Trump, why are you here instead of in New York for your civil case please?
>> Because we have a long standing agreement to come here.
We've had a tremendous reception, a beautiful reception.
The people of Ireland have been great, and we've had a tremendous success.
And I hear we're doing very well in New York.
>> But does it not show disrespect to the court Mr. Trump.
>> Okay, so that is what passes for the former president of United States official
statement on the civil rape trial that he is currently facing in New York.
He hears that we're doing quite good.
Okay, well, he had previously already had his legal team be warned by the judge that
they need to rein him in for his deranged social media post about this.
I don't know if that's maybe what he's referencing when he says that
we're doing well.
They've spent the past couple of days viciously attacking E Jean Carroll for
every way that, in their view,
she has failed to live up to their ever changing expectations of what the perfect
unicorn survivor of sexual assault should act like, and
speak like, and when they should speak out about it, and when they shouldn't.
And I don't think that's received a great reception, that legal strategy, so
I'm not sure if that's what he's referencing.
They also apparently are gonna present no witnesses in this trial,
although they will be able to refer to some past testimony.
So, maybe strategically he means that they're doing well.
In any event, the entire thing has been absolutely disgusting.
We are reaching actually, very quickly the end of this trial,
so perhaps soon we'll know if anything is gonna come of it.
I have other details for you, but, Nina, I want to give you a chance to weigh in.
I don't know how much you've been tracking this trial as it's gone on, but
it's been like many trials involving women making accusations against powerful men,
it's been gross.
What do you think?
>> Yeah, it has.
And I think they're making closing arguments maybe as soon as Monday,
so we will see.
This is just Donald J Trump being and doing what he is.
We remember that video with him saying that he could just grab him and
do whatever he wants to do.
And obviously, he is a common denominator.
I mean, accusations are one thing, when you got several upon several upon
several upon several women making similar accusations about you over the years,
come on, Mr. Trump, you're the common denominator here.
So, in terms of the strategy,
not having him testify probably is a great strategy as far as they're concerned.
But we will see, I mean, it is in the hands of the judge,
in the hands of the jury.
We'll see what happens.
But this is classic Donald J Trump.
>> Yeah, I mean, what do we expect he would say if he actually were to testify?
Just incredibly gross things about how E Jean Carroll isn't attractive enough for
him to rape, that sort of stuff.
Just- >> As if he's a beauty himself.
>> Yeah.
>> His testimony would be similar to what he tweets out or
what he puts on True Social.
It would be the same.
It would be how he interviews exactly.
We know exactly what he was saying because he said it before, he's done it before.
There's nothing new here with Donald J Trump, so
we'll see what happens in this case.
>> By the way, almost the only statements from Trump that were played by his
legal team to the jury are, as you say, not new.
They actually played clips from an October 2022 deposition where he said,
he was asked whether he'd ever contacted Bergdorf's after the allegation.
He says, I didn't have to reach out to anybody.
It's the most ridiculous, disgusting story.
It was just made up.
If it did happen, it would have been reported within minutes, contending that
shoppers and employees at the very busy store would have heard a commotion and
alerted authorities.
Look, he's using this as his defense because he knows that some people will buy
it, particularly if they like him.
They're never going to accept any of this, It doesn't matter if there's 10 or 20 or
50 or 1,000 women who come forward with these sorts of statements.
It doesn't matter if their experience lines up with his own stated in
the Access Hollywood tape, strategy for getting women, which is to just maul them,
because you're a celebrity and you get to, that's effectively,
that's what his defense is at this point.
And so it's gonna come down to the jury.
Remember, this is a civil lawsuit, everybody, so manage your expectations.
For, even if the jury is on the side of E Jean Carroll, he's not going to jail or
anything like that, but we'll see if there can be any compensation whatsoever for
the horrific experience that E Jean Carroll has gone through in particular,
because that's what this case is about.
What she sees as the defamation that she's experienced by him, in her words,
lying about what she underwent.
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