Donald Trump swept out of his $250 million New York civil fraud trial on Wednesday, a move that apparently left his Secret Service detail scrambling to follow him and those who remained in the courtroom, including his own lawyers, stunned.

Trumpā€™s dramatic exit was made as Michael Cohen, his former personal attorney, was testifying on the stand. Under cross-examination, Cohen denied that Trump had ever asked him to inflate numbers on his personal statementā€”standing by his 2019 congressional testimony.

Trump and one of his lawyers, Alina Habba, ā€œthrew up their armsā€ at this, according to CNN. Another Trump attorney then asked Judge Arthur Engoron for a directed verdict on the case, given Cohenā€™s status as a key witness.

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    Didnā€™t Trump paint Cohen as a big liar not long ago?

    The whole Trump situation, his ā€œpress conferencesā€, his rants, his social media blurps - It reminds me more and more of the scene in the movie ā€œDownfallā€, when Adolf got messages he didnā€™t want to hearā€¦

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      This needs to be a deep fake - Trumps face in the ā€œDownfallā€ scene. People can subtitle it for every bit of breaking daily news.

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          Trump deep-faked onto Hitlerā€™s face - ranting in German but with Trumpā€™s voice and way of speaking (we had the best evidence, everyone said so, etc etc) - would be hilarious.