There is a saying among politicians, “Anything other than an obituary is good.”
Former President Donald Trump seems to think similarly. According to the New York Times (NYT) on the 2nd (local time), he told an aide in the past, “There are no bad articles as long as they don’t say that I am a pedophile.” Former President Trump suffered the disgrace of being the first former and incumbent president of the United States to be prosecuted, but even the attention focused on this is showing his willingness to use it for the next presidency.
On the afternoon of the 4th, former President Trump is scheduled to return to his home in Mara, Florida, to give a speech after completing the ‘prosecution process’ to assert his innocence over the suspicion of ‘silencing sexual scandal’ at the New York Criminal Court. He is expected to appeal for his support, emphasizing the injustice of the prosecution. Previously, he left Mar-a-Lago on the 3rd, stayed overnight in New York, and the next day, appeared at the Manhattan District Attorney’s Office, took a mug shot (picture taken after arrest), took fingerprints, and appeared in court.
However, it is expected that former President Trump will not take action to attract public attention in the process of appearing in court or in court. His attorney, John Takopina, said in an interview with CNN that day, “I don’t think I will stand in the photo line for safety reasons when I appear in court,” and “I won’t act like showmanship.”
After the decision to indict former President Trump, the 2024 US presidential election is shaking. Former President Trump jumped to the overwhelming runner at once, widening the gap with Florida Governor Ron Disantis, who came second in the polls for the Republican presidential candidate’s approval ratings, thanks to the gathering of supporters and the spread of sympathy votes.
However, there is also criticism for trying to use the prosecution as a political opportunity. John Bolton, who served as the White House national security adviser in the Trump administration and turned into a “Trump sniper,” told CBS, “If this indictment ends in acquittal in court, it will be rocket fuel to support his campaign.” The cancerous existence of “. The NYT pointed out that “Trump, who has grown (politically) by eating attention, is enjoying the spotlight of the ‘circus stage’ again.”
Public opinion was also extremely divided. As a result of a survey by ABC and Ipsos on the 2nd, 62% of Republican supporters responded that they should not have been prosecuted, and 88% of Democratic supporters responded that the prosecution was correct.
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