Donald Trump is doomed. Finally | Donald Trump

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Teflon Don appears to be on his way to becoming a felon Don.

It’s about bloody time.

Donald Trump is facing the legal reckoning he has incurred after breaking every moral, ethical and legal standard in pursuit of the two defining aspects of his petty, dirty life: money and fame.

The wheel has turned. The unimaginable became real. The arrival that millions of enlightened Americans have longed for, longed for and longed for, long, often discouragingly, has arrived.

Finally.

Just months after a New York district attorney showed it by indicting Trump in connection with a hush-hush scheme to pay money to a porn star, the United States Department of Justice has caught up. .

Finally.

Perhaps the G-man leading the many Trump investigations, special counsel Jack Smith, was inspired to act by the will and courage of two women who refused to be intimidated by a thug who became president.

Writer E Jean Carroll and actress Stormy Danielstook on Trump when no one else did, I knew, I was sure, that ugly, relentless attacks were inevitably waiting. Instead of buckling or retreating, they stood up and stepped forward. Enlightened Americans owe them both a strong debt of gratitude for having fought the good fight and prevailed.

It’s up to the Justice Department to follow their honorable lead and achieve the same oh-so-satisfying result.

As a first step, Trump will reportedly appear before a judge in Miami early next week to face a seven-count federal indictment after a lengthy and, at times, careful investigation into his hoarding. of classified documents at his lavish beachfront lair, Mar-a-Lago. The charges are said to include conspiracy to obstruct and the willful retention of documents.

Finally.

Initial news reports of the cases variously described the unprecedented move against a former president as an important political event.

For once, hyperbole is warranted.

This career gfter who, absurdly, became commander in chief of the United States, with his signature bile and bluster, avoided being held to any significant account. Until now.

This time, bile and bluster didn’t work.

True to his rank, manipulative nature, Trump tried to get ahead of the story by breaking word of the multi-count indictment on a social media site dominated by his fanatical followers befitting his sadistic character: ignorant read and continue to rage.

I never thought such a thing could happen to a former President of the United States, Trumpthundered. Think again, Mr ex-President. Think again.

The legal rubicon has been crossed. Trump, I am convinced, will never recover from this.

Day after day, the confusing aura of invincibility that shields Trump, removes one poison after another.

Trump feels it, I think. Courage was replaced by panic. He no longer controls the events or the narrative. Trump’s fate will be decided by people beyond his reach and the fearsome gallery of sycophants in and out of cable TV who also do his evil bidding for money and fame.

No wonder his all-caps outbursts have a desperate quality that reflects fear of what lies ahead: a Florida court, seasoned prosecutors and an avalanche of incriminating evidence, including, apparently, an audio tape of Trump admitting he was in possession of a classified document about plans to attack Iran developed by the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

The prospect that Trumps garrulous hubris might help convict him is as deliciously appropriate.

Despite the accusations, it remains likely that Trump will emerge as the Republican nominee. However, he will be bled by his Republican challengers who have shown a surprising willingness, in recent days, to openly talk about how he was disqualified from the presidency by his misconduct in office and the initiatory role he played in the January 6 insurrection.

The special counsel may also serve other indictments on that score. Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie and former Vice President Mike Pence will not only be emboldened by the current and any future accusations, but encouraged to continue the attack. They are leaving, little by little, the Trumps are appealing to independent voters who won’t appear to support a federal labor prison inmate.

And, of course, there’s more ammunition possible in the beginning as a Georgia prosecutor looks poised to charge Trumplater this summer with his mob-like tactics to force the Republican secretary of state to seek of 11,000 phantom votes to overturn the 2020 presidential election. .

This is the stuff of President Joe Bidens dreams.

His likely Republican opponent will be busy avoiding jail and draining time, money and energy as Biden campaigns for re-election.

Trump will revert to his usual gambits: use the martyrdom accusations and undermine the legitimacy of the prosecutors.

That tired playbook is losing steam.

History will mark Thursday, June 8, 2023, as the day Donald Trump’s bid to be elected president in 2024 was doomed.

The views expressed in this article are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the editorial stance of Al Jazeera.

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