A few days and a few kilometers away from the place where Biden had accused the Trumpian Maga movement, acronym for Make America Great Again, of representing a "threat to democracy", Donald Trump responded with a rally in which he re-proposed all the themes. of the campaign to de-legitimize the vote of November 2000. The FBI thus becomes a "fierce monster controlled by Democrats and the media" and Joe Biden a "danger to democracy" to be chased, to "end his political career" and that of Speaker of the House, the Democrat Nancy Pelosi, his other beast.

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Donald J. Trump at his speech in the Mohegan Sun Arena in Pennsylvania

A novelty, at least in part, were the considerations on Russia and China: Russian President Vladimir Putin is defined as "brilliant" and Chinese leader Xi Jinping, called "The King", the king, because "good at being proclaimed president Lifetime".

Above all Trump argued that had he still been in the White House, "Russia would not have invaded Ukraine", but that he would have always defended America's "Christian-Jewish principles" anyway.

Mid-term elections will be held in the United States in two months and the Republican Party, although it would be more accurate to call it Trump's party, still seems to have an advantage over the Democrats, polls say.

The margins for Republicans are shrinking, however, as it becomes apparent that Trump has been, or may have been, a threat to US security. 

The tones of the speeches of Trump and his candidates, however, are those of a presidential election campaign, which therefore promises to be two years long, not two months, FBI permitting.

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A supporter dressed as Uncle Sam at the Mohegan Sun Arena

It is the first time Trump has intervened in public since the FBI searches at his resort in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, where federal agents seized thousands of documents, including more than 100 classified top secret, that the tycoon had. taken away from the White House and which could play a heavy role in the legal proceedings that await him. 

Probably fewer supporters showed up at the Mohegan Sun Arena in Pennsylvania, where Trump spoke for nearly two hours, because some of the seats remained empty.

Those who were present were thrilled by statements such as: "We got ten million more votes than Obama, and we will do it again";

for the usual accusations, however false, that the vote that kicked him out of the White House was rigged and that it would be the "radical left that is the real threat to democracy, not the right".

In short, everything that the electoral base of him wants to hear at every rally.