The FBI’s raid on Mar-a-Lago gave Donald Trump an immediate boost from his support base, but the fallout may put the former president and the Republican Party in a weaker position to contest the next presidency.
As Trump’s former National Security adviser, John Bolton, told The Australian Financial Review this week, Trump is winning the political optics now, but is losing the legal battle. That could create plenty of pain in the weeks leading up to the November 8 midterm elections.
