I meant he's smart in taking advantage of his unfortunate situation of being stuck every day in a NYC courtroom. The judge made that stipulation to prevent him from campaigning, but instead he is using his unfair legal situation to his advantage. The constant lawfare against Trump has made him a sympathetic character, something he could never have accomplished without him being persecuted. A lot of people see how corrupt the NYC legal system is and maybe have been the victim of it themselves, so they now see Trump as one of them, a victim and a martyr that fights on.

Trump doesn't care what they throw at him. He is always focused on winning. I'll take his 50-50 success rate strategies any day over another mediocre politician funded by who knows what outside interest. I think he's gone from photo ops and publicity to a man of the people.