Since the New York State judge Juan Merchan fined and scolded Donald Trump earlier this month for violating a gag order in his criminal trial, the former president has been on … well, maybe not his best behavior, but certainly better behavior. “The judge hates Donald Trump,” Trump said, employing a Bob Dole–like third person. In 2016, Trump insinuated bias on the part of Gonzalo Curiel, a federal judge who was overseeing a class-action suit alleging that the so-called Trump University was fraudulent.