Trump’s enemies pursue more and more indictments — to ensure his 2024 nominationBy Rich Lowry
July 23, 2023
There’s being fortunate in your enemies, and then there’s having enemies who are helping you take the first step in your political comeback.
Donald Trump and his adversaries want profoundly different things in the long run — Trump wants to be back in the White House; Democrats want him in an orange jumpsuit.
Yet in the shorter term, they both are seeking the same thing — Trump as the Republican nominee, either so he can sweep to victory (Trump’s view) or be beaten again and pay the price for his crimes (the Democrats’ view).
The serial indictments of Trump, even if it’s not their primary purpose, advance this mutual interest.
With every indictment, Trump dominates media attention and rallies Republicans to his side based on charges of selective prosecution.
The routine is so predictable, it’s become boring.
The first indictment of a former president had some novelty, but now it feels as commonplace as a pork chop on a stick at the Iowa State Fair.
The pushback against the notion Trump’s prosecutorial pursuers know they might as well be MAGA agents is that it’s too clever by half, that Trump has these legal vulnerabilities and is simply paying the price. No theories about underhanded political motivation are necessary.
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Source:
https://nypost.com/2023/07/23/trumps-enemies-pursue-more-and-more-indictments-to-ensure-his-2024-nomination/
