The Washington Post said that the real problem that former US President Donald Trump faces during his second trial is not the incompetence of the defense team, but the fact that his case this time contains evidence automatically incriminating anyone.
The newspaper stated - in a report by its editor, Michael Gerson - that the arguments for condemning Trump for inciting the events of the Capitol on January 6 are many and compelling, which made all the mulberry leaves that his Republican comrades cling to fall one by one.
But despite this, many of these Republicans still suspect a "weak" procedural argument that former presidents are not subject to justice after leaving office, but history teaches us that things do not go like this, especially, and that a vote on the constitutionality of the trial has taken place. Indeed.
What does the newspaper ask, then the hardening of the Republican senators in the face of irrefutable evidence?
And she saw that Republican representatives now have an opportunity to prevent Trump from assuming any future office, and in these circumstances, their failure to fulfill their duty can only be understood as "moral cowardice" at a momentous national test.
She added that no routine tournaments can be expected from government officials, but this time taking the championship stance is the only honorable response.
And it considered that Trump's second trial is not a useless exercise for the simple reason that Trump remains the biggest threat that someone poses to the health of American democracy.
During his last months in office, Trump used to carefully select close friends and appoint them to strategic positions in the ministries of justice and defense. He also tried to use his position to target opponents and rally his base with armed extremists, and he demonstrated the ability to turn the fanaticism of his supporters into a tool of political and physical intimidation, and he declared violence. And grievance has no limits.
The Washington Post confirms that there is a phase of democratic decline in which political movements stick to gangs and militias, and physical threats begin to replace the civil rhetoric, noting that Trump has indeed brought American policy to this point.
We saw the former president - the newspaper adds - calling for violence against the demonstrators in his rallies, when he addressed his supporters one day, saying, "Just drive them to Hell ... I promise you I will pay the legal fees for that." He also failed to condemn the violence practiced by his supporters. From last January on the Capitol "a culmination of its strategic brutality."
Self-distancing
Faced with this approach, some elected Republicans chose a policy of distancing themselves in the hope that Trump's storm would pass, but his speeches and messages increased each time our violence and destructive power.
The newspaper concludes that the Republican senators who will refuse to hold Trump accountable, will be complicit in the increase in the level of political violence, and if they weaken in front of Trump's continuous promises of revenge, they will be "pitiful protectors" of American values.
Quite the opposite of that, a "courageous politician" position at the right time before them could turn into the most symbolic and valuable moment during their political life, and in this case they will take the right to swear and inspire others and push America's policy toward peace and rationality. This matter is unfortunately unlikely, but it is Absolutely necessary.