From Habba’s perspective, it’s definitely the latter.
“I remember thinking, ‘you’re doing this on purpose.
You’re doing this in front of a jury.

And it didn’t end there.
It was during an argument about whether or not Trump had violated the gag order Merchan put in place.
The former president had one in the E. Jean Carroll cases as well as in his hush money trial.

Several lawyers would probably commiserate with Alina Habba’s opinion of how judges treat them.
Funnily enough, this particular timeframe was when Trump, arguably, needed legal counsel the most.
Being able to get, and indeed keep, a lawyer seems to be a challenge for Trump.

Maybe the judges really aren’t the problem?