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2 verified reports published on March 25, 2024.
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The through-line is the same one that has been following Trump for years: whenever he tries to treat consequences like a branding problem, the consequences usually win. March 25 was less a breakthrough than a reminder that the campaign was still trapped inside his own legal and messaging baggage.
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March 25 was not the trial date. After Judge Juan Merchan postponed jury selection to April 15 on March 15, the court used March 25 to hear the defense’s discovery-sanctions request and related issues.
By March 25, 2024, Donald Trump was already saying abortion laws should be decided by the states, but he was still avoiding specifics on any national cutoff. That left his message politically useful to allies and politically muddy to everyone else.