Aggressive, unleashed, Trump back in the countryside

(Minneapolis) Joe Biden, Nancy Pelosi, Ilhan Omar: Donald Trump on Thursday multiplied personal attacks against his opponents Democrats at a rally in Minnesota of extraordinary aggression.

Brendan SMIALOWSKI and Jerome CARTILLIER in WASHINGTON
France Media Agency

Faced with a crowd of red caps and T-shirts with the slogan "The police with Trump", the American president, unleashed, let burst his frustration.

In open war with the Democrats on the process of impeachment that threatens him, in conflict with the Republicans on the Syrian file, the billionaire is going through the most difficult phase of his presidency.

Very upset, he predicted that this "witch hunt" would eventually fail and lead, in the presidential election of 2020, "a burst at the ballot box unparalleled in history."

This is the first time that Donald Trump has found a crowd "Make America Great Again" since the launch, 15 days ago, of a procedure that could make him the third president in history faced with an "impeachment" after Andrew Johnson and Bill Clinton.

Former Vice President Joe Biden, who could be his Democratic opponent in the November 2020 presidential election? "A bad senator! ". "He was a good vice president just because he figured out how to be asshole with Barack Obama."

" Very stupid "

His son Hunter, whose activities in Ukraine while his father was vice-president are pointed out by the Trump team? "A man not very intelligent! "The President of the United States said, before ironizing on his discretion:" I have an idea for a new T-shirt: Where is Hunter? ".

Nancy Pelosi, Democratic Speaker of the House of Representatives? "Be very stupid," "either she loses her head," or "she is dishonest."

The 45^e President of the United States then embarked on a long tirade against the democratically elected Ilhan Omar who represents this state in the House of Representatives.

The latter is one of four minority congressional women elected by the US president to "return" to the countries they come from – even though three of them were born in the United States.

"She's a socialist who hates America! He said in front of a raging crowd. "She is a shame for our country! ". "She is one of the reasons we will win Minnesota," he said.

In an electrical atmosphere, he has also attacked elected officials who conduct the investigation "partisan and unconstitutional", in the words of the White House lawyer, for possible removal.

"We are facing some people who are disturbed, sick people." "Democrats have embarked on a crusade to destroy our democracy. We will not let them go, "he said.

After several days of procrastination, he has indeed chosen the showdown, refusing to co-operate with the Congress and opening a period of great uncertainty that should put American institutions to the test.

Democrats want to determine how the US president has pressured his Ukrainian counterpart Volodymyr Zelensky during a phone call to seek compromising information on his rival Joe Biden.

"My call with the Ukrainian president was perfect," he said. "He said" there was no blackmail, "he used that word! He added, referring to his recent press conference.

"What do they want to do? To dismiss the president! I do not think that will happen, I do not believe … ", argued the Republican.

"These are tokens"

Conscious that the fate of a dismissal process is played out on the perception of public opinion rather than in obscure procedural battles, the President was stung by a Fox News poll released Wednesday night.

According to this survey, 51% of Americans support the removal of President Trump, a nine-point jump from July.

"Since the day I announced my candidacy for the White House, I have NEVER had a good Fox News poll," he ranted on Thursday.

"No matter what survey institute they use, they are tokens," he added, before he regretted that the conservatives' favorite channel was very different from "the good old days". ".

Another source of frustration and annoyance for the septuagenarian president is Syria.

His decision, announced Sunday night in a statement, to withdraw US troops stationed in northeastern Syria and thus leave the field open for Turkish intervention, sparked stupefaction and anger in his own camp.

From the beginning, Wednesday, of the Turkish military operation against Kurdish forces in Syria, the Congress has gone on the front line.

Senator Lindsey Graham, who usually supports Donald Trump but accuses him this time of "shamefully abandoning" the Kurds, has unveiled, with a Democratic deputy, a proposal to severely punish Ankara if the Turkish army and its suppletives did not withdraw from Syria.