To know Donald Trump is to understand how tightly he controls his image and narrative in public. He means to show us: Strength. Control. Power. On Wednesday in Trump’s New York trial, Judge Juan Merchan made it clear who’s really in charge. He held Trump in criminal contempt for nine violations of a narrowly tailored gag order designed to ensure the integrity of this, the former president’s first criminal trial. That gag order prohibits Trump from “making or directing others to make public... Read this story
