Cheers and distortions: Trump feeds on raucous rallies as trial disrupts run

WAUKESHA, Wis. — Donald Trump’s words were almost exactly the same, but the change of scenery made all the difference.

On Tuesday, he spoke as a criminal defendant: in a dingy, echoing courthouse hallway, behind a metal barricade, flanked by a grim-faced lawyer, speaking to a handful of reporters and a single TV camera.