Hundreds of supporters celebrated Trump’s candidacy for his Florida mansion, where careful set design dressed the announcement in a discreet epic, far from the spectacle of yesteryear.
If anything has become clear from Donald Trump’s third White House candidacy, it’s that he’s not a rock star, but rather thrills his fans. “We are finally back on the front line. And this time all the truths will come out,” said Haileen Hartford last night, a middle-aged New Yorker who, like other groups of people, approached the Trump Tower area to watch the former president’s speech live, watching the defied real winter temperatures. Many miles away and twenty degrees above, Stephanie Liu, a Chinese-born American citizen, showed the same joy in front of the Republican leader’s Florida home. “He was chosen by God to fight for our country. His patriotism inspires us to support him,” said the woman who came from New York especially to witness that moment.
Bruce Springsteen sang “Do I Love You (Indeed I Do)” at Jimmy Fallon’s show last night, one of the songs from his new album, an incursion into the soul capable of leaving the most reluctant dry in an apotheosis of a great career. The album has a cautionary title if you understand it in terms of what happened in the United States last night: “Only the Fit Survive.” Trump is not and does not sing like the Boss, who warned in 2020 that if the Republican won the election, he would board a plane to Australia with his guitar. But Trump would have been a good televangelist, capable of ecstasying his followers. “Now we know that America is safe and will see another rebirth,” Ray Sotomayor, the son of a Cuban family who settled in the Sunshine State, emphasized in epic fashion as he waved an American flag among the crowd chanting “ Trump, Trump, Trump” and “America is great.”
It is also necessary to underline that such a crowd was far from those enthusiastic crowds of 2020 and 2016. In front of Mar-a-Lago stood a few hundred worshipers and a few dozen truckers and motorcyclists who moved from here to there with the ‘ Trump 2024’ banner. . Perhaps a lot of noise for nothing, although behind the doors of the mansion everything seemed much more candid and epic, with the look possibly on television. And even then, conservative Fox didn’t give the full speech.
The ex-president set the ballroom of his mansion with careful decor and filled it with family counselors, friends and selected members of his golf club. With their applause, they may have erased the last echoes of the footsteps of the FBI agents who recently searched the house for the secret documents the Republican leader took with him when he left the Oval Office. Investigators believe, as has been published these days, that the tycoon had no intention of doing anything with those papers, let alone trading with foreign powers, as some resourceful critics have pointed out. They just think he took them because he could. They were within reach and he arrogantly demonstrated that he could have documents classified as “top secret” by none other than the United States Security Agency in his home. A trophy. Last night was just a hint of that record. Someone jokingly placed a sealed envelope labeled “Nuclear Codes” on one of the tables in the ballroom. Trump humor never fails.
On the podium, those responsible for the podium placed thirty-three national banners. More than a town party in Wisconsin. Around screens that launched messages about the candidacy. The thirteen huge crystal chandeliers in the room were reflected in the mirrored walls, and a teleprompter was even installed so Trump could read the speech, though he barely listened as his long diatribe made him emotional. The relatives sat in golden chairs. There was constant applause and cheers as the speaker revealed the public secret that he was running for president in 2024.
Outside, on the street, the same jubilation. “I’ve been waiting for the news for two years. What was stolen will eventually be returned to Trump,” said a veteran, convinced voter fraud had been committed in the 2020 election. “The best thing Biden can do is walk away and say he’s not running,” he added please. “No vote for Biden,” muttered his wife, both dressed in Texan hats fringed with the stars and stripes flag. His idea was to stay in Palm Beach until the weekend to celebrate his “commander in chief” candidacy.
President Biden, meanwhile, launched a short message from Bali, where the G-20 meeting is being held. He simply emphasized that Trump has “failed” the United States. The resident of the White House, the candidacy of his old and bitter rival catches him as he still considers running in the company of a small group of highly trusted advisers. He is prepared to resist, but his team is not yet sure whether the candidacy would succeed. Biden will enter the race at age 81, and two-thirds of Americans polled think that’s too old for a US president.
There was no indication last night in Florida that Trump is in danger of losing his candidacy in a hypothetical Republican primary if Florida Governor Ron DeSantis shows up for this election. Nor can he reveal his possible ambitions until he is sworn in again. Hardly anyone dared mention the dreaded name of the 44-year-old politician who last week defeated Democrats in a landslide victory in the midterm elections, reasserting the state’s leadership. Well, one businesswoman confessed her “love” for DeSantis, though she thought “her turn will come when Trump completes his mission.” The governor also literally flew over the concentration when a plane flew over Mar-a-Lago several times with the following banner: “You lost Donald again. DeSantis 2024′.
Despite the winks, virtually everyone who wanted to be close to his political idol preferred to ignore the probing pilot at the big Trump party. “I’m so excited. I almost feel like it’s Christmas morning and Santa Claus is coming,” 54-year-old Stacey Bovasso told AFP. There were hundreds of admirers. Of all ages and circumstances. Most had requested a day off to watch the former president’s announcement live. Someone was playing music in front of the mansion. They played ‘Born in the USA’, among other things. Never mind that Springsteen snapped at Trump from the stage, “Put on your goddamn mask once and for all.” In the mansion, meanwhile, “Les Miserables” thundered, the soundtrack that the magnate chose to appear among his guests.
Missing, yes, Republican Party weight representatives. Some have apologized: scheduling problems, air connection problems… A classic. Yes, there was Madison Cawthorn, the youngest Republican representative in the House, who just lost her seat for North Carolina despite Trump’s patronage. In a sense, Cawthorn represents the stigma the tycoon has carried since the recent midterm elections. Numerous party members blame him for losing in safe places due to his poor selection of candidates. In short, to encourage the new candidate, there were already regulars like Roger Stone or Kash Patel last night, who were photographed with dozens of followers in caps and motorcycle jackets. A big party
A party whose future is now in the hands of the Justice Department. Presumably one of the goals of the tycoon with his political certification as a candidate is to protect himself from the ongoing investigations that weigh on his figure. Justice has several open investigations into his role in the attack on the Capitol, the pressure he allegedly put on several election officials who tried to annul the 2020 election and the discovery of classified documents in his mansion, which in the most serious case could be considered a crime of espionage. In addition, the billionaire is under investigation for financial and tax matters.
American law does not prohibit an indicted or even convicted person from running for president. That is, even if the prosecution decides to charge him with a crime, Trump could stay in the election race. Prosecutors then had to wait until his term ended, ending his presidential immunity, to give impetus to the investigations. Now his request could delay them again. Some analysts argue that if they go through with it, the former president could always claim they misrepresented his campaign and return to the idea of fraud that his followers love so much in the event of losing the election in 2024. For now Trump has warned that he will not testify before the committee analyzing the attack on the Capitol. Later this year, the five Democratic and two Republican congressmen leading the investigation will present their first report. They could recommend legal action against the new White House nominee. However, that will have to be decided by the Attorney General, Merrick Garland. This is a very delicate issue for the White House, all the more so when 100 are already imprisoned and another 700 are charged with this disorder and the attempts to block the previous presidential election.
Source: La Verdad
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