows? He's too busy shouting at judges.

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