Andrew Neil: Why the FBI’s raid on Trump’s home has made America a less safe place
Those who saw or spoke to Donald Trump this week say he is more energetic and confident about a political comeback than at any time since he reluctantly left the White House in January 2021 and falsely claimed to have won the presidential election.
Far from being intimidated by Monday’s FBI raid on his Florida home, he is bolstered by the Republican Party, which is rallying behind him with one voice and boasting that even longtime critics in his own party say that FBI publicly condemned and supported him.
The gerontocracy that controls the Democrats hoped the FBI crackdown would discredit Trump and discourage him from running again for the presidency. You couldn’t have been more wrong.
The crackdown hit the Biden administration hard, making it more certain than ever that Trump will run for the Republican nomination again, more likely than ever to win it (in fact, he’s unstoppable as of today) — and the next presidential election begins Running as the likely favorite to retake the White House in November 2024, whoever his Democratic opponent may be.
Those who saw or spoke to Donald Trump this week say he is more energetic and confident about a political comeback than at any time since he reluctantly left the White House in January 2021 and falsely claimed to have won the presidential election.
It’s a week’s work for the old bunglers at the head of the Democratic Party machine. If you’re into conspiracy theories, you might even come to the conclusion that the Democrats have been secretly infiltrated by people whose mission is to give Trump a new political life.
Of course, we still don’t know much about what’s behind the FBI’s search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida’s swanky Palm Beach. It could be that the Feds were looking for documents that would crush Trump’s hopes of reviving his political ambitions but that has yet to be determined.
Biden-appointed Attorney General Merrick Garland, the government’s chief law officer who authorized the search warrant (which also had to be approved by a federal judge), ruled Thursday that it should be released. Trump hasn’t disputed that, perhaps because it doesn’t reveal much.
