Maggie Haberman: Trump’s Been Hoping for a ‘Circus’ at His Trial ... ‘The People Aren’t Showing Up’

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HABERMAN: “It has been striking that there's no family because I know that there was some discussion at some point in the last couple of weeks about who would be with him in court. And last week, which was just jury selection, there weren't that many people. Today, there was a phalanx of lawyers from his other cases and from The Trump Org who showed up in court. But I think it's because they were next door dealing with this New York attorney general appeal. He is by himself, and when he feels boosted is by his supporters. And so he has been hoping for something of a circus around his trial. But the reality, Anderson, is that only two to three dozen supporters, max, over the last week, have shown up. And it -- they're positioned to protest/demonstrate/whatever across the street from the courthouse. Trump started trying to suggest on Truth Social that that's why the number's been so small, is that they're all being blocked. But that's not it. It's that people are not showing up.”