Well I’m no expert, but I’m pretty sure I just caught the scent of fascism wafting in the air now. :|

For folks in the western wold this may seem strange, but it probably makes sense if the intent is lure Chinese vacationers.

“I was surprised that there were not more objections,” from the defense team he added. “At one point, the court … objected, because there was no objection coming from the defense.”

Either they are bad lawyers or they were strategically withholding their objections in order to file the mistrial motion. I fully expect this to be brought up again in an appeal, assuming Trump loses the case.