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Trump casts himself as the victim as criminal case is set to drag on
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Former US president Donald Trump at a press conference at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, on April 4, 2023.
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NEW YORK - Manhattan’s liberals made fun of Donald Trump, the man with the gold bathroom fittings, well before he ran for president, but Trump could be having the last laugh – at least for now – with his recent arraignment
A stony-faced Trump pleaded not guilty at the criminal court in Lower Manhattan on Tuesday, but the images shared online fed right into his narrative of being a target of political persecution by liberal elites, setting the scene for a grievance-filled speech upon a defiant return to his home in Florida.
