The Women Driving Trump Mad
Stick around to see Donald Trump rage against strong women, especially women of color like Nikki Haley. This intensifying trait is hurting him as the presumptive Republican nominee.
Case in point: Haley placed second in the New Hampshire primary and vowed her campaign for president is "far from over." That election night, she looked bright and sounded like a confident winner. Trump's victory speech was a tirade threatening to "get even" and sniping at her "fancy dress."
Red-faced, he looked like a loser. Alas, he was just a sore winner.
The nerve of Nikki, not dropping out of the race. Then E. Jean Carroll just won an $83.3 million jury verdict in a civil defamation case that found Trump liable for sexual assault.
That's real money out of Trump's pocket for a woman he insulted over and over. The nerve of Carroll: ignoring his barrage and pursuing her day in court. Intimidation didn't work.
This is bound to be a pattern of crime and punishment as Trump faces more trials and 91 felony counts this year. The hush money trial featuring Stormy Daniels is the least of it.
These trials could push Trump past his point of endurance and cause a meltdown, unless the Supreme Court eases his predicament and grants presidential immunity.
Trump is certain to chafe in Judge Tanya Chutkan's federal courtroom in Washington. In March, Chutkan is scheduled to preside at the election interference trial. This is Special Counsel Jack Smith's legal centerpiece in the crown for prosecuting the ex-president for the Jan. 6 mob attack on the Capitol.
That's bad luck of the draw for Trump: Chutkan is a no-nonsense woman jurist of color. She's known for handing down the stiffest sentences for the Jan. 6 insurrection.
Trump incited storming Congress in a rally for all the world to hear: "We fight like hell ... we're going to go to the Capitol," he roared to a rowdy crowd of white nationalists.
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