Columnist Robin Givhan writes that Trump, who loves buildings with sweeping views framed in shiny gold, must settle into a space that exudes musty claustrophobia.
Without the constant bluster while he's on trial in New York City, Donald Trump is diminished. That's a credit to the judicial system. Donald Trump is shrinking.
Through all of this, the defendant has been little more than a blur in a red tie. Then a blue-striped tie. Then a solid blue tie. Then a red-striped tie. Then a blue tie. And so on. His French-cuffed shirt is sometimes stretched tight across his midsection. His suit jacket hangs off his shoulder. The courtroom sketch artists do not treat him kindly. He is slouching and gaunt-faced with his hair sitting atop his head like a ragged ship’s sail inflated with air.
Trump has been diminished. For now. The American judicial system has brought a former president down from his lofty perch. That’s a testament to a system that can be clunky, unyielding and discriminatory; but in this case, has operated with aTrump comes to court with his Secret Service detail, but when he settles into his place at the defense table, what the public is able to see in the images captured by photographers, is often just the sight of a defendant bookended by court officers.
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