You know he would
J.V. Last considers how Donald Trump might stage his booking in Atlanta:
From the time of his (latest) indictment, Donald Trump has 10 days to surrender himself to the authorities in Fulton County. The clock started running on August 14.
Ten days takes us to August 24.
You know what’s happening on August 23?
It would not surprise me—at all—if Trump chooses to surrender himself on August 23. He’d then take over the entire news cycle that day with its wall-to-wall coverage of the fingerprinting and mugshot.
And then Trump goes straight from the jail to a giant Trump rally that runs—and here I’m just spitballing—from 8-11pm ET.
He would absolutely do that. It’s his style up one side and down the other.
The entire Republican debate would be swamped. The candidates on the stage would have extra pressure to light themselves on fire in order to break through. And the second-day stories would be about how Trump schlonged Fox and the rest of the field.
Trump isn’t smart, but he is cunning and he understands both power and weakness. And he sees the same things we’re all seeing.
Trump did it to the Prime Minister of Montenegro. He’d do it to his GOP rivals in a heartbeat.