Thread by @emptywheel

Let's talk about what Reality TV Show actor Donald Trump has accomplished at the fraud trial he already lost today so far.

He told his cult going into the trial the judge that the judge was rogue and the prosecutor was racist. Few outlets reported on his slurred words.

Few outlets reported on what Tish James said before the trial started.

Few outlets noted that Kise's arguments abt valuation had been adjudicated.

Lots of outlets reported that the Reality TV Actor glared at The Black Woman Prosecutor on the way out. Some reported that she laughed it off.

At lunch, Reality TV Actor Donald Trump told his followers that the judge should be prosecuted and was guilty of election interference.

Now I know for people used to living in the reality-bound world, Reality TV Actor Donald Trump's conduct is wildly unwise.

But what he has done is get MOST OUTLETS to play to his script.

What he has done is prepare his followers to believe, at such time as Fox News gets around to reporting that he lost (which they haven't, yet), that he lost for the reasons he "predicted" he would lose: bc the judge and the Black Woman Prosecutor ganged up on him.

If last week's judgement and this trial were (or is--they still could be) reported with half the attention reporters pay to Hunter Biden dick pics, then it MIGHT lead some people to realize Trump is a fraud, always has been.

But thus far, Trump has utterly dictated storyline.

It's all just one Reality TV show for Actor Donald Trump and he remains far, far better at it than many of the reporters and editors whom he has cast to play a certain role.