Donald Trump has started a new race for the White House, but it is not taking the momentum he expected, on the contrary. “This is a disastrous start to the campaign,” said Lara Brown, a professor of political science at George Washington University, noting that the former president is going from “scandal to scandal.”
Trump had hoped to ride the conservative "tide" in the midterm elections, but faltered immediately after the defeat of most of his protégés.
After being dumped by leading conservative figures, the former president found himself in the midst of a torrent of criticism following his dinner with rapper Kanye West, accused of anti-Semitism and white supremacy in late November.
From "ridiculous" to "disgusting" to "embarrassing," elected Republicans, anxious not to anger their party leader, couldn't find strong enough words to express their discontent.
His anger increased when, late last week, the former president called to abandon the constitution in one of his regular speeches, once again condemning "electoral fraud."
The failure of one of his candidates for a Senate seat, former football player Herschel Walker, hammered the final nail into the coffin of his ambitions.
"Trump has also seen a large number of his major donors say publicly that they will not support his candidacy in 2024," Brown told AFP.
In fact, the billionaire, known for his oratory skills and meeting in front of a tide of red hats, hasn't held a campaign rally outside his Mar-a-Lago, Florida, residence since announcing his candidacy. The seventy-year-old might have overlooked these political disputes, but he is the subject of a series of investigations into his file management, as well as his financial affairs in New York.
storming the capitol
This is probably the beginning of your problems.
For more than a year, the outspoken Republican has been under an election pressure investigation in Georgia that could lead to his impeachment.
Meanwhile, a parliamentary committee investigating its responsibility for storming the Capitol, the building of the US Congress in January 2021, is supposed to release a big report in the coming weeks.
This committee indicated that it would recommend indictments without specifying who these prosecutions might be directed at. Whether or not to impeach the former president ultimately depends on Attorney General Merrick Garland, who in mid-November appointed a special prosecutor to independently investigate Donald Trump.
Without waiting for the results, the judiciary condemned his family business for tax evasion, which is a blow to the former businessman, although he himself was not prosecuted.
But caution should be exercised about the imminent end of Donald Trump.
Abandoned by leading conservative figures, the former president found himself in the midst of a torrent of criticism after his dinner with rapper Kanye West, accused of anti-Semitism and white supremacy in late November.
