“I’m more sure this morning than I was yesterday that Trump will become the 47th president,” said Brexit campaigner Nigel Farage, and many European newspapers have reported that the trial is likely to be less favourable for the Democrats than initially hoped.
European newspapers and commentary circles have been abuzz with reactions to Donald Trump’s business records trial in Manhattan on Thursday night, in which Trump was found guilty on all 34 charges. While the fairness of the case is open to debate, many seem to agree that the trial will not be very beneficial for Democrats, given that Trump supporters have doubled down on their support and his opponents have already voted against him.
Major British conservative newspaper The Daily Telegraph Lead with notes“Biden sees this as a victory, but may be disappointed,” their analysis noted, citing many newspapers: “Few Americans have been following the trial closely day-to-day, and for many, the possibility of Trump being convicted has already been factored into their decision.”
“And for those who have yet to make up their mind, the evidence so far suggests that a guilty verdict would only move the race by a few points.”
This verdict is a disgrace. Trump will now win a landslide victory.
— Nigel Farage (@Nigel_Farage) May 30, 2024
Another British conservative figure is Nigel Farage, a Brexit campaigner and friend and supporter of Donald Trump. Expressing his views on Friday morning, the political savvy warned that the case shows the highly politicized nature of the American justice system, and that trying to jail Trump would only create a “modern-day martyr.”
“This verdict is a disgrace. Trump will now win a landslide victory,” Farage said. He told GB News“I personally think the Biden administration, the U.S. justice system has gone too far… What really matters here is what happens to people in the middle class.”
“People who love Trump will say, ‘This is a disgrace.’ People who hate Trump will say, ‘Well, at least our system works.’ What about the middle class? And my guess is that fair-minded Americans will think this doesn’t show the country in a very good light. And ironically, my sense is that this will probably be Trump’s biggest boost electorally.”
“I’m more convinced this morning than I was yesterday that Trump will be the 47th president of the United States,” Farage said.
America faces a stark choice: either we become a country where the law applies to everyone, or we become a country where strongmen like Trump get away with anything.
The second option is a one-way street to authoritarianism.https://t.co/3x1pjp0fom
— Guy Verhofstadt (@guyverhofstadt) May 31, 2024
Britain’s leading left-wing newspaper Parents While Farage and I have different views on Trump as a person, we share the same views on how much the verdict will change the American people’s mind. In their analysis“Historians care, journalists care, late-night comedians definitely care. But does it matter to voters? … Despite the president’s efforts, poll after poll shows Trump narrowly ahead of incumbent Joe Biden. If this doesn’t make a difference, probably nothing will.”
The French, president Legal and sexual scandal While a presidential election has essentially been a given in this country for decades, conservative lawmakers are expected to be optimistic about Trump. Figaro, for example(2017) presents a main conclusion that the litigation is likely to have only a “moderate” impact on voter attitudes, given that most voters have already made up their minds.
In its main analysis, the paper points out the very American nature of the story, namely America’s relative interest in show trials compared to Europe, and apparently warns against such spectacles: Figaro Start with a comparison The Salem witch trials were a “falsely false accusation and trauma” that has served as a lesson to American jurors for the past three centuries.
Meanwhile, a leading left-wing French newspaper said the ruling was a demonstration of a “vibrancy” legal system. Le Monde report“Donald Trump? ‘Guilty.’ One word reverberating around the world. A word that speaks both to the test of the vitality of the rule of law and to the unprecedented challenges facing American democracy in an election year.”
Germany’s Record Newspaper Die Welt Democrats also said their future was uncertain, saying, “There are still five months until Election Day. Most Americans only become interested in political events a few weeks before the election…Colleagues in Trump’s party are convinced that the New York ruling is an own goal for the Democrats.”
In the central European country of Poland, a globalist left-wing coalition recently ousted a long-standing nationalist conservative government and is now purging the country of its influence, including by putting its supporters on trial, but Trump’s election was a reminder to opponents that this purge continues. Donald Tusk, a former top European official and two-time Polish prime minister, said: I wrote this morning“Whether the perpetrator is a president or a minister, the law determines guilt and punishment. All Polish politicians must remember this American lesson.”
Poland’s previous government was a strong supporter of President Trump, and during a recent meeting, President Trump praised Polish politician Andrzej Duda as a great friend.
