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https://www.yahoo.com/news/dilemma-judge-trump-case-whether-115552996.html
Dilemma for Judge in Trump Case: Whether to Muzzle the Former President

As a former president and the de facto leader of the Republican Party, Donald Trump is one of the most powerful people in America.

But as a criminal defendant within the confines of the Manhattan courtroom where the case against him will play out for months to come, Trump is under the authority of someone else: the presiding judge, Juan Merchan.

The two men came face-to-face Tuesday, after prosecutors with the Manhattan district attorney’s office unveiled 34 felony charges against Trump. When the prosecutors raised some of the former president’s recent social media posts, including one warning that “death and destruction” could follow if he were charged, Merchan asked that Trump refrain from making comments that were “likely to incite violence or civil unrest.”

But after the hearing, Trump returned to Florida and to his old habits, calling the district attorney, Alvin Bragg, a “criminal,” and Merchan “a Trump-hating judge with a Trump-hating wife and family.”

Merchan’s warning and Trump’s reaction later that evening provided dueling examples of what will almost surely be a delicate dance. The former president, who is running to take back the White House, will have to appeal to a political base that feeds on his unrestrained rhetoric without crossing a line that might cause the judge to take action against him.

"Sometimes called the “either-or” fallacy, a false dilemma is a logical fallacy that presents only two options or sides when there are many options or sides. Essentially, a false dilemma presents a “black and white” kind of thinking when there are actually many shades of gray."

https://writingcenter.kennesaw.edu/oer/argument_and_rhetorical/logical_fallacies.php

https://www.politico.com/news/2023/02/20/trumps-white-house-campaign-trail-00083541
Trump’s White House accomplishments aren’t so easy to sell on the campaign trail

Donald Trump faces a dilemma just months into his third run for president: Two of his most important achievements from the White House have become politically complicated or just plain too hot to touch.

Operation Warp Speed, the public-private partnership that developed a coronavirus vaccine in record time and which Trump once called a “miracle,” has become vilified among a group of conservatives. And the toppling of Roe v. Wade by Trump-appointed Supreme Court justices has turned into a political Rorschach test for Republicans, with one camp seeing it as a boost at the ballot box and the other fearing it is a hindrance.

The tension over how and whether or not to lean into vaccines or abortion has been on display since Trump kicked off his presidential campaign.

Elsewhere, Trump has praised the anti-abortion movement and his role in picking conservative justices, but has also criticized some leaders in that movement for not doing enough in the 2022 midterm election. He has also said the issue was “poorly handled” by Republicans, pointing to members and candidates who advocated for no exceptions to bans on abortion.