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Heather du Plessis-Allan: FBI raid could be just what Trump needs to fire up his political machine

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It’s probably too early to say one way or the other whether this FBI raid is going to help Trump if he runs for the White House in 2024. But, it is a question people are asking - and with good reason. Because what’s already obvious is that it gives Trump relevance.  All of a sudden he’s back in the news and he’s a victim again (at least according to him) of a “corrupt” system.  We might see it differently. We might look at this situation and see Trump as the author of his own misfortune, because he was the one reportedly flushing official documents down the toilet.  And taking boxes of the stuff to Mar-a-Lago, when it should have been returned.  And we might think no one’s above the law, including and especially ex-presidents but that’s not what he’s telling his supporters - and that is not what his supporters think.  Trump has already very masterfully portrayed himself as the victim of a witch hunt, which he claims is evidence that everyone in the swamp is corrupt  and which - in this version of reality - re