Donald Trump's statement to the press was low-energy, sad, and fun to make fun of

Donald Trump was arraigned for the third time Thursday. The disgraced former president pleaded not guilty to four federal counts of conspiracy to defraud the U.S. government, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights. Earlier in the day, Trump smashed that all caps button and wrote on his Truth Social site that it was an “HONOR” to be indicted because “I AM BEING ARRESTED FOR YOU.”

The arraignment took some time, and Fox News tried to spin the historic and treasonous nature of Thursday’s event by suggesting that all publicity is good publicity. After leaving the courtroom, Trump spoke briefly to reporters at an airport tarmac where his plane was waiting for him. Holding a big sad umbrella, Trump prattled in a very not-all-caps way about some connection between him not being president and the infrastructure of the nation’s capital not being up to snuff.

“This is a very sad day for America,” he intoned. “And it was also very sad driving through Washington, D.C., and seeing the filth and the decay and all of the broken buildings and walls and the graffiti. This is not the place that I left. It's a very sad thing to see it. When you look at what's happening, this is a persecution of a political opponent.”

He ended his rambling statement by implying this was all happening because he is the front-runner for the Republican nomination for president. “So if you can't beat him, you persecute him or you prosecute him,” Trump blathered. How about both?

It was sort of funny.