A minute-long still while unloading luggage from Donald Trump’s plane: The former American President’s trip from Florida to New York on Monday took place amid a media frenzy that key stakeholders were sure to enjoy.
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As cameras lock on the Boeing 757 parked on a runway at New York’s LaGuardia Airport, filming the slightest maneuver as they wait for the billionaire to disembark, a CNN commentator puffs that it’s all just “surrealistic ” may be.
She recalls that Donald Trump, who will appear on Tuesday in a fraud case related to paying money to a porn star, must have turned on the TV on the plane.
And now Donald Trump, the first American president to be criminally indicted, watches as America watches him again.
reality show
Monday was a reminder of how much the Republican fed on media fascination during his first campaign and then presidency, as journalists feasted on his most outrageous statements and his most improbable staging.
Beginning with this June 2015 candidacy statement, preceded by a slow descent of the escalator in the marble and golden reflections of Trump Tower in Manhattan, where the former president will sleep from Monday to Tuesday.
The former businessman’s entourage didn’t fail to point out that former reality show star Donald Trump had returned to the front of the stage.
Eric Trump, his son, tweeted a photo taken on the plane showing… the same plane filmed live by Fox News before it left Florida, where Donald Trump is now residing.
Jason Miller, a Republican adviser running for president as early as 2024, was happy to share screenshots showing all major US television networks live-streaming his boss’ journey.
24 hours
The CNN channel even broadcast images of the plane’s arrival in New York, filmed from a boat, alongside an aerial view.
For the trip between the Mar a Lago luxury residence and Florida’s Palm Beach Airport, the American media apparently used helicopters to track the convoy from the air – enough to recall the most famous sequence of its kind, the 1994 pursuit by the Police. live, of American football star OJ Simpson, who is accused of double murder.
Journalists began lining up nearly twenty-four hours in advance at the New York courthouse, where Donald Trump is due to hear about the criminal charges against him starting at 2:15 p.m. Tuesday.
In addition, he must state his name, his age, his occupation, be fingerprinted – and have his photograph taken.
Some editors, looking to save their stars from another Tuesday marathon day, have deployed waiting professionals who, for a fee, face the freshness of New York night and retain the coveted spot.
It is certain that the show will delight the former president, even if it takes place under a priori unfavorable circumstances.
In 1987, in his bestseller The Art of Negotiation, he wrote: “What’s very funny is that even a critical, hurtful article can be very profitable for your business. Or to put it more simply: There is no such thing as bad publicity for Donald Trump.