Trump keeps putting his foot over the line and watching the grownups react.

Former US President Donald Trump has been held in contempt of court for violating a gag order for the 10th time in his hush-money trial in New York. Justice Juan Merchan issued his most serious warning yet to Mr Trump, saying further violations could mean jail. “At the end of the day, I have a job to do and that job is to protect the dignity of the judicial system,” the judge said.

But at the end of the same day he has Trump to deal with, and there’s no winning in that scenario. Trump defies the judge and wins; Trump is thrown in jail and wins. He should go to jail of course, because he’s deliberately defying the court, but if he does his fans will blah blah blah and everything will be even worse.

Justice Merchan acknowledged that incarcerating Mr Trump would be very disruptive to the proceedings. But he called the gag order violations “a direct attack on the rule of law” that he cannot abide.

Sitting with a stern expression at the defence table, Mr Trump showed little reaction to the threat of jail.

Mmmmmno. Not stern but sullen. He can’t do stern. He can do sullen, sulky, rabid, but he can’t do stern. Henry Fonda he’s not.

After court adjourned for the day, Mr. Trump called the gag order “disgraceful” and seemed defiant in the face of the warning. “Our Constitution is much more important than jail. It’s not even close. I’ll do that sacrifice any day,” he said later outside the courtroom.

Yeahbro the Constitution doesn’t say you can shoot your mouth off in court whenever you feel like it. Maybe you should learn something about it before you try to be the boss of us again.