Former US President Donald Trump returns to Washington on Tuesday, for the first time since his tumultuous departure from the White House in 2021 and the chaos of the storming of the Capitol.
The billionaire, who is increasingly flirting openly with the idea of running for president in 2024, will speak at an event of the America First Policy Institute, a think tank run by his allies.
A “political strategy” speech is expected
His speech comes days after the conclusion of a series of well-attended public hearings by the House Inquiry Committee on the Storm on Capitol Hill, whose members have insisted on their responsibility for the attack.
The Republican maintains – without evidence – that he was robbed of the 2020 elections against Joe Biden, but the spokesman for the America First Policy Institute assured this Tuesday that Donald Trump will look to the future, not to the past. “He will give a political strategy speech,” Marc Lotter told CNN.
The hearings of the parliamentary investigation commission – which revealed the backstage of the attack and the former president’s attempts to annul the result of the elections to stay in power – seem to have hurt Donald Trump.
Joe Biden, who at the beginning of his presidency tried not to pronounce the name of his predecessor, lashed out on Monday for his inaction during the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
While Donald Trump watched what was happening from “the comfort” of the White House, “brave police officers lived through a hell worthy of the Middle Ages (…) in front of an angry crowd that believed the lies of the defeated president,” the president denounced. democrat.
a deteriorated image
Donald Trump, 76, retains a central place in the Republican community. He appears to have retained a core of loyal fans, which would put him in the top spot if he decided to seek the nomination.
But critics are damaging his image, allowing rivals like Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis to gain ground. Almost half of Republicans who vote in the primaries would prefer a candidate other than Donald Trump, according to a recent poll by the New York Times and the College of Siena.
last week the Wall Street Journal and the new York Mail, estates of the influential Murdoch family, published editorials rebuking Donald Trump’s behavior on January 6, 2021.
In an unusually critical text, the New York Post Thus, he stated that the billionaire had shown that he was “unworthy” of accessing the White House again.
Source: BFM TV
