Isolated in a White House where offices are emptying one after the other, six days before the end of his mandate, Donald Trump is fuming.
When, on Wednesday, the House of Representatives made him the first American president to be struck twice by an “impeachment”, his usual allies did not rush to the television sets to defend him.
Even Rudy Giuliani, his right-hand man for better or for worse, leader of his crusade to overturn the presidential results, is now the object of his anger: Donald Trump does not want to pay his legal fees.
However, he will need a staunch defender during the impeachment trial that looms.
Pat Cipollone, his lawyer in his first impeachment trial in the Ukrainian case, does not want to be involved this time.
This new trial for "incitement to insurrection" during the violence of January 6 on Capitol Hill, organized by the Senate, will not take place before the inauguration of new President Joe Biden on January 20.
This ceremony, which Trump will not be present, will take place under tension, in a completely sealed off capital and under the protection of thousands of National Guard soldiers.
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The milestone of January 20 is all the more important as on that date, the Senate will pass into the hands of the Democratic majority.
A possible conviction at the end of Donald Trump's trial remains uncertain, however: it would require a two-thirds majority vote.
To reach such a figure, 17 Republicans would need to be in favor of impeachment.
Their leader, Mitch McConnell, leaves doubt as to his intentions.
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Donald Trump himself does not believe it.
But even if he ended up being convicted and dismissed, he would no longer be president in practice.
On the other hand, senators could hold a second vote aimed at preventing him from running for a new term.
Which would amount to killing his political career.
The billionaire can console himself by consulting the latest polls: according to an Axios-Ipsos study carried out on Tuesday and Wednesday, 64% of Republican voters said they supported the president's recent behavior and 57% of them wanted him to be the candidate of their left in 2024.
It remains to be seen how much visibility it will have.
Deprived of social networks and especially of Twitter, his favorite platform, it will be more difficult for Donald Trump to maintain his direct and immediate link with his supporters.
Without counting possible lawsuits and economic difficulties to come.
Deutsche Bank, for example, announced that it would stop financing its real estate developments.
His impeachment trial will have at least one positive impact for him: when his successor takes office, he will remain at the center of the news.