Are you burned out on the Donald Trump hush money trial?

BURNOUT!

It describes a song or an album you loved but you get tired of hearing it after one hundred times. It describes a sports team you had an interest in at the beginning of the season, but six months later you’ve seen enough. It describes a job you were excited about when you got it, but after being there day after day—year after year—you can’t take it anymore.

And for me, it describes the Donald Trump trial.

It began on April 15. Five weeks ago. Thirty-six days ago. It seems much longer than that.

I admit I was extremely interested in this when it began. I watched everything connected with it. I loved when Hope Hicks was on the witness stand. I loved it even more when she cried.

Then came Stormy Daniels.

How great was it that a porn star was a witness against a former president of the United States? While her testimony was more than a little slimy and made you squirm, it went on and on and on. It was too long. The burnout was beginning.

Oh, Stormy—-bring back that sunny day.

But the length of her testimony was nothing compared to Michael Cohen. It went on for days—and it seemed like much more. How many times can the defense get Mike to admit he's a lawyer without us losing interest?

And we're not the only ones. According to reports, the jury has lost interest, too. They've been looking around the courtroom; checking out everything but the testimony. Burnout?

It’s not just the trial, but how about the coverage of the proceedings?

On MSNBC, they begin their coverage with two hours of Ana and Jose telling us about the testimony. Then for the next four hours, it’s Andrea, Chris and Katy with more testimony and so-called expert analysis.

Next comes the recaps that goes over what happened. They go from Deadline White House to The 11th Hour. NINE HOURS!! Yes, nine hours that cover the same thing. How much of it can a person watch?

Burnout? Oh, yeah!

I think we’re now in the home stretch—at least I hope so. But, we still have a few days until the three-day Memorial Day break—oh man, another break. And then closing arguments begin—-sigh. And then, hopefully, the jury begins.

So let’s do the math…I figure it’s another two weeks before this is over. My arithmetic skills tell me the total for this trial will be somewhere between fifty to fifty-five days. If you think you’re burned out now….

All of this for what everyone knows—and has known from the beginning that this will be a hung jury. Does that mean we’re going to do it all over again?

BURNOUT!!!!