Trump is once again the talk of the town. The FBI just raided Mar-A-Lago, ostensibly in pursuit of classified documents that Trump is alleged to have improperly removed from the White House. As National Review's Andrew C. McCarthy notes, this 'classified document' business is just a way in the door. It's very likely a fishing expedition for January 6 dirt masquerading as a tempest-in-a-teapot exaggeration.
You have captured perfectly the single minded hate and revenge driving this raid without considering or understanding the backlash that could result in putting Trump back in office. And you always do it so eloquently.
Peter, your analysis is good news for me, as I have been very fearful Trump would split the GOP and we would snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in 2024. Personally, I would NOT vote for Trump in the Republican primary, but WOULD vote for him in 2024 if he were the R candidate.
If they were thinking beyond tweaking Trump and showing him who has the power, then they must believe driving him to run again is in their interest. In other words, they believe he would be defeated more easily than DeSantis or other likely GOP candidates. I tend to believe it is more likely, "lets poke him in the eye and also see if we can get something on him" than some well thought out Machiavellian plan.
Great column! If Trump gets the nomination, I won’t vote for him a third time - I will just skip the POTUS section and vote down ballot.
You have captured perfectly the single minded hate and revenge driving this raid without considering or understanding the backlash that could result in putting Trump back in office. And you always do it so eloquently.
Peter, your analysis is good news for me, as I have been very fearful Trump would split the GOP and we would snatch defeat from the jaws of victory in 2024. Personally, I would NOT vote for Trump in the Republican primary, but WOULD vote for him in 2024 if he were the R candidate.
The never-ending impeachment of Donald Trump.
If they were thinking beyond tweaking Trump and showing him who has the power, then they must believe driving him to run again is in their interest. In other words, they believe he would be defeated more easily than DeSantis or other likely GOP candidates. I tend to believe it is more likely, "lets poke him in the eye and also see if we can get something on him" than some well thought out Machiavellian plan.