Note that the praise was not especially earnest.

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    And this is why everyone says the defense in all his trials fights to keep him off the stand. He cannot help but incriminate himself. He can’t stop bragging, including bragging about his crimes.

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      I don’t think that’s the reason. After observing him, it looks like his strategy whenever something bad is happening to either distract or with another controversy that is not visible as bad to his base, or if he knows about something that is upcoming, then first come up with own version and normalize it so it no longer has a shock value to his fans.

      He didn’t seem to have problem with keeping his mouth shut when testifying.

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        You’re being very generous about how much he understands the going-ons beyond what has to immediately do with him.

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        Which might work in the media, but not in court. In court, they keep coming back to the thing the trial is actually about.