Here’s what I wish Donald Trump had said when he was put on trial on trumped-up charges brought by his political opponents: "I do not recognize the right of this court to try me … I do not recognize my action as a crime."Those are the words fighting industrialist Hank Readden when he is on trial for ignoring an absurd law in Ayn Rand’s novel "Atlas shrugged." Although the circumstances of the cases differ, Rearden is a perfect avatar of Donald Trump, as both larger-than-life men are persecuted by the justice system for seeking to further their own interests and to refuse to surrender the …
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