Was Trump a caped crusader preventing Armageddon full-time or a peace-keeping POTUS juggling the country but also tabs on his real estate empire?
This is the question posed to the Manhattan judge in the $370 million civil fraud lawsuit brought by New York Attorney General Letitia James accusing him, his grown sons Don Jr. and Eric, some executives, and the Trump Organization as a whole of committing widespread fraud for years to win favorable deals and loans.
A snippet of deposition was televised on CNN's "Out Front" with Erin Burnett showing former President Donald Trump discussing his bandwidth while occupying the White House.
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"There were a lot of things that were happening in the world as you probably know, and I did a good job," Trump said from the recorded deposition. "...I was very busy. I consider this the most important job in the world saving millions of lives."
"I think you would have had nuclear holocaust if I didn't deal with North Korea. I think you would have had a nuclear war if I weren't elected and I think you might have a nuclear war now if you want to know the truth."
The comments were posed to New York University School of Law Prof. Ryan Goodman who said he believes the comments could help the former president, but they also could do harm to his cause of trying to continue doing business in the Empire State.
"If he's actually correct for that period of time, that he was not focused on company — it could help him," Goodman said. "But it also could hurt him if he's not being forthcoming and candid."
The judge in the case, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Arthur Engoron, is going to be the decider in this case as to whether he believes that Trump was checked out and solely focused on the country or if he was multi-tasking.
Goodman said it comes to "a smart judge" doing some "fact finding."
"And the smart judge looks at that deposition and might think to himself 'That is not accurate. You were focused on many other things about yourself and your companies and your golf courses during that period.'"
If that's the case, then Trump would find himself in a steep penalty box where damages are estimated to be in the hundreds of millions.
Goodman noted: "So the fact you give a false statement and a false excuse, that would maybe hurt him."
