it is extremely frustrating and an exemplification of how celebrities/wealthy/etc... have a double standard.
that said, as i said earlier, the primary concern procedurally for any state court judge in a bench trial is not making an error on not allowing evidence/facts/testimony in that would allow an appellate court to say that decision was prejudicial or in violation of due process/constitutional rights/etc... for good reason by the way. but when it is a bench trial, the judge has no jury to protect so they can put it all towards weight and take that arrow out of any appellant's quiver. that's why things like dauberting experts is a more tedious process in a jury trial than a bench trial. letting trump run a clown show pointlessly to the trier of fact (the judge) who clearly sees what a piece of shit he is actually undermines trump's ability to try and undo any of it through the appellate process. they completely fucked themselves on their outcome in this trial and one of its potential appellate paths so he could have a pointless tantrum.
him getting his way is insanely frustrating when the piece of shit should have been shot to mars by now but in this case, there's a bit of napoleon at play here...giving him the rope to hang himself.