NARRATIVE – Eight years after his surprise election, Trump’s return feels like a revolution. Instead of being discredited by his attempt to overturn the outcome of the 2020 election, he used the lawsuits filed against him as a stepping stone.
Donald Trump will never have so deserved the hyperboles he loves and which he uses everywhere: « Unprecedented », « Never seen before ». His third presidential campaign broke all the rules, customs and prohibitions that still governed American politics. His political return, full of twists and turns, has for months constituted a major global soap opera of which he is the main antagonist. Once again at the gates of power, Trump embodies a character that the founders of the American Republic, keen on ancient history, were wary of in advance: that of the strong man supported by a popular movement. Caesar or Nero, for some he embodies recourse against corrupt institutions: for others the great corrupter, agent of chaos and division.
Trump played his all in his third campaign. For him, the stakes go beyond power. Failure would result in prosecution…
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