Nearly eight years after walking down the steps of Trump Tower and announcing a presidential candidacy that soon blew up America’s political plans, donald trump once again proved its reputation. ingenuity and craftsmanship of a particular kind strategy: provoke, to be placed in speech center politics and media use this attention to your advantage and on the way trigger tensions. This time his long-term prospects are more difficult than before, as he faces the prospect of being the first to face criminal charges in the Oval Office. But until that potential indictment arrives, Trump is taking advantage.
Democratic-led Manhattan prosecutor’s office Alvin Bragg He reported to Trump’s legal team: no events expected by grand jury this TuesdayPanel examining payments made to Stormy Daniels to silence allegations that the porn star had had a sexual relationship with a real estate developer and reality TV star just prior to the 2016 election.
potential calendar
A source close to Trump’s legal team told CNN they don’t expect Trump’s surrender or arrest to happen before the week if there is a final indictment or if the former president goes to court for the case’s first investigative hearing. And press reports citing “informed sources” are considering a possible schedule: grand jury to vote on possible indictment on Wednesdaywould be announced on thursday or friday. Trump, who organized on Saturday rally in Waco (Texas) As part of the 2024 Republican presidential nomination campaign, deliver next monday.
But since Saturday, the whole country has been in a state of tension. Because that day the former president wrote in a message on his social network that he would be “arrested” this Tuesday, urging them to “protest” and “save the nation”. A few hours later, it was learned that he did not have any specific information to mark the day, as his own spokesperson confirmed.
“The circus continues”
What the former president accomplished with this message was, once again, to kickstart all the traditional dynamics in the handbook. And on Sunday, the former governor of New Jersey perfectly summed up what Chris Christie, Trump’s former rival in the primaries, had done. “the circus continuesRepublican said on ABC. “It just takes advantage and thrives in chaos and confusionand that’s why he wants create that chaos and mayhem on your own terms”.
He founded them. Trump managed to catch media attention. He exploited the allegations he faced. “political persecution” supposedly persecuting all his followers, not him at least a dozen fundraising requests warned of his imminent “arrest”. made Republican Party reacted, and the formation showed, at least publicly, once again Fear of losing the most loyal base of voters to the former president.
Republican speech control
Various Republican leaders, such as the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Kevin McCarthyHe reacted immediately on Saturday and Trump’s sarcastic accusations of Bragg. Others benefiting from the new majority in the Lower House, power to legislate in favor of the former president and against Bragg, urging him to hand over documents and condemn the use of justice as a political weapon.
Other Republicans took a little longer to speak, but with different nuances they joined the line, attacking Bragg more than defending Trump. And in this latter group, there are three potential contenders for Trump in the 2024 Republican primary: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis (takes the opportunity to repeatedly mention the payment to a porn star), former vice president Mike Pence And New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu.
In addition, the Trump case left its mark on meetings with a country’s media. The Republicans’ meeting in Orlando, Florida. This meeting was supposed to serve to reflect on their legislative priorities now that they control a chamber of Congress, but they’ve been talking about Trump for two days now. In the case of McCarthy, Also, it does rhetorical juggling to try to argue that the president did not call for protest.
protests
But Trump openly called for these protests in his message on Saturday, causing the protests to ignite. alarmsAlong with the vivid memory of his messages, especially after the 2020 presidential election, he also promotes demonstrations that bring the demonstrations to an end. storm of the capital. and both new Yorkthe place where the potential attribution will occur, as Washington DC.Preparations and preventive security measures have been intensified in the last two days.or there are credible threats to violent protests According to internal memos from agencies and law enforcement officials quoted by CNN. Other intelligence sources cited by CBS include an “i“Substantial increase” in threatening and violent discourse on the Internet, but they also explain that they did not detect not specific or convincing.
This Tuesday, the hearing of another lawsuit facing Trump York, a civil lawsuit filed by his company led by New York district attorney Democrat Letitia James, has had to be temporarily suspended by a court. fake bomb threat. But a “peaceful” demonstration organized by the Young Republicans Club in New York on Monday turned into a press conference. more journalists than “protesters”. And outside the courtroom this Tuesday, everything was calm, except for the intensified police deployment, the fences, the handful of protesters for and against Trump, and again a large number of media outlets.