With jury selection underway in Donald Trump’s criminal trial in Lower Manhattan, the former president’s chickens have finally come home to roost.
It feels uniquely appropriate that Mr. Trump will have to endure the scrutiny on his old home turf.
He rose to fame here, but was never truly accepted by the old money elites he admired.
Gossip columnists at his favored tabloids often received tips from Mr. Trump about himself, even about his own sexual escapades, under the pseudonym John Barron.
Mr. Trump expressed interest in the presidency starting in the late 1980s, took steps in that direction in 2000 and considered it again in 2012 before being elected in 2016.
Persons:
Donald Trump’s, Trump, ”, —, John Barron
Organizations:
Mr, Spy
Locations:
Lower Manhattan, New York City, New York, Queens