Trump forced to listen silently to people insulting him in criminal hush money trial

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

90% : Many days, Trump heads to his nearby golf course, where he is "swarmed by people wanting to shake his hand, take pictures of him, and tell him how amazing he is," said Stephanie Grisham, a longtime aide who broke with Trump after the storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
85% : One potential juror Thursday who spoke of Trump in glowing terms said he was "impressed" with Trump's career as a successful businessman.
75% : Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt said Trump proved during his first week in court that "he will remain defiant in the face of this unprecedented political lawfare" and said, "It is clear that his support from the American people will only grow as they watch Joe Biden, Alvin Bragg and the Democrats putting on this bogus show trial six months before the election.
58% : Grisham, who spent long stretches traveling with Trump and at Mar-a-Lago during his 2016 campaign and as White House press secretary, described staff constantly serving as cheerleaders and telling Trump what he wanted to hear.
55% : "She said that 'I wouldn't believe Donald Trump if his tongue were notarized'" and that he was "anathema" to everything she was taught about love.
52% : Court rules require Trump to be present throughout the trial.
45% : After leaving the White House, Trump moved to his Mar-a-Lago waterfront club in Palm Beach, Florida, where he is surrounded by doting paid staff and dues-paying members who have shelled out tens of thousands of dollars to be near him.
25% : "I will not tolerate any jurors being intimidated in this courtroom," said Merchan, who previously warned Trump he could be sent to jail for engaging in disruptive behavior in court.
24% : Now a criminal defendant, Trump will instead spend the next several weeks subjected to strict rules that strip him of control over everything from what he is permitted to say to the temperature of the room.
24% : Now, Trump faces a trial that could result in felony convictions and possible prison time.
21% : While Trump is occasionally confronted by protesters, generally he lives a life sheltered from criticism.
18% : "At other times, lawyers read aloud social media posts from prospective jurors mocking Trump and celebrating his defeats.
14% : His "negative rhetoric and bias," said another man, is what is "most harmful."Over the past week, Donald Trump has been forced to sit inside a frigid New York courtroom and listen to a parade of potential jurors in his criminal hush money trial share their unvarnished assessments of him.
14% : One prospective juror, an older white woman, was struck from the jury pool by the judge after Trump's legal team uncovered years-old social media posts that described Trump as a "racist, sexist" narcissist.

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