Carroll, 80, is seeking more than US$10 million ($15.2 million) in damages in the civil trial, alleging that Trump defamed her in 2019 when he was president and she had just come out with her allegation, saying she “is not my type”.

Trump has embraced his legal problems as evidence for a conspiracy theory in which a “deep state” is out to stop him from returning to power.

He has also used social media posts to issue crude insults against court personnel.

Carroll’s lawyers last week urged Kaplan to prevent Trump from making “inadmissible, prejudicial” comments in court.

Carroll is seeking more than $15 million in damages in the civil trial, alleging that Trump defamed her in 2019 when he was president and she had just come out with her allegation, saying she “is not my type.” Source: Getty / Stephanie Keith

Last week the former president continued to insist of Carroll that “I never saw this woman in my life.”

“I have no idea who this woman is,” said Trump, who also called her “a wack job” and said the trial was “rigged.”