The interior of the courtroom where Donald Trump returned this Thursday to stand trial for falsifying documents was not the only place that sparked debate. Outside, dozens of pink balloons float above the court. The shape of the objects caused a lot of talk on social networks: they were shaped like a penis and had the faces of people similar to the judge torturing Trump on them.
A man wearing a hat with the phrase “Make America Great Again” printed on it – a slogan made popular by Donald Trump in his 2016 presidential campaign – appeared in a video posted on social media, grabbing about five balloons with one hand and shouting: ” Balloons in the shape of a penis because they’re all a bunch of penises.” This is a Trump supporter who regularly attends the court in New York where the former president is on trial.
According to Efe, the balloons bore the faces of Juan Merchan, the judge who is trying Donald Trump, Alvin Bragg, the district attorney who brought charges against the former president, and Jack Smith, the special prosecutor who filed a lawsuit against Trump for his role in the attack on the Capitol. happened on January 6, 2021.
In the courtroom, Donald Trump’s lawyers accused Michael Cohen, the former president’s former lawyer, of being a “disgruntled ex-employee seeking revenge” and tried to discredit his story that he paid a pornographic film actress at Trump’s direction.