Correspondent in Washington (United States).
Far from weakening him, the increasing legal proceedings against Donald Trump seem to have had the effect of strengthening his dominant position within the Republican Party.
His high-profile indictment earlier this month saw his campaign receive massive donations and the party rally around him.
According to a recent poll by the Associated Press, his popularity rating remains against all odds at 34% support in the American electorate and 68% among Republicans.
In the absence of a serious competitor, Trump is currently in a position to win the Republican primary, and the United States to experience an unprecedented ballot between an outgoing president and his predecessor.
The apparatus of the Republican Party, however, has hoped more and more openly in recent months to see the emergence of an alternative candidacy to Trump.
The premature announcement of his third presidential campaign, last November, in an endless speech…
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