Will Trump Shut the Fu*k Up?

In less than 24 hours, Donald Trump’s 2024 campaign will come to an end. He’ll stay in the race because it’s too early to close things down. But effectively he won’t be playing any real role in what happens to the GOP next year.

It won’t be the indictment that’s going to do him in, although at the very least all the experts and pundits who have been telling us that he either can beat the rap or will get convicted will finally learn what the case against him is all about.

What I am referring to is the gag order which Judge Juan Merchan will issue during tomorrow’s court event, which will cover everyone and anyone connected in any way to the case but will basically be aimed at one man.

What’s Trump going to rant about on his Truth Social website if he can’t mention the New York indictment? He can’t actually believe that what he says about anything else will be even of remote concern.

And if he’s indicted in Georgia there will no doubt be a gag order issued by the court in Georgia where that trial will be held. Ditto if the DOJ investigations being run by Jack Smith yields an indictable offense.

What all of this reflects, of course, is the degree to which Trump’s entire presidential behavior was based not on anything he actually did, but what he said. He said it on Twitter, he said it on his own…