When you get that complaint, you share it among peers, because your friends are all litigators who love a good laugh. Had I been on the receiving end of Trump’s New York Times complaint, I’d have sent it out as an early Christmas gift. An experienced plaintiff’s attorney would have warned Trump that shooting his own credibility in the first pages is ill-advised. Judge not amusedLast week, Republican-appointed Judge Steven Merryday struck down Trump’s $15 billion lawsuit, giving Trump’s counsel 28 days to file a version that complies with federal pleading rules. The joke lives onIn response, Trump told ABC, “I’m winning, I’m winning the cases.” Because of course he did.