Banned from social networks, dropped by part of his camp and under the threat of a new impeachment procedure in Congress, Donald Trump looks more than ever like a hunted beast. With the dangers that this entails. Since the assault on the Capitol by his supporters on Wednesday, which he personally encouraged and which claimed the lives of five people, the US president has remained cloistered in the White House, and largely silent. A partly imposed silence, the final suspension of his Twitter account to 88 million subscribers having deprived him of his favorite megaphone. But only in part: Trump could have, as he often did, give an interview to the conservative chain Fox News, where he retains some support, or to the most confidential Newsmax and OAN, which remain with him completely. He did not do it.
Unusual among the egotistical billionaire, this discretion should not last. From Tuesday, he plans to go to the valley
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Frédéric Autran
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