According to Donald Trump, the imminence of his arrest would be a blessing from Heaven.
The former Republican president isn't particularly pious, let alone religious, and doesn't care that a Manhattan prosecutor accuses him of having bought the silence of a call girl, the aptly named Stormy Daniels , a few days before his surprise election to the White House in 2016. Even with $ 130,000 visibly taken from his campaign funds.
But he exhibits a faith pegged to the body, when it comes to political miracles.
So he jumped at the chance to call on his legions of faithful to demonstrate in the streets and defend democracy - hear his person - threatened by
the "deep state"
, a favorite expression of conspiracy theorists.
That the federal police show up at the foot of the Trump Tower on Tuesday, on Fifth Avenue and handcuff him?
All in good time!
His candidacy for the 2024 presidential primaries would be singularly invigorated...
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