Trump is going to struggle 6-7 long weeks of this trial. From Asha Rangappa
"[trump's] trial is going to be an existential threat to his ego. Remember that from a young age, Trump's father told him to be a "killer" and a "king" which over time has translated into Trump's preoccupation with his image, his need for constant adulations, and his willingness to go to any lengths to try to shape reality to get it. [...] He does this primarily by first creating an information vacuum (think about how he won't release his college grades, or his medical records, or his taxes) and then he fills the void with his own preferred "facts." With social media, and particularly since he moved to Truth Social, Trump has largely been able to exist in the alternate reality he has created for himself, and which he has fed back to him through propaganda feedback loops like Fox News."
As I've written previously, courts are the final frontier against disinformation, because the only thing that matters is the truth and there are consequences for lying. It's the first forum he has encountered in his life where he can't control everything...or even anything. In court, Trump can't avoid hearing jurors' negative views of him during voir dire, he can't make sure that the sketches make him look good, he can't stop reporters from watching him fall asleep and reporting on it, and he can't lash out and use
insults and intimidation to coerce people into conforming to his reality. For someone whose entire personality structure is built on how he is perceived, the trial has the potential to dismantle his entire psychological makeup.