Crash Course: Biographer warns Trump will turn criminal trial into a circus: "He is imagining himself as Superman"

"If there is anyone who can perform at a circus it is Donald Trump," Michael D'Antonio told Salon [View in browser](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmyw7AP0REaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvbmxjNHJjOGp0ZC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXh0b3Zyb21yYWRXA3NwY0IKZOfDiehktVlXUlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo) Your daily update from [Salon](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmyw7AP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvc2ZkaXo3cXFhMC8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXh0b3Zyb21yYWQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZOfDiehktVlXUlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Biographer warns Trump will turn criminal trial into a circus: "He is imagining himself as Superman" Donald Trump is not a riddle or a puzzle. He is who and what he says and presents himself to be. However, given Trump's diseased mind and demonstrated lack of critical self-reflection, he may not even understand his own inner drives and motives. To make sense of such a dangerous mind requires skilled outside observer(s), who Trump trusts enough to speak (relatively) honestly and candidly within his limited ability to do so. [Read more](~/AASU4wA~/RgRmyw7AP0RoaHR0cHM6Ly9saW5rLndoZXJlYnkudXMvangxM2x1emJ4aS8_bGhfYWlkPTM1NDM5NTImbGhfY2lkPXh0b3Zyb21yYWQmbGhfZW09dHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODUlNDBnbWFpbC5jb21XA3NwY0IKZOfDiehktVlXUlIbdHJpc3RyYW1iYWxkd2luODVAZ21haWwuY29tWAQAAAAo). Vivek Ramaswamy's 15 minutes are here: His surge of support shows all the GOP base wants is trolling From Amanda Marcotte: Obviously, he won't be replacing Donald Trump in their hearts, nor does he have any interest in trying, but for the redhat crowd, all that matters is "triggering the liberals," a group so widely defined it now encompasses not just Democrats but any Republican who still believes in quaint ideas like basic decency. We should be grateful that Ramaswamy's method was merely to act like an overcaffeinated version of Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Tex. 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