The Making of a Banana Republic

 It is a presidential election year and a leading candidate for president of the United States, who also happens to be a former president of the United States, is currently a criminal defendant chained to a dingy courtroom four days of the week - time that he should be spending interacting with voters out on the campaign trail.

The daughter of the presiding judge is a professional political operative for the presidential candidate's opposition party, and the candidate himself is subject to an over-inclusive and unconstitutional gag order.

The George Soros-funded district attorney, who campaigned on a platform of prosecuting that candidate, only pressed charges after his own left-wing predecessor opted not to do so due to the frivolous nature of the charges.

One of the Soros-funded DA's subordinates curiously joined his team, just in time to prosecute the candidate, from a high-ranking perch in the Department of Justice that is headed by the candidate's chief political rival.

This week, the candidate was subjected to tawdry and salacious testimony from a discredited former porn star, who spoke openly in court about how she "Blacked out" during their alleged 2006 sexual encounter.

Due to the sprawling gag order, the candidate was not - and is not - legally permitted to defend his honor and contest her lurid, legally irrelevant claims.

Donald Trump is physically chained down to Judge Juan Merchan's New York courtroom, unable to get out on the campaign trail and deliver his signature rallies to adoring fans across the heartland.

https://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2024/05/10/the_making_of_a_banana_republic_150923.html