Donny Deutsch said on Monday’s Deadline: White House that former President Donald Trump is “terrified” of jail “just by his issues with odor and smells” and “fear of disease.”
The ad man and MSNBC contributor told Nicolle Wallace that, “despite his references to Nelson Mandela,” a jail sentence would be Trump’s worst nightmare.
“I remember interviewing ‘The Wolf of Wall Street,’ and he told me what it’s literally going through the process, what it’s like, and what they examine, and how they do things,” Deutsch said, continuing:
Donald Trump — and we were talking off camera, and you brought up the point in the last segment that he won’t eat food when he goes on foreign territory. You have to use the bathroom. His hair. His makeup. His skin. Like, he will be pulled apart. He doesn’t have the mettle to do it.
So, anybody that’s out there saying, “Oh, it’s a great moment for him” — this is not a mug shot. This is jail. And Donald Trump is terrified. You’ve got to believe, just by his issues with odors and smells and, you know, fear of disease. This guy does not want to spend 30 — nobody does, but particularly this guy.
Earlier Monday, Trump spoke to the media as he left court, where he complained that he can’t answer questions “because this judge is giving me a gag order and says you’ll go to jail if you violate it. And frankly, you know what? Our Constitution is much more important than jail. It’s not even close. I’ll do that sacrifice any day.”
Trump is on trial, charged with 34 counts of business fraud connected to a hush money payment meant to silence an adult film actress so news of his alleged affair wouldn’t ruin his chances of the presidency. Judge Juan Merchan imposed a gag order to prevent Trump from railing against court participants.
On Monday, Judge Merchan declared that Trump violated that order 10 times and could go to jail if he does so again.
Watch the clip above via MSNBC.
