New Yorkers who said they couldn’t approach the case fairly were excused during jury selection. But one of the women with the harshest assessments of him will be among those who will determine his fate on 34 counts of falsifying business records.
“I don’t like his persona, how he presents himself in public,” said the woman, who has lived in upper Manhattan for the last 15 years. The woman said she didn’t agree with some of Trump’s politics, which she called “outrageous.”
“He just seems very selfish and self-serving, so I don’t really appreciate that in any public servant,” she said, adding that while she doesn’t “know him as a person,” how he “portrays himself in public, it just seems to me it is not my cup of tea.”
Trump’s legal team took issue with her responses, but they were out of challenges by the time she was up for consideration.
He’s shameless, and a part of me envies him for that. I have been held back by shame and self-doubt - what if I hadn’t been?
You, an average person? Probably homeless after you offended the wrong rich person.
If you’re rich though, you are immune to consequences.
Shameless doesn’t mean stupid - a smart, shameless person wouldn’t feel guilt or embarrassment if he offended people, but he would still avoid offending the wrong people if it would have negative consequences for him.