2023-05-11 06:09:16
A combative Donald Trump replayed, Wednesday, May 10, his favorite score for his big comeback on the channel CNNthe candidate for the 2024 election multiplying provocations and spades, to the applause of his fans.
Ce town hall – public meeting to answer questions from voters, a great ritual of American politics -, broadcast on the CNN television channel, was the first media appearance of the former American president since he was found responsible for sexual assault by a New York court. Donald Trump has long mocked his accuser, calling her a “crazy”.
The exchange was also a perilous exercise for CNN, where Donald Trump had not appeared in such a format since his election in 2016. The channel, with which he has a conflicting relationship, was accused of offering him a megaphone despite his lies about the 2020 election, lost to Joe Biden.
“rigged” ballot
And, on Wednesday evening, Donald Trump once again hammered home – without proof – that this election was “rigged”. It should be ” an idiot “ not to recognize it, teased the Republican in the red tie. The former leader, favorite for the Republican primary, has also not firmly committed to accepting the result of the 2024 presidential election.
New Hampshire’s choice for this town hall owed nothing to chance. This state bordering Canada is among the first to organize its Republican primaries at the start of 2024. A victory would guarantee Donald Trump valuable momentum for the rest of his campaign.
In front of an audience committed to his cause and often hilarious – voters intending to vote in the Republican primary – the former president commented pell-mell on several burning issues of American news. And threw a stone into the pond by urging his Republican colleagues to provoke a default on the payment of the American debt, unless budget cuts “massive”.
The former tenant of the White House, known for his promise to build a « mur » on the border with Mexico, also predicted that Thursday, when an influx of migrants is expected due to the expiration of a health measure, would be a day ” ashamed “.
He was also extremely evasive about the war in Ukraine, refusing to say concretely whether he wanted a victory for kyiv or Moscow. On abortion, an issue on which Republicans are increasingly uncomfortable, Donald Trump again refused to say whether he would enact a national ban on abortion.
Attacks on Joe Biden
He multiplied the attacks against his successor, Joe Biden, his possible rival in 2024, assuring that he was “seriously putting pressure on him”. The Democratic president reacted at the end of the televised exchange. “Do you really want four more years of this?” »he launched in a tweet. “If you don’t want it, contribute to our campaign”wrote the octogenarian president-candidate.
There were not fine people on both sides of Charlottesville.
The January 6th rioters were not good people.
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This exchange was often tense. “You are not a good person”, “you don’t know what you’re talking about”… The former president repeatedly swore at CNN’s rising star moderator Kaitlan Collins.
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Under his presidency, the billionaire had multiplied the blows against the media, and particularly CNN, qualified as“enemies of the people”. In October, the former president had even filed a complaint against the channel, which he accused of having defamed him to dissuade him from running for the 2024 election.
But in a very competitive media universe, the channels need a show. Donald Trump’s antics, whether they shock or amuse, get ratings – CNN has had some of its best scores under his presidency.
The choice to reschedule the tempestuous septuagenarian was however strongly criticized. “To anyone on Twitter or elsewhere who predicted this CNN town hall would be a pro-Trump disaster, you were right”denounced political scientist Larry Sabato.
The Trump camp was, on the other hand, delighted with the performance ” fantastic “ of its candidate. One of his advisers was delighted with Agence France-Presse that Donald Trump had the opportunity to “talk about his program” at the CNN hearing, which he hadn’t done ” for a very long time “.
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