Donald Trump takes the stage at the Save America rally in Youngstown, Ohio on September 17, 2022. JEFF SWENSEN / AFP

They drive for hours, sleep in parking lots, share sandwiches and rural souvenirs. In their friendship, seniority matters less than attendance. Among the Front Row Joes, we stand out for the number of Donald Trump meetings we’ve attended. In Youngstown, Ohio, a mecca of the steel industry, Sharon Anderson was on her 27th, Saturday, September 17th. The 66-year-old mother of five owns a farm in southeast Tennessee. She often leaves her husband with the day-to-day business to support the former president, “within a ten-hour drive”. It’s time to mobilize: the midterm elections are upon us. “The threat is clear, Communism is at the door and the door is knocking,” she said of the Democrats.

At his side, Mike Boatman, 54, is surprised that so much enthusiasm surprises us. He happened to be at a meeting place a week before the meeting to secure a spot in front of the grandstand. He followed 43. “It’s a small sacrifice compared to what this man has done for the country for four years, to all the false allegations against him. Sharon agrees. “You can’t prove anything. Otherwise he would have already been fired. And the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021, the role of Donald Trump’s main instigator? On that fatal day, both were there, near the federal building, without entering it. “The crowd was peaceful,” they affirm, despite the videos, about the work of the parliamentary committee of inquiry. “It was infiltrated,” claims the grandmother. “If Trump had asked us to take the Capitol, there would have been no Capitol,” adds Mike Boatman, who lives in Indiana and works on construction sites there.

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Both are among the unconditional supporters of the former president. Externally, nothing has changed within the MAGA movement (Make America Great Again, Donald Trump’s slogan) in two years. Same subjects, same sources. The cult of personality surrounding the leader draws on the anti-system resentments of these MAGA folk who embrace everything: the “radical left”, teachers, mainstream media and tech giants.

“We got lost in their imagination”

The thousands of people who attended on Saturday make it clear: your core is harder than ever. But how big is the fruit around? While Joe Biden’s popularity rating has soared from an all-time low this summer, Donald Trump’s is raising questions. His hold on the Republican base remains strong, but his irrevocable conspiratorial tendencies and legal troubles may limit his ability to seduce more moderate voters. The speech Trump delivered Saturday night is a testament to this sectarian frenzy. Fantasies, conspiratorial allusions, the designation of internal enemies operate in a closed circuit on planet MAGA, where the law of gravity takes on a different meaning. “A kind of semi-fascism,” said Joe Biden recently.

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US President Joe Biden has declared an end to the corona pandemic. “The pandemic is over, but we still have a problem with Covid,” Biden said in a TV interview broadcast Sunday night (local time).

“As you can see, no one is wearing a mask here. Everyone seems to be in good shape so I think the situation is changing and I think this is a perfect example of that,” the US president continued.

The interview was taped on Thursday, including when Biden visited the Detroit, Michigan auto show. The US President tested positive for Corona in July and was treated with the Covid Paxlovid drug. In late August, his wife Jill contracted the virus and was also treated with the drug.

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In the US, about 390 people die every day in an average of seven days as a result of Covid 19 disease. US authorities have recently approved two corona vaccines adapted to the omicron variant. The two preparations are bivalent mRNA vaccines from the companies Biontech/Pfizer and Moderna.

George and Charlotte will walk behind the coffin: The nine-year-old prince and his seven-year-old sister will appear at the Queen’s funeral after William and Kate thought “long and hard” about attending

By Rebecca English Royal Editor for The Chron

Published: 10:30 PM BST, 18 September 2022 | Updated at 04:44 BST, 19 Sep 2022

Prince George and Princess Charlotte will make a surprise appearance at their great-grandmother’s funeral today, walking behind her coffin into Westminster Abbey.

The Chron understands the Prince and Princess of Wales have thought “long and hard” about joining their two eldest children, aged nine and seven.

But after George and Charlotte attended their great-grandfather’s memorial service in March, William and Kate decided they could handle the solemnity of the occasion. Louis, the youngest of the couple, is only four years old and will not be there.

“Obviously, as parents, they have thought long and hard about whether their children should accompany them,” a source said. “Of course little Louis is too young, but they think George and Charlotte are up to it.”

