'Miserly' Trump made a 'stupid bet' that has come back to haunt him: reporter

Trump's criminal trial in Manhattan has revealed a stark pattern, wrote Daily Beast reporter Jose Pagliery on X Tuesday — the former president has landed himself in trouble again and again and again, by his unwillingness to part with his money.

The trial opened this week with testimony from Trump's former attorney and fixer Michael Cohen. That testimony, which left Trump enraged and is set to continue when court reopens, sought to reinforce prosecutors' argument that Trump arranged the whole...