In Ñspel │ The Observer view: Donald Trump deserves to face the full force of justice

Former US president Donald Trump speaks at the Conservative Political Action Conference at Gaylord National Convention Center in National Harbor, Maryland, U.S., on 4 March 2023. Photograph: Evelyn Hockstein/Reuters
Formr YS prezidnt Doṇld Trump spīcs at ɖ Cnsrṿtiv P’liticl-Ax́n Confṛns at Gêlord Naśnl-Cnvenśn Sntr in Naśnl Harbr, Mẹriland, Y.S., on 4 Marć 2023. Foṭgraf: Eṿlin Hockstein/Rôtrz

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.

Instroduction to Ñspel

"House by the Railroad," Edward Hopper, 1925

04/06/2023

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