A big reason Trump fears trial: Stormy Daniels is likely a devastating witness against him

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

70% : Trump struggles with basic emotional regulation on the best of days, but even by his low standards, his abject terror over this trial is remarkable.
53% : She says she met with Trump alone in a hotel suite in hopes of getting a spot on "The Apprentice."
51% : Trump and his minions are able to wave away many of the odious aspects of his personality with seeming ease, from his proud ignorance to his childish insults to his relentless efforts to cheat every system, including elections.
45% : and I just heard the voice in my head, "well, you put yourself in a bad situation and bad things happen, so you deserve this.
42% : It's the favorite word that journalists and pundits use to describe the interaction between adult film actress Stormy Daniels and Donald Trump, a onetime meeting that led to a series of alleged crimes aimed at covering up what happened between them at a Nevada golf resort in 2006.
39% : It's hard to say why women have been able to cut through the noise and speak truth about Trump with such sobering clarity.
38% : She has insisted, repeatedly, that she did not want to have sex with Trump and gave in because it seemed easier than resisting his advances.
33% : Former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson wasn't sexually abused by Trump (although her interaction with Rudy Giuliani is a different story), but became the most striking witness in the Jan. 6 hearings during the previous Congress.
31% : While she has always said that the sex was "consensual," we can see why Trump was intent on silencing her after the 2016 release of the infamous "Access Hollywood" tape in which he brags about sexually assaulting women.
29% : Her accounts of Trump as a petulant child who throws ketchup and flails impotently at Secret Service agents rang true in a way that was difficult for even the most delusional MAGA heads to deny.
28% : Trump sees all other people as nothing more than objects to step on as he grasps for money and domination, but he has special contempt for women, as do so many of his rabid followers.
25% : But consider that E. Jean Carroll was actually able to wrestle control of her story back through her testimony against Trump, as difficult as that clearly was.
25% : The stakes are lower for Daniels, who has never described herself as a victim or accused Trump of assaulting her -- but still.
24% : We recognize that women who speak out against Trump are doing so from a position of moral urgency, and often at great risk to themselves.
20% : The ladies don't swoon over Donald Trump.
18% : Former journalist E. Jean Carroll testified in two civil trials about how Trump sexually assaulted her and then defamed her.
14% : Trump tells lies all day every day, especially about the women he has mistreated and abused.
11% : While plenty of men, including former White House chief of staff John Kelly, have spoken out about their negative experiences with Trump, women have generally been the most compelling witnesses against him.

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