Instead of chaos and violence, just a circus of freaks at pro-Trump rallies

Supporters and detractors of Donald Trump had an appointment this Tuesday in the Collect Pond park, the small tree-lined square in front of the New York court where the former president has turned himself in, has been booked and has appeared before the judge to hear the 34 charges that are charged to him.

It was a moment for history: the walk of the first imputed ex-president.

In memory was the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 and Trump's messages calling for the protest and warning of the risk of "death and destruction".

However, the concentrations of both have been almost completely peaceful;

participation, low;

Massive media presence.

And the limelight has been captured by a handful of freaks in search of their minutes of fame on a radiant spring morning in Manhattan.

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The plaza was divided into two halves by a line of fences and a police cordon.

To the south, Trump supporters;

to the north, those opposed to the former president.

Beyond dedicating songs and showing banners and flags, there was hardly any incident.

Despite the polarization of American society, more than a battle of the North against the South, it seemed, if anything, the fans of the rival teams in the North and South.

Only when some activists have tried to provoke the Trumpists in their own area has the tension risen somewhat.

Then there have been some small attempts at violence, reduced to pushing, grabbing and shouting, until the police intervened.

In front of the court where Trump has been formally arrested, booked and presented in court, giving rise to a photograph for history, perhaps the most common species was that of journalists.

There were hundreds of them, coming from all over the world.

Some had spent the night there to try to get into the courthouse or reserve the best places to set up cameras.

For most of the day there were more journalists than protesters, and anyone in attendance who launched into saying anything was quickly surrounded by cameras and microphones, especially if the clothing was photogenic.

A supporter of Donald Trump, this Tuesday in the Collect Pond park in New York. Associated Press / LaPresse (Associated Press / LaPresse)

A group of "Blacks for Trump" passed through there, another of "Women for Trump", none of them very large.

A trump supporter hugged an anti-trump supporter and delighted the photographers.

And suddenly the scene was filled with freaks.

A skater was juggling two basketballs and a flag with incredible skill worthy of a better cause.

Here's the Naked Cowboy, a half-naked cowboy with his guitar who often performs for tourists in Times Square.

And a black woman painted white, also half-naked, walked around with a microphone in hand as if trying to interview everyone.

There was no shortage of those who were disguised as Trump, with orange hair, in a suit and tie in the Trumpist south background;

and with convict clothing in the north end.

A Trump protester was carrying what looked like a giant joint that left behind a strong odor.

"It's not MAGA, ours don't do that," said a woman who had the initials of the

, Trump's motto

Of course, there were sincere protesters.

Those who supported him repeated his slogans: Trump's accusation is an instrumentalization of justice, political persecution... "My pronouns are not / guilty", he had one on a poster.

"I'm here because this is a witch hunt," he said.

Paulina, who had come from Long Island with her friends, maintained that "this is going to make Trump stronger."

An Italian based in Brooklyn supported the hoax that Trump won the 2020 elections: "They don't want to investigate it, it's very bad."

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Opponents of Trump, meanwhile, asked to lock him up and assured that the politician against whom they were demonstrating is a compulsive liar.

Two New Yorkers who had arrived armed with signs tried to spread one against Trump in the area of ​​his supporters and that led to one of the outbursts of violence.

Another was also due to an incursion by an agitator into rival territory.

Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene led the Republican caucus.

It came after a confrontation with the mayor of New York, the Democrat Eric Adams, who had asked the protesters to contain themselves in a way that infuriated her: "New York is our home, not a playground for your misplaced anger." said the mayor.

Two protesters argue in the Collect Pond park, in front of the New York court where Donald Trump has been prosecuted this Tuesday.

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Taylor Greene's intervention was expected to warm up the spirits, but the Trumpist concentration lacked the minimum infrastructure and at the moment he intervened there were hardly any followers who could see or hear him.

Surrounded by the media, armed with a low-powered megaphone and against the background of screaming from across the square, his message was barely heard.

She attacked Democrats, whom she called "communists," and defended her party's positions.

“Go back to Georgia!” the anti-Trumpists yelled at him.

"USA, USA!" Theirs chanted as she left the square.

Before her, George Santos, the controversial New York congressman who has falsified his record, appeared there.

Santos did his own walk for a couple of minutes surrounded by the media.

In addition to journalists, police officers, freaks and protesters, many onlookers and tourists also passed through the square.

"We were going to the Brooklyn Bridge, but we wanted to see the atmosphere," said a man from Barcelona who had come to the square with his wife and his daughter.

The atmosphere, somewhat circus, a day for history.

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