Former President Donald Trump is leading an electoral campaign unprecedented in the country’s history, traveling both to the states… and to the courts.
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Some would think that courtrooms are a bad place to be for anyone aspiring to become the strongman of the world’s largest economy, but that is not the case.
Donald Trump currently enjoys dazzling popularity with the American electorate, so much so that the question arises whether the trials and prosecutions do not benefit him.
The journalist and television host Stéphan Bureau recalled in an interview with TVA Nouvelles 22h, that in 2022, barely fifteen months ago, several analysts believed that “Trump’s star had faded and that he would not “was more than a shadow of himself” when several star candidates who supported him were not elected, notably in Arizona.
“There were a lot of hypotheses at that time, to the effect that it was over for Donald Trump, especially since we had a new star among the Republicans, Ron DeSantis, who had been re-elected in Florida with a comfortable majority,” relates Mr. Bureau.
Ron DeSantis was in fact tipped to succeed Donald Trump as leader of the Republican Party.
Trump and the courts
Stéphan Bureau indicates that Donald Trump’s renewed popularity actually coincides with the start of his legal woes.
“Every time new charges are filed, his popularity goes up, so much so that when we were a few days before the Iowa caucuses, twice rather than going to campaign – and that was very important for him because it was the first meeting where he could prove that he was powerful – twice, rather than going to Iowa, he chose to go to trials where he was not absolutely not obliged to be present, knowing full well that it had an impact,” analyzes Mr. Bureau.
According to several analysts, Donald Trump adopted a victim rhetoric, willingly playing on the narrative according to which he would be persecuted.
“Paradoxically, Friday’s conviction, during which he was ordered to pay several hundred million dollars in fines, is perhaps good news for him. In the short term, it hurts – he will have to deposit the money, even if he appeals – but in the short term too, it is (political) fuel,” explains Stéphan.
One thing is certain, Donald Trump will have the opportunity to put this political strategy to the test since he must spend six weeks in court in New York from the end of March due to a criminal prosecution.
To find out Stéphan Bureau’s full opinion, listen to his analysis in the video at the start of the article.
