A surreal finish to Donald Trump's historic criminal trial

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

55% : But it was anything but ordinary, because when it comes to Donald Trump, the average routinely turns surreal.
48% : What once had the potential to be one of the more dramatic sentencings in modern United States history ended with a tone of banality -- via video chat, with Trump calling in from Florida, showing his age by leaning into the camera.
46% : Thank you very much," Trump said to close his characteristic rant, which he delivered alongside his lawyer Todd Blanche and flanked by two American flags.- 'Finality' -The legal expense in question was hush money to a porn star to prevent word of their alleged sexual encounter from getting out in the days before the 2016 presidential election, which Trump ultimately won.
42% : What once had the potential to be one of the more dramatic sentencings in modern United States history ended in the most banal of ways...via video chat, Donald Trump calling in from FloridaIt was, by many measures, a trial like New York had definitely seen before -- a panel of citizen jurors finding a real estate mogul guilty of business fraud.
21% : Donald Trump, convicted felon, had logged off.
4% : "For his part, Merchan took pains to emphasize Donald Trump, average citizen, would have received harsher punishment than President-elect Donald Trump will.

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