The former US President sought to paint himself as a victim of political persecution in comments to a crowd of supporters at a Derry, New Hampshire, rally.
, who spent 27 years in South African prisons before emerging to lead the nation out of decades of apartheid rule, as he railed against the numerous criminal charges against him.
The remark from Trump, who has been indicted four times and faces 91 criminal charges across the cases, came after he filed to appear on the presidential ballot in New Hampshire.Former US President Donald Trump compared himself to Nelson Mandela on October 23, as he railed against the numerous criminal charges against him.
Some of the most severe charges against him are in connection with his alleged mishandling of classified information and efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election results. Nelson Mandela spent 27 years in South African prisons before emerging to lead the nation out of decades of apartheid rule. The former president's self-comparison to the Nobel Peace Prize-winning anti-apartheid activist builds on his claim at an Iowa campaign event last week that he would be "willing to go to jail, if that's what it takes for our country to win and become a democracy again.
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