I’m not sure what to make of this.
Initially, I thought the arrests and the lawfare might be the end of Donald Trump, but in retrospect it was an act of desperation and the beginning of the end of the liberal establishment. It was a key moment in Trump’s comeback and it was the rocket fuel he rode to win a second term.
“Marine Le Pen, the French far-right leader, was found guilty of embezzlement by a criminal court in Paris on Monday and immediately barred from running for public office for five years, setting off a democratic crisis in France.
The verdict effectively barred the current front-runner in the 2027 presidential election from participating in it, an extraordinary step but one the presiding judge said was necessary because nobody is entitled to “immunity in violation of the rule of law.” …”
I don’t know enough about French culture to predict how banning Le Pen will play out there. It could backfire on Democracy Defenders like it did here or Le Pen could end up like Golden Dawn. Bolsonaro is also being prosecuted over that January 6 like incident in Brazil.
Leftists are not able to win election with democratic system, so they use some strategies to block their political opponents. Twol main strategies are lawsuit against their opponents or ally with centre parties and other little parties in order to obtain the majority.
I have a different view. The lawfare on Trump was simply the law being applied. I do agree, though, that it helped Trump.