After days of tension in the United States and a reluctant departure from the White House, former President Donald Trump is considering forming a new political party, A topic he has discussed with collaborators and friends, he said The Wall Street Journal.
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How likely is the party to form?
It’s an idea that may have no future. “Any effort to start a new game it would probably face intense opposition from Republican party officials“Who would be irritated by the idea of Trump withdrawing support from Republican candidates,” the American media wrote.
For its part, The guardian he explained that Republicans and people close to Trump do not believe that Trump is going to really integrate a new party and that “Trump’s motivation is more a matter of ‘venting’.”
Where does the tentative name come from?
Trump would think of calling the political group “Patriotic Party,” a name that, according to The Washington Post, Was used since 1960 to name a socialist group who defended the working class and rejected capitalism. But that may not be the relationship and the concept Trump wants to convey.
According to this media outlet, “the Patriotic Party sought to reach people in poor neighborhoods by offering free health clinics, a free breakfast program and even its own ‘liberation schools’ that sought to impart revolutionary ideals to children. “.
I just want to say goodbye, but I hope it’s not a long-term goodbye
Was such an idea expected?
Trump had already warned, hours before the inauguration of current country president Joe Biden, that he planned to return “somehow.”
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“I just want to say goodbye, but I hope it’s not a long-term goodbye,” Trump told White House reporters before he and former First Lady Melania Trump walked the red carpet and boarded the Marine. One for the short helicopter ride to Andrews Joint Base, just outside the federal capital.
“We have achieved a lot together (…) I will always fight for you. It is my greatest honor and privilege to have been its president (…) We will return somehow“, Said the former president that same day.
The guardian he wrote on the subject that “the wounded and dishonored former president is more likely to use the threat of forming a new party to submit to Republican leadership,” which could explain Trump’s consideration.
Will the Trump legacy continue?
Even if his idea of the new political party did not materialize, Trump could continue to play a major political role in the United States by running for president again in 2024, an option he has already hinted at.
However, it will be necessary hope that the political trial now facing the Senate for the assault on the Capitol will take place, in Washington, which occurred on January 6 and in which five people died. In this process he could be disqualified from holding office in the future.
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Donald Trump supporters entered the U.S. Capitol on January 6th.
How much support could you receive?
As of Dec. 21, 2020, a poll conducted by Gallup exposed that 87 percent of Republicans approved of Trump’s performance in office.
But after unfulfilled campaign promises, his attitude since the Nov. 3 election and the Capitol incident, it’s hard to know if the idea of the new party is something that will really develop.
In fact, Republican Mitch McConnell previously said that Trump “provoked” the mob that attacked the Capitol and that it “was fed with lies.”
It remains to be seen if over time the former president manages to regain and strengthen the support of Republicans and their supporters to continue his political influence.
INTERNATIONAL WRITING *
* With information from AFP
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