Ɖ Obzrvr vy: Doṇld Trump dzrvz t fes ɖ fl fors v justis
(Transcription of an Observer editorial of 2 April 2023)
Ɖ Ynîtd Stets wz fǎndd on ɖ rūl v lw. It mst nt nǎ flinć fṛm upholdñ it
Súnde 2 Epril 2023
In ɖ tymultẏs, multifaṣtd ces v Doṇld J Trump vrss ɖ ppl v ɖ Ynîtd Stets, ɖ bigist qsćn z ẃ ɖs formr prezidnt, p’liticl cón artist n sirịl ofndr z nt olrdi in jel. Trump wl b ćarjd ɖs wīc in Manhatn ovr alejd “huśmuni” pemnts t a formr pornstar. Ɖs ax́n, bʈ welcm n oṿdy, mcs him ɖ frst YS prezidnt t b crimiṇli indîtd. Yt twîs-impićt Trump standz akzd v a strñ v infiṇtli mor sirịs, wel-dokmntd crîmz, includñ a vayḷnt atmt t oṿʈro ɖ guvnmnt. Ɖ cntinywñ misṭri z ẃ justis z so loñ in cmñ.
Ɖ fl Trump ćarjśīt rīdz lîc a horrnovl in ẃć dmocṛsi z mrdrd. In ɖ wīcs folowñ hiz clir-cut dfit bî Jo Bîdn in Nvmbr 2020, Trump dd evrʈñ h cd t sbvrt ɖ rzult, līġli n ilīġli, bî mcñ beslis akześnz v frōd. Ɖs z nt in dspyt. Nt dspytd, îɖr, z a tept teḷfon convseśn on 2 Jańri 2021 btwn Trump n Brad Raffensperger, Jorja’z secṛtri v stet, in ẃć ɖ ɖen prezidnt prest ɖ latr “t fînd 11,780 vots” – sfiśnt t cansl Bîdn’z vicṭri in ɖ ci swñstet.
Ẃ hz Trump nt bn crimiṇli ćarjd in ẃt apirz t b an opn-n-śut ces v śemlis ilex́n inṭfiṛns? A speśl grand jri in Atlanta hz rec̣mndd ɖ proṣkśn v ol involvd in ɖ ilīgl lobiyñ v Raffensperger. Phps ɖ curij śoun bî Manhatn’z district’trni, Alvin Brag, in indîtñ Trump wl inspîr hiz Fŭltn Cǎnti cǎnṭpart, Fani Wilis – n uɖr stet n fedṛl proṣktrz – t folo sūt wɖt frɖr dlez. F ɖs ces hd bn cnductd in a tîmli manr, Trump mt b bhnd barz nǎ.
It z mor ɖn tū yirz sins Trump insaitd hiz s’portrz t atac ɖ Cápitl in ordr t hōlt Congres’z ratiḟceśn v Bîdn’z vicṭri. Ɖ insywñ rayt on 6 Jańri 2021 léd t deʈs n inɉriz. Yt Trump dd nʈñ t cōl of ɖ mob untl it wz far tù lêt. H hz sins hêld ɖ raytrz az hiroz. Agn, mć v ɖs z on ɖ record. Congres hz cnductd xōstiv invstgeśnz. Ẃ hz Meric Garḷnd, ɖ YS atrnijenṛl, feld t act agnst ɖ ćīf insṭgetr az wel az ɖ prṗtretrz v ɖ cù’tmt? Onli in Nvmbr dd Garḷnd fîṇli apônt a speśl cǎnsl – ẃć amǎnts, in ifct, t anɖr dle.
