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The Trump Inevitability Question

2023/5/4
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The podcast begins with Astead Herndon describing the scene outside the Manhattan courtroom during Trump's arraignment, where he interviews supporters and opponents, highlighting the polarized views on Trump's legal situation and its potential impact on his presidential campaign.

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Outside a Manhattan courtroom, on the day of former President Donald Trump’s arraignment, Astead spoke to two camps of spectators. Supporters cast Mr. Trump as the victim of prosecutorial overreach, while opposing voices hoped this was just the beginning of his legal troubles.

With an ever-shifting political landscape as America heads toward the 2024 election, what do Mr. Trump’s mounting legal woes mean for his electoral viability? Is success for the former president, despite it all, an inevitability?

Astead speaks with Nate Cohn, The New York Times’s chief political analyst, about what the polls do — and do not — tell us.