The former President of the United States, tried responsible for the underperformance of republican candidates during the mid-term elections, is the subject of criticism in a wide circle within his own camp.
by piotr smolar (washington, correspondent)
A small music raised in the American electoral night on November 8. Some cautious notes, then frank flights the following days, among elected officials or republican commentators amazed by the missed opportunity to take the congress in the mid-term elections. Elections of mid-term in 2018, presidential election of 2020, mid-term elections in 2022. The electoral record of Donald Trump is increasingly like a litany of defeats, over which he trains the republican party in an abyss, conspiracies and extremist positions.
He is “the chief obstacle in the republican Renaissance”, writes in the New York Times Matthew Continetti, of the Circle of Conservative Reflection American Enterprise Institute. Especially since the cascade of legal proceedings initiated against the former president promises a chronicle nourished in the coming months, and will be toxic to the Grand Old Party.
But the announcement of its end would be precipitated. Donald Trump refuses to face these criticisms, certain of his grip on the republican base, in the perspective of primaries. He strives to defend his record in these midterms, while many accuse him of having used almost nothing from his war treasure (funds raised for the occasion) to support Republicans engaged in crucial battles, at the level of States.
He prides himself on having supported more than 330 candidates in this electoral cycle. The figure shows above all that he has mixed everything, stealing the aid of probable victories or approving radical candidates stamped Maga (Make America Great Again), who deny the result of the 2020 presidential election. , have suffered spectacular defeats.
weariness and calculation
“Trump is the largest loser in the republican party,” concluded the Wall Street Journal in its editorial, the day after the ballot. ” Loser “. Everything, but not that word. Generally, Donald Trump is quite indifferent to criticism and is delighted with the slightest advertisement, as long as he remains within the debates. But “loser” – “loser” – is a grenade launched at the heart of his identity, of the fantasized and worked story over the decades: that of a successful entrepreneur, sacrificing his well -being for the Americans by becoming president, and Loan again today to this self -gift. The story, too, of an outsider shaking up the inter-self of the elites, overthrowing everything in its path with the irresistible force of the winners. “Loser”, it is not only a damaged reputation: it is a marquee that collapses.
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