New York Judge Juan Merchan on Thursday shut down an attorney representing Donald Trump in his last-ditch effort to delay the former president’s trial related to his hush-money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels. As reported by The Daily Beast’s Jose Pagliery, Trump lawyer Todd Blanche tried to depict the entire trial against his client as a completely unfair procedure that should be thrown out. “We strenuously object to what’s happened in this courtroom,” Blanche said toward the end of Thursday’s hearing in Manhattan. “It shouldn’t happen in this country.” This prompted Merchan to ask…