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After indictment, Trump will play the victim – and the tactic will work for many Republicans

Trump has followed a pattern since 2016 – the bigger the alleged crime, the louder he airs grievances and claims he’s being persecuted
Donald Trump’s pattern came into a focus earlier this month when he falsely predicted his own arrest. Photograph: Go Nakamura/Reuters

Donald Trump’s pattern came into a focus earlier this month when he falsely predicted his own arrest. Photograph: Go Nakamura/Reuters

Comedian Chris Rock gazed out at the audience at an awards ceremony in Washington earlier this month. “Are you guys really going to arrest Trump?” he asked bluntly. “This is only going to make him more popular!”

Donald Trump has not yet been arrested but is now the first person to occupy the Oval Office to then be charged with a crime. It also raises the prospect of the Republican favorite for the 2024 presidential race to be running for the White House while also being criminally prosecuted – something likely to bring even more chaos to America’s already deeply fractured political landscape.

It emerged on Thursday that a Manhattan grand jury has voted to indict Trump over a hush money payment to the adult film star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 presidential election campaign.


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Author: Editors Desk

Source: The Guardian

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