Trump was likely advised that:

1. The judge is likely to rule against him no matter what, and this case will have to go on to appeal.

1. Anything Trump would have to say after the expert testimony basically blew the case out of the water, would just piss off the judge and make things worse.

1. If there is any chance (thinking less than 1% here) of getting anything but a pre-determined guilty verdict from this judge, it would be immediately after the experts said there is no foul here (looks bad in public opinion). To have the judge basically rule the opposite of an expert witness, looks worse to have it happen right after the expert says the case should have never been brought. It should bolster the veracity of the appeal that will most likely become the next step.

So Trump - or likely his lawyer - is correct in having him skip another session on the stand.

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The other thing I am thinking is at some point Trump's legal team is going to push for a judicial review for Engomoron, and the less Trump does to antagonize the judge and the more ridiculous the judge's actions and rulings are to a review board, the worse it will become for Engomoron. Perhaps a few members of judicial review will actually recognize how this Engomoron cheapens their profession and he should be sanctioned or removed from the bench. This guy is supposedly overturned quite a lot on appeal, so at some point, the fickle finger of fate needs to point to needed just desserts.