When has Donald Trump ever had kind words for a judge overseeing a case against him? It’s not a rhetorical question, but one with an answer: when that judge is someone he picked himself.
In Manhattan, where the former president’s hush money trial is underway, Trump has asserted that Judge Juan Merchan is “TOTALLY COMPROMISED, CONFLICTED, AND CORRUPT.” In Florida, where Trump’s classified documents case is totally stalled, U.S. District Judge Aileen Cannon, his appointee, is “very smart and very strong and loves our country.”
