Yes… He’s running a Presidential campiagn….
And?
Yes….He’s running to stay ahead of prosocutors on the State and Fedral Level….
With his poll numbers dropping among American voters….
His base will NOT earn him a second term as President…
It just isn’t enough…..
And the ‘System’ IS coming for him and his others …piece by piece …..
Do NOT believe for one moment that he’s NOT worried….
In other words, it was another day on the trail for the Republican polling leader for the 2024 nomination — with many more like it to come.
Any distinction between the former president’s White House bid and his criminal defense is vanishing as the charges against him mount. Fighting those prosecutions is increasingly dominating his time, resources and messaging, making the centerpiece of his candidacy an appeal to stay out of prison. As he forges ahead, much of the Republican base appears to be cheering him at each turn.
What is likely to come is a campaign like the country has never seen before: A candidate juggling multiple criminal indictments while slashing the Department of Justice and his opponents, shuttling between early primary states for rallies and courtrooms for hearings, and spending his supporters’ money on both millions of dollars’ worth of campaign ads and burgeoning legal bills.
Many of his aides are both advising him and could be witnesses against him in trials, putting them in uncomfortable spots.
Whether Trump wins or loses the presidential race could determine whether he faces a real risk of going to prison — a fact on his mind and the minds of some of his advisers.
“I didn’t know practically what a subpoena was and grand juries and all of this — now I’m like becoming an expert,” Trump said in his speech on Tuesday to the Linn County Republican Party in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. “I have no choice because we have to. It’s a disgrace….
image…Former president Donald Trump arrives for his court appearance in Manhattan in April after being indicted for the first time. Jabin Botsford for The Washington Post