Donald Trump knows a perp walk is good TV

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Donald Trump knows a perp walk is good TV
Of course Trump is stoked about his perp walk — he knows MAGA loves his villainy

By AMANDA MARCOTTE
Senior Writer
PUBLISHED MARCH 23, 2023 6:00AM (EDT)


(Salon) While the world waits with bated breath for a Donald Trump indictment, reporters on the Mar-a-Lago palace intrigue beat say that no one claims more anticipation than Trump himself.

"[T]he former president has told friends and associates that he welcomes the idea of being paraded by the authorities before a throng of reporters and news cameras," New York Times reporters Maggie Haberman and Michael Bender write. "He has even mused openly about whether he should smile for the assembled media, and he has pondered how the public would react and is said to have described the potential spectacle as a fun experience."

On one level, this is definitely what the internet slangsters call "cope" or cable news pundits dismiss as "bravado," i.e. delusional nonsense people spew in order to avoid dealing with troubling realities. Certainly, self-soothing fairy tales are rife in the MAGA world these days, as Trump and his fans try to tell themselves that a man most Americans hate will get more popular if he's put on trial for various crimes.

Still, Trump's impulse here makes a certain amount of sense.

For one thing, one of Trump's few talents is knowing what makes for good TV. His perp walk would absolutely qualify. For a terminal narcissist, being at the center of one of the biggest TV events of the year is intoxicating, even if it is his own arraignment. But this impulse of Trump's also fits every other indicator that his campaign strategy for 2024, however ill-advised, is to focus on pleasing the MAGA base, even at the expense of winning over any other voters. ...............(more)

https://www.salon.com/2023/03/23/donald-knows-a-perp-walk-is-good-tv/

[hlthe2b]

1. Fine. Let's put a hoody over his face so he loses his smirk and frogmarch him right in in cuffs

and leg irons if that is what he wants. Call his bluff.

[FakeNoose]

2. There won't be a perp walk because he'll come in willingly

However I have no doubts that Chump will use it for grifting purposes. After the arraignment there will be lots of screaming in front of cameras and angry tweets with exclamation points and all caps.

I really wish DU would ban Chump's tweets, but I know it will never happen.

[Irish_Dem]

3. Sad commentary on the American voter.

Americans loving a sociopath, criminal president.

[niyad]

4. Stroke out already, you F'n, murdering, orange TRAITOR**.

[FalloutShelter]

6. OMG this!

[global1]

5. Popular Or Infamous? That Is The Question.....nt

[Maeve]

7. Executions make even better tv....just sayin'....think about it, tRump

[evilclown]

8. Cuff him

Why be afraid of him. He thinks he is Bre’r rabbit stuck to the tar baby asking to be skinned but don’t throw him in the briar patch. Well frog march his ass in handcuffs and in jailhouse orange and watch him scream.

[Walleye]

9. Guys are big and tough till they go to the booking system, then they get led around like lambs

To paraphrase Mike Tyson, everybody has a plan until they slap the cuffs on. He never thinks more than one move ahead and doesn’t project into the future with all of these booking photos in opposition ads in the campaign

[ProudMNDemocrat]

10. Deny him his wish....

No cameras, no reporters.

He will say nonethelesss that it was the most "beautiful perp walk in the history of our country" anyway.

[frogmarch]

11. If he gets his wish, I hope

he hams it up and does his little dance as he's led away.

[louis-t]

12. I hope someone shoves a microphone in his face as he's

being led away and it picks up the sound of him shitting his pants on live tv.

[Kid Berwyn]

13. It's like one of those professional wrestler dudes on TV.

FAKE!

[sarcasmo]

15. A perp walk, will help grifter Trump steal millions of dollars.

[Mc Mike]

16. Rump being beaten with truncheons would be great tv.

Pay per view sales would eliminate the national debt.