It z hard t avôd ɖ cncluźn ɖt rluctns t eṇjeticli psy ɖz n uɖr crîmz, sć az Trump’s apaṛnt ʈeft v sīcrit dokmnts faund at hiz Florida hom, stemz fṛm p’liticl tmidti at ɖ top. Az h śoud agn last wīc, Trump z redi n ebl t yz hiz mafialîc grip on ɖ Rpublicn parti n rîtwñ mīdia t intiṃdet ɖ intîr YS bodipoḷtic. H plez ɖ victim, trnz ɖ teblz n clemz Bîdn n ɖ Deṃcrats r ɖ lwbrecrz. Trump sz p’liticl eṇmiz hv sngld him ǎt. Yt ɖ onli speśl trītmnt h hz rsivd z t hv bn alaud t avôd proṣkśn fr so loñ.
Difidns ovr cnfruntñ Trump fl-on stemz in part fṛm an unḍstanḍbl dzîr t avôd fīdñ naśnl dviźnz. Ɖ intîr Trump sāga, acin t a tōdri, nvr-endñ riaḷti-TV śo, z a dstrax́n fṛm presñ iśuz sć az pospandemic ic̣nomic rvîvl, ɖ clîṃt imrjnsi n wor in Yṛp. Ɖ YS śd foc̣s on ɖz ćaḷnjz rɖr ɖn endlisli indulj ɖ antic revñz v a narssistic, fǎl-mǎɖd, msoɉnistic crŭc.
Bîdn wd śrli wś it so. At ɖ start v hiz trm, h plenli hopt ɖt, bî ignorñ him, Trump wd ivnć̣li g awe. Yt sadli, hir h z agn, hogñ ɖ lîmlît. Trump wl hv hiz de in cort amd blancit mīdịcuṿrij n fird strītvayḷns. H wl rpit hiz yźl inflaṃtri lîz n slandrz, pṛsidñz wl b ajrnd, probbli fr munʈs, n mnẃl, ɖs arć-eṇmi v dmocṛsi, dīsnsi n justis wl trî t xplôt hiz “victimhd” t s’kr ɖ 2024 Rpublicn preẓdnśl noṃneśn. In a sns, Trumpizm z itrnl. It cerz fr nʈñ n nwn bt itslf.
Ɖ Trump ces pozz ptnṣ́li historic ćaḷnjz fr an Americn rpublic fǎndd on ɖ rūl v lw. Ɖ îdīa, pédld bî Rpublicnz, ɖt a cuṛnt or formr prezidnt injôz de facto iḿṇti fṛm proṣkśn z at odz wɖ modn-de consepts v justis. Ɖ fact ɖt it apirz sć a prsn me stand agn fr ɖ Ẃît Hǎs ẃl undr criminl invstgeśn, or īvn folowñ a criminl cnvix́n, pônts t denjṛs flwz in America’z consttyśnl arenjmnts. No prsn, hvr feṃs, big-hedd or ʈreṭnñ, śd b abv ɖ lw.
Ɖ agresiv riax́n t ɖ indîtmnt v mni līdñ Rpublicnz, n ispeṣ́li Ron DeSantis, Trump’s closist cmpetitr, z dsmeyñ. Bî paṛtñ Trump’s lîn abt “weṗnîześn” v ɖ corts, ɖ Floṛda guvnr śoz himslf t b no betr or wîzr ɖn hiz īġtistic rîvl. Ɖ parti az a hol cntinyz t ples its inṭrests ahd v ɖ prínsiplz fr ẃć America standz. Deṃcrats, mnẃl, śd avôd tōc ɖt xaṣbets naśnl poḷrîześn. “Loc him p!” z a tmtñ slogn, gvn hǎ Trump yzd it agnst Hiḷri Clintn. Bt cām, rstrent n peśns r rqîrd. F ɖr’z eni justis, Trump’s tîm in cort wl ultiṃtli b foloud bî tîm srvd.
Ɖ manr in ẃć ɖs unpresdntd līgl drama z handld, n its ǎtcm, cd dsîd America’z imīɉt p’liticl fyćr. It me olso hv a sgnificnt, lastñ impact on YS inflụns n moṛl oʈoṛti in ɖ globl strugl t uphold a deṃcratic, lw-best inṭnaśnl ordr. Ɖ wrld z woćñ – n ɖt, rgretbli, z ẃt Trump lîcs.
