If Trump Lost He Would Be In Prison Right Now [View all]
From Trump's perspective, the 2024 election was life or death from the standpoint of not going to prison because it wouldn't only be painful to be locked in a cell, but for someone like him, it could cause an ego death out of finally feeling undeniably hated and alone after a lifetime seeing himself the opposite. Even though he won in 2024 and will likely never see the inside of a prison cell as a result, the truth is, that he was not only on track to go to prison for the hush money case or the other charges against him, but also for all the other charges against him.
There were 92 counts against him if I recall correctly. Reporters and legal experts were saying that if he had lost in 2024, he would be facing hundreds of criminal counts, possibly including sexual assault charges if the statute of limitations hadn't expired and there was enough evidence to potentially get convictions there. That would have been a brutal way to lose. However, I think history will still condemn him to the worst president ever, whether or not he is ever put in the inside of a prison cell.
If the courts moved as quickly as they do in the UK, or many other countries, where criminals receive trials within weeks or even days of arrest or arraignment, he would have been sent to prison in late 2023. Yes he would have likely won the nomination, but there is a huge difference between one series of convictions seen as the least serious and having 3 separate trials resulting in all or almost all charges as guilty. The convictions were perhaps surprisingly a non-issue on the 2024 vote. But if he had been fully convicted, he would have lost, even if it was close.
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