WIZARD OF OZ: Without Rallies & Propaganda Trumpets, Courtroom Trump is Stripped Bare

The Warning with Steve Schmidt

Steve Schmidt

News, Politics, Government

4.8 • 784 Ratings

🗓️ 17 April 2024

⏱️ 13 minutes

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Summary

Donald Trump is forced to take part in his criminal trial daily. Tied to the courtroom, Trump is sleepy, worried, and naked. He is unmasked, just like the Wizard of Oz. Without his rallies and propaganda trumpets, he is stripped bare of his bully exterior. This is a huge moment of opportunity for one person: Joe Biden. His campaign must pounce on this moment and strike hard. *** To become a The Warning Premium Member and listen to the show 48 hours early with access to premium content visit: https://thewarning.supercast.com/ Subscribe for more and follow me here: Substack: https://steveschmidt.substack.com/subscribe Twitter: https://twitter.com/SteveSchmidtSES Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/SteveSchmidtSES/ TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@thewarningses Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thewarningses/

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0:00.0	Trump is unmasked. The rally crowds are gone. The propaganda trumpets are quiet.
0:07.8	He's just a man in the courtroom, falling asleep, unable to stay awake because he's awake all night,
0:16.1	worried, fretting, afraid. Donald Trump is a coward and a bully, and he is strip bear. He is the Wizard of
0:24.8	Oz. It is the 17th of April, and there are 202 days remaining until the American people will decide
0:31.5	the destiny of the nation with the choice of a lifetime. President Biden and America or Donald Trump and catastrophe.
0:41.9	This is the warning.
0:45.4	Donald Trump is in court on trial for business fraud in New York City.
0:51.2	He will be there every day that court is in session. The judge has told Donald
0:56.3	Trump that if he is a no-show for court, he may spend the duration of the trial in prison.
1:02.9	It is a remarkable thing to see Donald Trump stripped bare, naked, defenestrated in this manner as a criminal defendant.
1:16.1	The indignity of it is profound. He has been stripped of the accoutrements of his office,
1:26.5	the dignity and majesty of it. He has been removed from the
1:32.6	artificial terrarium that he has installed himself in as the sun king of Mar-a-Lago. Donald Trump
1:42.1	is naked before the American people. He cannot be held in the present,
1:51.1	in the moment by the propagandists on Fox News. There is no lily to gild when it comes to showing
1:59.9	this man falling asleep as a criminal defendant
2:03.9	facing 34 counts. Look at his face. It's age. It's bloat. It's decrepitude. The strangeness of his
2:14.5	quaff. Donald Trump in this moment is no different than Sam Bankman-Fried, another
2:20.7	malignant narcissist and eccentric personality with a godlike delusion. Who thinks he's above the law,
2:30.8	beyond consequences? But Donald Trump's act, his performance has always been that he's an
2:40.0	authority. He's in control. He's a billionaire. He's a strong leader. But he doesn't look like
2:47.3	one while being reprimanded by a Manhattan district court judge, does he?
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