Many worry that all his legal woes are turning Trump into a “martyr”, but I’m not sure that quite captures it. Rather, the former president is the ultimate American anti-hero.
If anyone hoped the dubious distinction of becoming the first American president to have a police mugshot taken might be a humiliating or humbling experience for the person concerned — or that four criminal indictments, 91 felony counts and an enforced tour of US courtrooms in the run-up to an election might precipitate some kind of fall in popularity – they must be feeling somewhat disillusioned.
His campaign said it had made more than $US9.4 million since the mugshot was released, including $US864,000 from selling 24,000 coffee mugs printed with the image and $US1.7 million from T-shirts.Many worry that all his legal woes are turning Trump into a “martyr”, but I’m not sure that quite captures it. It would imply, apart from anything else, that Trump is being persecuted for some kind of strongly held beliefs or principles.
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