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.