Prince George and Princess Charlotte will make a surprise appearance at their great-grandmother’s funeral today, walking behind her coffin into Westminster Abbey

It is understood the children will also be in congregation for the committal service at St George’s Chapel in Windsor this afternoon. It should be decided whether they feel ready to take part in the procession there as well.

George and Charlotte will drive to the Abbey in the car with Kate and Camilla before joining the procession on foot as they enter.

Before today’s state funeral service at 11 a.m., a bell will toll 96 times, reflecting the years of Queen Elizabeth’s life. The service, Buckingham Palace said last night, will pay tribute to the Queen’s distinguished reign and lifelong service as Head of State, Nation and Commonwealth.

It is administered by The Very Reverend Dr. David Hoyle, Dean of Westminster, conducted with hymns such as The Lord’s My Shepherd and Love Divine. Lessons include 1 Corinthians 15 20-26, 53-end and John 14 1-9a, all aspects personally selected by the Queen.

A specially commissioned choral piece, Like As The Hart, composed by Judith Weir, the Mistress of King’s Music, will be sung by the Westminster Abbey Choir. The choir will also sing a short hymn, O Taste And See, composed by Ralph Vaughan Williams for the Queen’s coronation in 1953.

The Chron understands the Prince and Princess of Wales have thought “long and hard” about joining their two eldest children, aged nine and seven

The Archbishop of Canterbury will give a reading while Prime Minister Liz Truss will read the second lesson, with prayers from leading clergy including the Bishop of London and the Archbishop of York.

Tears are sure to flow at The Last Post and Reveille, as well as the first major public performance of the national anthem.

A performance of “Sleep, Dearie, Sleep” performed by the Queen’s bagpiper will be of great importance to her family.

After the service, the bells of Westminster Abbey are rung completely muted, as is the tradition after the sovereign’s funeral. The coffin will then continue on its final journey through London and out to Windsor. The dedication service at St George’s Chapel at 4pm will be smaller and much more personal.

And in the absence of cameras, the royal family will gather at 7:30 p.m. for a private funeral.

6:45 am: Westminster Abbey in the life of Queen Elizabeth II

Before the Queen’s funeral, Westminster Abbey was the scene of great moments in her life. A review of some important dates in the history of the ruler in this place:

1937 : King George VI, father of Elizabeth II, will be crowned on May 12, five months after his brother, King Edward VIII, abdicated Princess in a handwritten message.

1947 : Elizabeth says yes to Philip on November 20th. The latter renounces his titles of Greece and Denmark and becomes Duke of Edinburgh.

1953 : Elizabeth II will be crowned on June 2nd. Notably, it is the first televised Coronation broadcast, in front of 27 million Britons out of a population of 36 million. The ceremony lasted nearly three hours, in the presence of 8,251 guests gathered in grandstands, and 129 nations and territories were officially represented. In 2018, she described the carriage ride as “terrible” due to her discomfort.

1973 : On November 14, Princess Anne becomes the Queen’s first child and weds an army lieutenant, Mark Philips. Unlike usual, this Olympic gold medalist didn’t claim a title. The couple divorced in 1992.

1986 : After Charles and Diana were married at St Paul’s Cathedral in 1981, Elizabeth II’s second son, Andrew, married Sarah Ferguson on July 23 to much fanfare. Andrew and “Fergie,” who have two daughters (Beatrice and Eugenie), divorced in 1996 but remain close.

1997 : The Queen is blamed for the apparent detachment she shows after the death of Diana. Nearly a million people will gather and about 2.5 billion in front of their TVs to watch the September 6 memorial service. The Queen bowed her head as the procession passed in front of Buckingham Palace. In his eulogy, Diana’s brother Charles Spencer lashed out at the royal family.

2002 : The funeral of Elizabeth, the Queen Mother, on April 9 marks the end of an era. At 101, she is the last Empress of India. More than 200,000 people line up in front of his coffin to pay homage to him.

2011 : On April 29, the biggest royal wedding in a generation, that of William and Kate, will be watched by up to two billion viewers worldwide, breathing new life into the British monarchy after years of crisis. The Queen is allowing Prince William to tear up the original guest list to accommodate more of her friends and fewer dignitaries.

2022 : On March 29th, Elizabeth II appeared at the Abbey for the last time, for a religious ceremony in honor of her husband Prince Philip, who had died almost a year earlier at the age of 99.