businesses, which for a typical company would be almost akin to a death sentence. and we re going to talk a lot more about that coming up with some people who know donald trump s finances very well. but let me go back to vaughn, i mean, a lot of people believe that this was a better opportunity than trump could have had where you are in iowa, that he got to speak not only in court, but is now, as you mentioned, going to have a press conference. trump has gone after his legal as well as political enemy, and was asked during a prime time town hall last night about how much of a second term would be about retribution. take a listen to his response. i m not going to have time for retribution. we re going to make this country so successful again. i m not going to have time for retribution. and remember this, our ultimate retribution is success. we re going to have a success that s so great that i won t have hopefully, i won t have time for retribution. there won t be retribution,
its closing arguments in donald trump s civil fraud trial after a dramatic scene in which the former president himself addressed the court. the judge had only allowed trump to speak on the condition that he focus on the facts but the president quickly veered into other territory claiming he is an innocent man being persecuted d the judge telling defense counsel please control your client. th former president has already been found liable for inflating properties to get loan deals. the judge will attempt to issue his ruling by the end of the month. yasmin vossoughian is reporting for us outside the courtroom in new york. vaughn hillyard is urbandale, iowa, also with us, renato,
inside of the courtroom during that statement of his that he had an agenda against donald trump. so, you know, this is where donald trump, obviously is much is on the line that hasn t been outlined here. he is going to try to make the case for the future of his company, and we expect a press conference in which donald trump will be speaking to cameras again in just about a half hour from now. yeah, and not in iowa where you would expect a candidate to be just days before the caucuses. let s go back to the legal part of this. as an attorney, i wonder what your reaction is to the judge s decision to allow trump to speak? actually, i was surprised the judge even gave him a few minutes. if you remember, there were some e-mails before the trial, between the counsel for president trump and the judge in which the judge said, will he stick to making arguments, talking about the evidence that is admitted in the case. the attorneys for trump did not
all that is essentially one extended campaign regardless of the formal venue? yeah, it doesn t matter to donald trump whether he s in washington, d.c., saying crazy stuff or even iowa saying crazy stuff. he says crazy stuff wherever he is. and the republicans can t get up and repeat the stop no matter where he happens to be. i think with the trials and all that they benefit him to a degree among the republican primary because they actually don t need to meet him and talk to him, if you meet him and talk to him, he drains your eyebrows is this what we want to do in the course of this. i agree with everything that s been said, donald trump is toxic to the republican party. but donald trump is not toxic within the republican party, and that s the problem. nick pressley, thank you, matt and juanita, stick around so stay with me. coming up after the break, republican hopefuls prepare for yet another presidential debate without donald trump as a former president holds a
i was the only place that he s spending, he s not spending anywhere near what nikki haley s spending or what donald trump is spending. and that s the indicator for him to show that he is running out of resources. and we know that s the lifeblood of every campaign. i think he s fully aware of the predicament and it will likely come through on this debate stage later this week. he s going to wreak of desperation, he s clinging to iowa as his form of life support at the moment, that s the only place he can pay. looking ahead, of nikki haley does again finish alongside desantis in iowa she s looking good going into new hampshire. on the airwaves there, we know trump and i, say gives credence to what nikki haley says about her being the one to compete against trump but also her being the one to outperform trump in a general election against president biden.