New role for Trump as TV host turned president reboots as The Defendant
by David Smith in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6AG2E)
In the prosaic surroundings of Manhattan criminal court, the show that has enthralled America took its latest captivating turn
He hosted The Apprentice. He played The President. Now, at the age of 76, came the role that Donald Trump had spent his life avoiding: The Defendant.
On Tuesday, a single photograph showed Trump sitting in a prosaic New York courtroom with two lawyers to his left and two more to his right. Behind him were two uniformed police officers wearing handcuffs on their belts. One had a police radio on his shoulder, the other a Covid-protective mask over her face.
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