Trump's Jailed Martyr Ploy

Hey now, reports out of Manhattan are saying, the judge thinks they have a jury seated for the Trump election-tampering case. Still, the reader may wonder, what about the damn trampled on gag order?

OK, it looks to me like Trump actually wants to spend a night, or two, a week at the most, in the hoosegow. Some safe form of jail. Let's say it's like being grounded in the special X-Presidents' Suite, perhaps somewhere in the courthouse ... with no telephone.

At this point, I expect data from a focus group has suggested to the Trump camp that the spectacle of jailing Trump, with him gushing perp-walk trash-talk, will goose the craziest elements of his base to take action, ASAP. Your guess is as good as mine what that might mean.

This Jailed Martyr Ploy episode, or something like it, would be a-made-to-order kick-off for Trump's election year campaign using anger and fear to motivate and direct his Brownshirt cells. Maybe to be totally Trumpy -- the shirt color should be goldenrod.

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