Trump hears differing views of his personality
Former President Trump, sitting at the defense table, just finished listening to opposite reviews of his presidency and character.
First, a prospective female juror bluntly said, "I don't like his persona," when asked if she has any strong opinions about him.
"The way he presents himself in public ... he is just very selfish and self serving," the prospective juror said. "So I don't really appreciate that in any public servant. I don't know him as a person ... but just how he is in public, and how he carries himself in public, it's not my cup of tea."
Trump seemed to be leaning forward listening carefully to her answer, at times fidgeting. He leaned back and crossed his arms when she finished.
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Then, a male prospective juror took the mic and said he found Trump "pretty amazing."
"He was a businessman in New York. He forged his way," the prospective juror said. "He kind of made history ... I’m impressed with that.”
Trump leaned forward again, listening to this new answer.
"I started as an entrepeneur as well ... made a lot of things happen," the prospective juror said. "Just like he has."
A lifelong New Yorker who works in law enforcement, he said that his love of hockey also made him feel warmly toward Trump.
“As a wannabe hockey player, I still thank him for fixing that Wollman Rink that nobody could fix,” he said of the ice skating rink in Central Park that Trump had refurbished in the 1980s.