'Being so self-centered that you compare yourself to Jesus Christ': Donald Trump calls himself a 'modern-day Nelson Mandela'

Il y a quelques jours, Trump avait déjà republié un faux croquis où on le voit assis à côté de Jésus-Christ. MAXPPP – SARAH YENESEL

En critiquant le juge qui présidera le procès d’une affaire dans laquelle il a été inculpé, Donald Trump s’est comparé ce samedi 6 avril à un "Mandela des temps modernes".

Donald Trump, candidate for the American presidential election in November and surrounded by legal troubles, compared himself to a "Mandela of modern times" this Saturday April 6, provoking strong criticism from the Biden camp. Over the past year, the former president has been indicted in four criminal cases, all of which put him at risk of prison.

He is, among other things, accused of having orchestrated questionable payments to a pornographic film star, a case which will be judged from April 15. Donald Trump regularly attacks the judge who will preside over this trial via inflammatory publications on social networks. Magistrate Juan Merchan, in return, imposed restrictions on his speech. This Saturday, the Republican billionaire mentioned these speech bans in a very long publication on his Truth Social network, accusing the judge of "violating the law and the Constitution, at the same time&quot ;.

"Imagine being so self-centered that you compare yourself to Jesus Christ"

"If this completely partisan charlatan wants to put me in jail for telling the most obvious truth, I will happily become a modern-day Nelson Mandela, that would be a great honour, he said, referring to the man who put an end to the apartheid regime in South Africa in the 1990s after having been a prisoner for 27 years old. A few days earlier, Donald Trump had already republished a fake audience sketch where we see him sitting… right next to Jesus Christ.

So many messages mocked by the team of Democratic President Joe Biden, who will face Donald Trump in the presidential election. "Imagine being so self-centered that you compare yourself to Jesus Christ and Nelson Mandela in the space of a little over a week", a door-holder scoffed. floor, Jasmine Harris, in a press release. In separate cases, Donald Trump is also accused of trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, and of negligent handling of state secrets.