Very few Defendants look happy, the situation does not call for such a response, but I doubt he has any emotion at all. He's looking around the room for things to make money from or use to cast doubt on the prosecution and get out from under the law. This is also not uncommon. I think liberals should stop obsessing on him now that prosecutions are happening and let the law work its magic (haha). The more attention he gets the less POTUS Joe gets and that's where my focus will be.

@Flyingsaucesir We have quit a lot of laughter in this country and a lot of it isn't great comedy. Cartoons are just meat for their tribal audience in this digital age. Here's a better plan: Get strategically smart for generations that are seeing somewhat beyond the tribal alliances but favor liberal freedoms. What we put our attention on is what gets the news and that, then, often wins the room's oxygen so I'll put it on the guy I want to win The WH and those who promote him.

@rainmanjr Before we can move on, Trump and trumpism will have to be thoroughly debunked and discredited. Lampooning satire is an important part of that process, right up there with presenting evidence in a court of law. After all the trauma Cheeto and his MAGAt minions have caused, we are in need of the healing power of mirth. A heavy dose of satire is just what the doctor ordered.

@Flyingsaucesir I'm not mocking mirth. I'm a comic (it says in my profile) and we now have a myriad of stand-up and sit-down comedy debunking and discrediting. None of it has done much good at stopping it and I think that's because few put any real meaning on mirth. It's just funny and we like that (sort of like how we enjoy music without understanding the lyrical meaning or lack of it). If a comic brings something more to you than just solidarity with the tribe than great for you. It does nothing for me, anymore, but once did. Before there was such access to whatever fills those functions for me. Largely, these daze, I look to banish my own part in this human comedy and refrain from it as much as possible. I am human so it sometimes takes me a day or two to see it but, when I do, I meditate on letting it go. I find it is helping keep anxiety about these daze down. Comedy isn't an answer, though.

@rainmanjr I'm not saying comedy is THE answer. It's PART of the answer.

I would say yes. They are the very same type of personality so have very much the same type of thoughts. Research has demonstrated that humans are very bad at reading faces and body language so I don't look for the common assertions to be accurate. I think about the personality type and assume their expression is a poker face.

I would also point out that the sketch is exaggerated to produce an angry look. His actual picture looks more like his usual blank stare. Cartoons no longer impress me much.