Trump Mocked For Backing Out Of His Major Events This Week

Donald Trump was forced to backpedal on two very important issues this week, and his announcements drew mockery and ridicule across social media. The first was his planned press conference in Georgia that he wisely decided to cancel after his lawyers had meltdowns over it. And the second was his announcement that he will NOT be participating in the Republican debate. But could these decisions end up hurting him in the future? Farron Cousins answers that question.

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At the end of last week, Donald Trump made two announcements on truth social that led to widespread mockery and ridicule because Trump was effectively backing out of every major commitment that he has this week. The first of which was of course, him caving to his lawyer's, actually smart demands that he canceled his Georgia press conference where he claimed he was going to present irrefutable proof of election fraud that he said would completely exonerate him. That was scheduled originally for 11:00 AM Eastern today. And unfortunately, Trump now says, ah, not gonna do it. Instead, Donald Trump says they're just going to present this irrefutable evidence in their legal filings, which should have been the decision from day one. I mean, let's be real here. None of us actually think this man has any evidence whatsoever, because if he did, he would've actually presented it as soon as he got it.

So, you know, there's that. But more importantly, yes, you cannot try your case in public. It's not like Fanny Willis was gonna watch your press conference and be like, oh, hmm, okay, you know what? We're gonna drop the charges. No. If you have evidence that will lead to your exoneration, you don't do it in a press conference, you do it in a court of law, you bust into that courtroom, you throw it down on the table, you show it to the jury, you tell the judge, this is all a farce. Look at all of this. I am right. They are wrong. Let's get this thing dismissed immediately. That's what Donald Trump's lawyers told him. And honestly, to my surprise, he listened to them. I did not think he would do it, because again, he had made his big grand announcement, told his supporters, this is what's gonna happen.

They were excited. The lawyers were, and he decided to go with the lawyers, which tells me he understands how much trouble he is in in Georgia under ordinary circumstances that we have already seen in other areas of his legal problems. Trump doesn't listen to the lawyers at all, like he will do whatever the heck he wants to do. Lawyers be damned. I don't care what you say. So that was the first thing he backtrack on. And as I mentioned, you know, folks all over social media were mocking him, laughing at him like, you know, you have nothing. That's why you're canceling and all that. But for the sake of his trial, that was the smart decision to make. The second thing he backed out of officially, I'm guessing at this point, is the Republican debate, because he sent out this post on truth Social people know my record, one of the best ever. So why would I debate? Let me tell you why you would debate. And this is a decision by the way, that that could easily come back to haunt him. Now, technically, he has until the end

Of the day today to make his final, final decision. So he could come back later today and say, you know what? I am in a debate. I don't wanna miss out on it. But here's the thing. Donald Trump alleges in each one of these indictments that he's in, that this is election interference. They're only indicting me because I am running for president. Well, guess what folks? One of the things that comes along with running for president is participating in debates with your rivals. The people who do have the possibility of beating you in that election. If you are making decisions to not participate in the usual process, then it becomes harder for that defendant to go into court and say, you're interfering with my electoral process, because the prosecution's gonna be like, we wanna move that you are not serious about this election because you have skipped all of these other events that the other candidates participated in.

So how serious are you? Right? I mean, I know that's not exactly the most sound legal argument ever, but a, a good lawyer will be able to make that argument obviously much better than I can. If you're not actually participating in the things that go along with running a campaign, then you're not running a real campaign and your argument of legal or, or excuse me, electoral interference gets thrown out the window.