Several minutes of static footage of Donald Trump’s plane unloading: On Monday, April 3, the former US president’s trip from Florida to New York was met with a media frenzy that mainstream enthusiasts surely enjoyed.
As cameras were trained on a Boeing 757 parked on the runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, capturing the billionaire’s slight maneuver as he waited to disembark, a CNN commentator gushed that it was even. “real”.
Donald Trump, who will appear Tuesday on fraud charges related to payments to a porn star, recalled turning on the television on the plane. Now Donald Trump, the first US president to be criminally indicted, is watching America watch him again.
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Monday was a reminder that during his first campaign and throughout his presidency, the Republican Party has fed off the media fascination with his most outrageous comments and indulging themselves in his most outrageous scenes.
Beginning with this June 2015 candidacy announcement, the former president would spend the night Monday through Tuesday in the marble and gold reflections of Trump Tower in Manhattan before slowly descending the escalator.
The entourage of the former businessman did not fail to point out that the former star of a reality show, Donald Trump, returned to the front of the stage. His son, Eric Trump, tweeted a photo taken on the plane that shows… the same plane filmed live by Fox News before it took off from Florida, where Donald Trump currently lives.
Republican consultant Jason Miller, already campaigning for president in 2024, was happy to share screenshots showing all the major US TV channels, while live streaming his boss’s trip.
For Donald Trump, there is no such thing as bad publicity
In addition to an aerial view, CNN also aired footage of the plane arriving in New York from a boat.
For the trip between the luxurious Mar a Lago residence in Florida and Palm Beach airport, the US media mobilized helicopters to follow the man from the air – enough to recall the most famous sequence of the police in 1994. Live, American football star OJ Simpson, accused of double murder.
Journalists began lining up nearly twenty-four hours before the New York courthouse where Donald Trump was supposed to learn of the criminal proceedings against him.
He must give his name, age, occupation, submit to fingerprinting – and have his photograph taken. Some newsrooms — eager to protect their stars before another marathon day on Tuesday — employ waiting experts who, for a fee, will face the freshness of a New York night and hold a coveted spot.
It’s a safe bet that the show will please the former president, even if the precedent takes place under unfavorable conditions. In 1987, he wrote in his best-selling book “The Art of Negotiation” : “The funny thing is that even an important, offensive article can be very profitable for your business. » Or, to put it more simply: For Donald Trump, there is no such thing as bad publicity.
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