'He couldn't withstand 10 seconds of cross-examination': Trump chickens out of testifying

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Published 2024-05-21
The defense rested its case in Donald Trump's New York criminal trial — and Trump himself chose not to take the stand in his own defense. The jury will get the historic case next week. Jon Meacham, Susan Glasser, and Glenn Kirschner join Stephanie Ruhle to discuss.

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All Comments (21)
  • He's not skillful at lying. He's lying to idiots who believe what they want to believe.
  • He ”testifies” outside the Court every day. Where he can’t be caught for perjury.
  • @Ineverywhisper
    It does matter that he didn’t testify because he had a big mouth and had a lot to say outside of the courtroom everyday but the fact that he chickened out and didn’t testify in court speaks loudly!!!
  • @jlb7741
    Big talk from a coward just to get more money from people who believe his lies.
  • @johnmadison3472
    Trump will tell his supporters the judge wouldn't let him testify and they will believe him.
  • @fomfom9779
    His bone spurs are acting up. Four weeks in that cold courtroom did him in. 🤣
  • @BlueJazzBoyNZ
    Donald Trump If you take the 5th Your Guilty... What a Stable Genius
  • The jury can't use his lack of testimony to influence their legal opinion of him. I have no such restriction. His boasting about how he's going to testify, followed by his refusal to do so, makes it look like he has something to hide.
  • @theonlybezo
    Honestly, if he had, the sentence would triple. We knew he wouldn't testify because he said he would.
  • He wasn’t “afraid” to testify. The reason he didn’t is because he would be sworn in to tell the truth and almost instantly commit perjury because of it.
  • @BrattyBetty
    I asked Alexa to list all of Donald Trump's lies and she hasn't shut up in 3 days :body-blue-raised-arms: Yard Sign 🪧
  • He chose not to testify BUT, starting today, he will swear to everyone who will listen that he was barred from testifying. That the judge wouldn't let him testify. His sycophants will hang on, literally, to every lie that spews out of his mouth. The ignorance is mind boggling!
  • HOPEFULLY the JUDGE at NEW YORK will be an EXAMPLE for the SUPREME COURT that NOBODY IS ABOVE THE RULE OF LAW
  • @A13JMC
    All I want to hear is Trump found guilty on all counts.!
  • @onlyme972
    But, But, Habba promised he would testify.
  • He was never going to testify...even he knows that would have been a disaster.
  • @peace4myheart
    People actually believe the words that come out of Trump's mouth. How did we become so gullible?