A Donald Trump claimant defended himself from having anything to be ashamed of in a speech at times incoherent, delivered in front of his supporters gathered at the end of the evening, in Florida.
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“I never imagined this possible in America! exclaimed the former American president, shortly after his appearance in court in New York.
“The only crime I have committed is defending our nation against those who seek to destroy it,” he continued with his usual verve.
Hours earlier, the 76-year-old Republican pleaded not guilty to falsifying accounting records in a highly publicized hearing.
The charade continued all the way to his home in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, where he used a speech to attack the judiciary as much as his political opponents.
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Some have adorned their pick-ups in the colors of his campaign.
“The criminal is the prosecutor [district attorney]. He is the one who should be tried, or resign,” he said angrily.
“All the legal analysts say there is no file! he continued.
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He was greeted by a cheering crowd at his Mar-a-Lago golf club.
His favorite themes
The billionaire spoke at length about each of the other investigations of which he is the subject, each time criticizing “fraudulent” investigations.
During his speech, Trump also, as usual, mentioned his accusations of “fraud” in the 2020 presidential election, a conspiracy theory to which millions of his supporters still adhere.
Pulling in all directions, he also argued that the war in Ukraine would never have happened under his presidency.
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Even bikers dedicated to Trump were there.
“A nation in decline”
The former tenant of the White House has not been private either to comment on the problems since the end of his mandate, multiplying the exaggerations.
“The United States is a mess, the economy is in freefall, inflation is out of control. […] It is a nation in decline,” denounced the 45e President of the United States, blaming Joe Biden.
Throughout the live broadcast of his speech, the public television channel PBS broadcast banners correcting the false remarks of the former president.
“It’s a chain of falsehoods,” noted American political analyst Richard Latendresse, who struggles to find the words to describe the imagination of the former president.
Left free from Manhattan, Mr. Trump will try everything to avoid the test of a trial in January 2024, only a few months before the presidential election.
– With Agence France-Presse