China News Service, August 10th. According to a comprehensive report, on the 9th local time, a few hours after being searched by FBI agents at Mar-a-Lago, former US President Trump posted a campaign advertisement-style video on social media.
Data map: Former US President Trump.
Photo by China News Agency reporter Chen Mengtong
The video begins by portraying the United States as a "fading country" and criticizing the Democratic Biden administration.
Then the picture changed from black and white to color, and Trump said that it was "hard-working patriots" who saved America.
He also said, "There is no mountain we can't climb, there's no mountain we can't conquer, and there's no challenge we can't complete."
Reuters said in a report that the video may be Trump's "strongest hint yet" of plans to run in the 2024 election.
The FBI's previous actions have given Trump the perfect political position to claim that the establishment is trying to destroy him.
Trump's narrative-style video has brought Republicans back together at a time when his popularity within the party seems to be fading.
On the 8th local time, Trump said that the FBI was searching his Mar-a-Lago estate.
He said in a statement that agents had opened a safe, and "my beautiful home — Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Florida — is currently being surrounded, raided and occupied by a large group of FBI agents."
He said after working with relevant government agencies, "the raid on my home was unnecessary and inappropriate."
The incident reportedly comes as Trump prepares to run again.
The U.S. Justice Department has been actively investigating classified information found in file boxes that were taken to Trump's Florida residence after he left the White House.
Reuters pointed out that the FBI's entry into Trump's residence was part of an investigation into how he took boxes of classified documents away from the White House when he stepped down as president in 2021.