![]() As president, reality television star and real estate mogul, Trump has cast himself as a fighter who has warded off individuals and institutions that he claims are out to get him. “It doesn’t seem to matter that much of the attention is negative. He loves to dominate the news cycle, redirect national conversations, lash out at his enemies and eclipse all other issues.” “This is his major weapon in political combat. Still, Trump “thrives on media attention,” observed Julian Zelizer. “The most probable result of his current ranting and raving will be to convince more Republicans that he’s unelectable.” But many are suffering Trump fatigue and there weren’t enough of them to re-elect him last time.” Trump’s strategy appears to focus exclusively on winning the votes of true believers. His standing in 2024 GOP primary polls might improve as a shoddy case from a left-wing district attorney is likely to anger partisans,” but Rove added, “Mr. ![]() “An indictment would likely provoke many MAGA Republicans to rally around Mr. If Trump is prosecuted, he could reap short-term gains, wrote Republican strategist Karl Rove in the Wall Street Journal. “I don’t know what goes into paying hush money to a porn star to secure silence over some type of alleged affair,” DeSantis said even as he accused Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg of “pursuing a political agenda and weaponizing the office.” Ron DeSantis of Florida, took a not-so-veiled shot at the former president’s behavior,” Brown noted. One of Trump’s presumed rivals for the nomination, Gov. “The more daring Republicans may try to ding Trump for his seamy behavior even while attacking the politicized prosecution. “Navigating between those pitfalls will require some willingness to criticize Trump,” he added. “The danger facing Republicans is that they will either have to bind themselves even tighter to the mast of an intensely polarizing figure, or risk splitting the party by not coming out in his defense,” wrote Patrick T. ![]() So far, Trump is leading the pack in early primary polling and could even see his numbers grow if he is arrested – as he predicted last weekend. If prosecutors in New York City, Atlanta and Washington bring any charges against him – and there’s no assurance they will – would it strengthen his support or complicate and potentially weaken his campaign for the Republican nomination? ![]() Is Trump’s support in the GOP rock-solid, as suggested by the many party figures who rushed to his defense and the fans who attended his rally Saturday – or is it only a mile wide and an inch deep? Last week, as former President Donald Trump’s legal troubles continued to mount, so did a fundamental question about the 2024 Republican presidential campaign. “In some places it is a mile wide and three-quarters of an inch deep,” the writer Edgar Nye said in 1889, coining a phrase still in use. The Platte River flows eastward through Nebraska at depths far too shallow for shipping. ![]()
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