Trump roasted online for whining about 'freezing' courtroom: 'Fleece would be appropriate'
Donald Trump on Thursday complained about the cold criminal courtroom where a jury is being built to ultimately decide whether he committed a criminal act, causing many people to make jokes about the former president.
Earlier in the day, Trump reportedly lamented to his aides that it was "freezing" in Judge Merchan's New York courtroom, where Trump faces charges of falsifying business records to hide an affair as a means to manipulate the 2016 election. In that case, the jury has already been selected, and the alternative slate is being completed now.
But Trump complained numerous times about the cold, even at one point leading to a request for the judge to change the temperature, according to reports.
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"At one point today, Todd Blanche asked Judge Merchan if he could turn up the thermostat one degree. The judge said no. Trump then said it was 'freezing.' So we know who wanted to turn up the heat," Politico's Ben Feuerherd reported.
The mockery online was endless.
A.J. Delgado, who actually worked for Trump's campaign in the past, mocked the lack of perceived manliness associated with complaining about cold.
"How cringe. Dude, you have a jacket on. Stop being such a beta," she said Thursday.
Former federal prosecutor Elizabeth de la Vega also chimed in.
"Someone needs to send Trump a wearable blanket with armholes so he doesn't get cold in the courtroom," she wrote Thursday. "Fleece would be appropriate for him."
@TheSGTJoker also added, "You know what a REAL man doesn’t do? Whine and cry about how cold the courtroom is."
Conservative Army Iraq War Veteran Peter Henlein laughed at the situation.
"Trump is complaining the courtroom is too cold