Trump Keeps Going After ‘Biased’ Judge In Trump University Case

From James Fallows’ ongoing efforts to record Trump’s behavior as it happens so people can look back and see what we knew about him as we were deciding on a President:

It’s increasingly evident that something is seriously wrong with Donald Trump. …
But when the results of an established process turn against them, presidents and presidential aspirants must defend the process. That’s the difference between rule-of-law and rule-of-men. Richard Nixon disagreed with the Supreme Court’s rulings against him but did not question their legitimacy or say he would try to get back at the Justices. Al Gore had far better logical and jurisprudential grounds for questioning the ruling in Bush v. Gore, but while he made clear that he bitterly disagreed, he of course complied. He did not mention the ethnicity of the Justices or say that they should be “looked into.”

A president cannot suggest, as Trump is doing here, that his personal interests or vendettas come ahead of the systems of democratic government that a president is sworn to “preserve, protect, and defend.” I am not aware of any institution, tradition, or system that Trump has ever placed above his own interests or impulses. The speech in San Diego is the latest stark example.

This is outlier behavior and must not be “normalized.”

So James Fallows must be a hater.

From what I’ve read, summary judgment (the denial of which is part of Trump’s whining) hardly seemed appropriate. Since this is apparently going to be a jury trial, the judge ought to impose a gag order on Trump and the other parties to keep them from further infecting the jury pool. In addition, it seems to me that his questioning the integrity of the judge while the case is pending is grounds for a contempt of court citation. The judge should demand Trump’s presence in court for a contempt hearing.

This incident further shows how immature Trump is. Every setback, every criticism of him is “unfair”, “biased”. The judge is a “hater”, he’s “Mexican”, he’s an Obama appointee. Every excuse Trump can think of. What a baby.