Trump mobilizes his camp in preparation for the battle for dismissal
President Donald Trump, who is threatened with an "isolation mechanism", has launched a counter-offensive against his Republican allies, his pro-media and His Twitter account, hoping to shift the focus of attention from him to his opponent Joe Biden.
"We're at war." That sentence, which Trump said in a private session, shortens the situation of the 73-year-old president, who is preparing for his fiercest fight yet.
In his campaign for a second term, Trump faces the threat of impeachment, a mechanism that Congress has only used in U.S. history against two of his predecessors.
Although the chances of his impeachment remain slim under the Republican majority in the Senate, the risk remains serious enough to mobilize his supporters.
In a later-erased tweet, he called on Republicans to "stay united" and "fight" because "the future of our country is at stake."
The New York billionaire is facing a serious crisis over a summer phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelinsky asking him to investigate John Biden, at a time when polls indicate that the former vice president is the most likely Democratic candidate to defeat the president in the election. 2020.
Democrats see this call as a serious "abuse of power" that justifies the initiation of an isolation mechanism that is used only in very rare cases.
Trump responded by building a defense based on three elements, which were to assert his innocence, put himself in the victim's position and charge Joe Biden.
Contact "Ideal"
A week ago, Trump said his contact with Zelinsky was "free of any impurities," "completely legal" and "normal."
The White House mistakenly sent Democrats on Wednesday "elements of communication" that were prepared to help Congressional Republicans defend the president. The document stresses that the President "did not offer any payment" to his Ukrainian counterpart.
Many of Trump's allies have since echoed these same arguments, including influential Senator Lindsey Graham.
"The president has done nothing wrong," said Republican Representative Mark Meadows, speaking to Fox Business, which has received widespread follow-up in conservative circles.
Despite these efforts, however, the president did not find a meaningful statement at the level of the slogan he repeated non-stop during the investigation into Russian interference in the 2016 elections, declaring on all platforms "no collusion, no obstruction."
New political "hunt"/" campaign
"It's the worst political manhunt in U.S. history," Trump wrote in a tweet on his account, which is being followed by 65 million people, denouncing Democrats as "hysterical" and the media as "empty", on their behalf.
At a press conference in New York, in which he appeared tired, he accused Democrats of "torturing" respectable people.
Rep. Andy Biggs also denounced the Democrats' "flawed" treatment of the president, saying in a statement to Fox that "their real motives are to influence the outcome of the election."
Biden and His Son Targeted
But the best defense remains the attack, and Trump and his supporters are focusing their attack on Joe Biden.
On Friday, the president released an election announcement confirming that "Joe Biden promised Ukraine $1 billion if she fired the attorney general who was investigating his son's company."
Hunter Biden worked for a Ukrainian gas group from 2014 at the time his father was Vice President Barack Obama, until 2019, and was conducted for a judicial investigation into his work at the company, but closed without charges.
In 2015, Joe Biden asked the Ukrainian authorities to dismiss the Ukrainian attorney general on suspicion of obstructing the fight against corruption in the country, which was also demanded by the European Union and a number of major international organizations.
Although Ukrainians have never accused Biden of any intentions, Donald Trump and his supporters are focusing their attacks on the Democratic nominee, and their arguments have resonated with many Fox presenters.
Some in the same network, however, question this narrative. "The message of the president's defenders is not surprising, but I think it's misleading," said Chris Wallace, one of Fox News' most prominent journalists.