Donald Trump lashes out, resorting to old tactics after arraignment hearing
Donald Trump ripped from a well-worn page in his playbook Tuesday night — lashing out with a speech that was at times full of lies and conspiracies. And that's really no surprise.
Faced with criminal charges for the first time for any former president, Donald Trump ripped from a well-worn page in his playbook Tuesday night — lashing out with a, at times, bigoted speech full of lies and conspiracies.
And that's really no surprise.
Any time Trump has had his back against the wall, he's resorted to a familiar script:
- Blast opponents;
- Build an air of victimization;
- Try to discredit accusers, questioning their motives and drawing tenuous lines of guilt by association to create perceived conflicts of interest;
- Be as provocative as possible to deflect and distract even if that means resorting to conspiracies or simply making things up.
It's a version of throwing things at the wall to see if they
