Mohammed Al-Minshawi-Washington

"We did not come out with anything new from the earliest days of the trial," with these words Brett Baharari, a former Attorney General in South Manhattan County, New York, commented on the trial of President Donald Trump.

On the first day of the trial, there were wide disagreements in the Senate on the basis of a clear party between the Republicans and Democrats, while the two parties spent long hours in procedural battles.

Baharari stated that everything we witnessed was expected, whether from disagreements over agendas or more important issues such as obtaining data and documents or calling in new witnesses.

For his part, expert Michael Izikov assured Al-Jazeera Net that the strategy of the Republicans who spoke in the first day's sessions focused on "the people are the ruler and not the Senate in the case of Trump's isolation," adding that there are elections after ten months and the people should have the opportunity to judge the president .

Great polarization
The great polarization between the two parties was reflected in the pattern of voting for the proposed amendments by the Democrats, which was consistent with the partisan approach.

The Senate rejected proposals from Democrats by 53 to 47, and related to a request:

  • Bring and see documents from the White House.
  • Bring and view documents from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
  • Obtaining documents from the General Budget Office.
  • Summoning the acting White House Chief of Staff Mike Mulvini.
  • Request documents and reports from the Pentagon Motivation Ministry.

The pattern of voting to reject the amendments reflected a strong commitment to the party line, and no member has deviated from the party consensus.

People don't care
Contrary to what is common, there was no widespread public interest in continuing the trial on television screens in Washington's restaurants and bars.

And screens of the restaurants of the capital and its bars are displayed to display the major political events instead of sports matches at the time of the peak evening viewing between eight in the evening and eleven before the midnight.

And Al Jazeera Net wandered into a number of bars and restaurants that were offering skiing matches, or a match from the basketball league.

Dave Deccan, a thirty-year-old working in the banking sector - told Al Jazeera Net - "I will not follow the trial. It is crazy to broadcast the same topic on the screen for more than ten hours without stopping."

"We know that Trump will not be isolated based on Republican control of the Senate, and politicians are indifferent to the interests of this country," he added.

As for his girlfriend, who works as a saleswoman in one of the commercial markets, she assured Al-Jazeera Net that America's democracy is fine, and despite the strength of Trump's position, this did not prevent reaching the stage of his trial, and this is a historical event by all accounts.