Now here's an item that probably did not require reporting:
"According to a Trumpworld operative and a source close to Trump, the former president definitely doesn’t want to be placed in handcuffs. 'Being in handcuffs isn’t something Trump would want to do,' the Trump operative said," reports the Daily Beast.
Perhaps someday we'll also read this edifying report: "Being raped in prison isn't something Trump would want to happen."
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Jackson Lahmeyer, of "Pastors for Trump," is nevertheless rooting for the former president's nastiest possible arrest, and at Mar-a-Lago — where the FBI would have to go to get him — rather than Trump surrendering himself in New York; for that would "help from a political standpoint, absolutely," he tells the Beast.
But Lahmeyer has a rather peculiar way of looking at what for anyone else in the United States would be standard operating procedure. "If they come and they do basic Third World-country tactics, if they do that—and that video footage becomes something that circulates—it totally backfires."
By "Third World-country tactics," Laymeyer essentially means a simple arrest. What pious Trumper thumpers and the entire right-wing noise machine are literally praying for is nothing more than an everyday pinch, preferably at Mar-a-Lago, which they can cynically distort into a tactic of Bidenesque despotism and the Justice Department's "weaponization."
According to the Times, both Trump and law enforcement intend to disappoint "Pastor" Lahmeyer. The scofflaw is likely to surrender himself in New York, and:
"There is no indication, even if Mr. Trump is charged, that the authorities would have him take part in that storied New York City law-enforcement tradition known by detectives and crime reporters alike — walking the newly arrested past a cluster of journalists. If Mr. Trump is indicted and surrenders voluntarily, arrangements are likely to be made between the Secret Service and law enforcement to avoid a media circus."
No sensational video, no Third World arrest, not even an entrance through the courthouse's front door. As Trump suffers in silence, the Trumpers will be emotionally crushed.