$7.1 million. This is the amount raised by Donald Trump’s campaign team since the publication Thursday of the “mug shot”, the mug shot of the former Republican president, after his indictment for conspiracy to overthrow the ‘presidential election.
Closed face, frowning eyebrows, defiant gaze, the photo of the candidate for the American presidential election has already gone around the world. The favorite of the Republican primaries for the nomination for the presidential election of 2024 had escaped it during his three previous criminal indictments, but the billionaire, accused of having tried to manipulate the results of the presidential election of 2020, has this this time not cut to this shot.
Goodies with the effigy of the president
As soon as the image was published, the “Trump 2024” campaign team had surfed on the “mug shot” effect by launching an appeal to every American “patriot”, stating in a press release that “the State of shadow tries to make President Trump public enemy number one for daring to challenge the corrupt ruling class in Washington”.
In a statement to AFP on Sunday, Donald Trump’s campaign spokesperson confirmed that “nearly $20 million has been raised in the past three weeks, coinciding with the indictment in Washington and the photo ID court in Atlanta. “$7.1 million since Thursday. $ 4.18 million just yesterday, “Saturday, for what is the biggest fundraiser” in one day of the entire campaign, “said Steven Cheung. AFP was unable to independently verify these claims on Sunday.
T-shirts, mugs, mug shot stickers: Donald Trump’s campaign used the image to sell merchandise mere hours after the photo was published.
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If such a photo could sound the death knell for the political ambitions of many other candidates, Donald Trump uses it to his advantage to present himself as a “hero”, the victim of persecution and a “witch hunt” orchestrated by Joe Biden’s Democrats.
Democrats also used the photo, however, suggesting no one is above the law. Joe Biden himself joked about the cliché, telling reporters who questioned him on the subject on Friday: “I saw it on television. A handsome guy”.