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Why Trump return would be an assault on America's democracy

Donald Trump listens to a question during an interview in the Oval Office of the White House, October 16, 2018, in Washington. [AP Photo]

Until his indictment for 34 offences relating to payment of hush money to a pornstar, former US President Donald Trump's star had been waning.

After his defeat by "Sleepy" Joe Biden in 2020 and his ignominious but failed attempt at a takeover on January 6, Trump was slowly heading to irrelevance in America's politics, except to his loyal base; the lot he once bragged would stay with him even if we went to street and shot a few people.

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