Supporters absorb former US presidentās strategy of inverting accusations against him and turning them on his accuser. To his fans, Trump is the saviour of democracy
Snow was falling, lightly dusting the tables full of āJesus is my savior, Trump is my presidentā and āFight for Trumpā and other āMake America great againā regalia. Still, in subzero temperatures, people waited in a long and winding line on Saturday for a chance to see their greatest showman.
Donald Trump, the former US president, was about to hold the biggest campaign rally yet in New Hampshireās primary elections, where victory would put him within touching distance of the 2024 Republican nomination ā and trigger renewed warnings that democracy itself will be on the ballot in November.
But his ardent supporters in Manchester, New Hampshire, saw things differently ā 180 degrees differently. In their view it is Joe Biden who acts like an autocrat and Trump who is the saviour of the constitutional republic.
Why would you accuse someone of being something you proudly claim to be yourself?
Logical consistency isnāt something youāre gonna find at a trump rally.
āJenna Driquier, 31, a hairdresser, added: āWeāre living in dictatorship right now. The high prices, trying to get to communism, itās not what this country was founded on.āā
This woman gets told by her friends that sheās the smart one.