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Trump’s Best Excuses For Delaying Legal Hearings

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The former president has relied on a variety of tactics to slow down proceedings in his numerous trials. The Onion examines Donald Trump’s best excuses for delaying legal hearings.

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Doors Don’t Work Today

Doors Don’t Work Today

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Oh darn, it’s one of those days when doors don’t open or close.

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The Current Year Is 1945

The Current Year Is 1945

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Trump has successfully pushed back the date of several trials by claiming he is still one year away from being born.

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It’s Annoying

It’s Annoying

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It’s really stupid and annoying going to a trial, and frankly, it sucks. And the people who are making him do it suck. And the only way that wouldn’t be the case is if they delayed things.

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He Woke Up And Could Only Speak Hungarian

He Woke Up And Could Only Speak Hungarian

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Trump has shown up to court several times doing a terrible approximation of what he believes Hungarian sounds like.

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Yoko Ono Broke Up His Legal Team

Yoko Ono Broke Up His Legal Team

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He claimed the Japanese experimental artist slept with his counsel and distracted him from doing his best legal work.

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He Accidentally Spilled Ice Cream All Over His Nice Courtroom Shirt

He Accidentally Spilled Ice Cream All Over His Nice Courtroom Shirt

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He’ll look like an idiot in the court sketch if he goes in with this stain!

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There’s, Like, This Weird Pain In His Leg

There’s, Like, This Weird Pain In His Leg

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Ow, it really hurts! Hold on—no. This is serious. Give him a second so he can figure out what’s going on.

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Lunch Running Long

Lunch Running Long

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Trump’s attorneys have argued that the former president is currently in the middle of a leisurely lunch that could run well into 2025.

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He Freaky Fridayed With Melania Again

He Freaky Fridayed With Melania Again

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Instead of fixing their marriage and teaching him to empathize with what it’s like to be a female immigrant from Slovenia, it just made him late to court.

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The Hallucination That Follows Trump Around Everywhere Told Him It Would Kill Him If He Left The House

The Hallucination That Follows Trump Around Everywhere Told Him It Would Kill Him If He Left The House

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And unfortunately, the melting skeleton does not negotiate after it makes up its mind.

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He Got Lost In The Bermuda Triangle

He Got Lost In The Bermuda Triangle

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While he wished he could be tried for election interference, he unfortunately could not find his way out of the Devil’s Triangle, where his ship had disappeared under mysterious circumstances.

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All His Limbs Flew Off After He Sneezed

All His Limbs Flew Off After He Sneezed

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His aides are putting him back together as quickly as possible, but give him a break here.

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He’s Been Drafted Into The Army

He’s Been Drafted Into The Army

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After fixing the bone spurs in his heels that prevented him from fighting in the Vietnam War, he’s finally been drafted into the U.S. Army.

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Manicure Not Dry Yet

Manicure Not Dry Yet

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It was $20 plus tip, so he didn’t want to mess it up.

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His Bris Is Scheduled For The Same Time

His Bris Is Scheduled For The Same Time

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Celebrating his covenant with God by being circumcised was booked months in advance.

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Busy Making A Bomb To Detonate In The Courtroom

Busy Making A Bomb To Detonate In The Courtroom

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He’ll appear before the judge as soon as it’s finished.

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He Was Too Busy Eating A Pear

He Was Too Busy Eating A Pear

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The juicy pear got all over his face, making him too sticky to stand trial.

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Men And Women Can’t Just Be Friends

Men And Women Can’t Just Be Friends

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He said the sexual tension between him and Judge Tanya Chutkan was too strong for him to be able to stand trial.

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Stage Fright

Stage Fright

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The thought alone of having to testify in front of all those people makes Trump nervous enough to throw up.

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Is Waiting For An ‘Antiques Roadshow’ Marathon To End

Is Waiting For An ‘Antiques Roadshow’ Marathon To End

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PBS just started airing an episode based in Newport, RI that he’s been waiting to watch for weeks.

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He Can’t Use The Court Bathroom Because It Doesn’t Have His Special Elmo Training Potty

He Can’t Use The Court Bathroom Because It Doesn’t Have His Special Elmo Training Potty

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The Sesame Street character makes learning to use the potty less intimidating and stressful for Trump.

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He Died

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Trump successfully claimed he could not attend several of his New York court dates because he was currently on ice at the morgue.

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His Pants Shrunk In The Wash

His Pants Shrunk In The Wash

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And then they grew way too big in the dryer.

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It’s On The Same Night As His Big Broadway Debut

It’s On The Same Night As His Big Broadway Debut

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Years of singing, acting, and dreaming have finally gotten Trump his break on the big stage, and no criminal trial will take that from him.

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Feeling Ugly Today

Feeling Ugly Today

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Trump’s self-esteem got too low for him to stand trial after he saw an unflattering angle of himself playing golf.

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Has To Go To His Grandpa’s Funeral

Has To Go To His Grandpa’s Funeral

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Trump’s maternal grandfather, Malcolm MacLeod, just passed away last night, and even though they were never really super close, his mom says he still has to go.

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Was Hypnotized And Thought He Was A Chicken

Was Hypnotized And Thought He Was A Chicken

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He used it to get out of several Cabinet meetings while president, too.

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He’s Reading ‘Dune’

He’s Reading ‘Dune’

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President Trump is frantically attempting to finish the classic Frank Herbert novel before Dune: Part Two comes out in theaters, and there’s no way he’s ever going to get through the 800-page behemoth at this rate.

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Still Chewing Taffy Candy

Still Chewing Taffy Candy

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Going to probably take another few months to soften up enough to be swallowed.

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Tie Caught In A Shredder

Tie Caught In A Shredder

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The delay came when it ended up pulling his whole body through, requiring a lot of tape to stick the strips of him back together in the right order.

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Is Waiting For An ‘Antiques Roadshow’ Marathon To Begin

Is Waiting For An ‘Antiques Roadshow’ Marathon To Begin

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If you let him delay for Antiques Roadshow once, you need to let him do it again. That’s the law.

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Doesn’t Speak English

Doesn’t Speak English

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How can he stand trial if he can’t understand a single word anyone is saying?

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No One To Feed His Cats While He’s Gone

No One To Feed His Cats While He’s Gone

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Melania refused, Barron’s scared of them, and the former president doesn’t have any extra cash for a sitter.

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His Spirit Has Taken On A New Vessel

His Spirit Has Taken On A New Vessel

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You can try to bring Trump the man to court, but it’s in Trump the mighty oak tree that the former president’s corrupted soul resides.

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