This blog is now closed. Thanks for joining us. These were the updates on former United States President Donald Trump’s arraignment and subsequent remarks on Tuesday, April 4.
A former US ambassador to NATO, Kurt Volker, said there was “uncertainty” over the long-term impact of today’s arraignment.
“In the short term, it has definitely given Trump a boost among his supporters and even those who were on the fence in the Republican Party,” Volker told Al Jazeera in a television interview.
“What happens in the long term though, we still don’t know. We need to see whether there are more serious charges brought. The ones that were brought today, I think a lot of people will look at as rather frivolous.”
Volker, who also served as the US special representative for Ukraine negotiations, said Trump’s claim that the war in Ukraine would never have happened if he had remained president was “completely unknowable”.
After sounding a dark note about the state of the country, Trump said he had “no doubt, nevertheless, that we will make America great again”, signalling he hopes to return to the White House following the 2024 presidential election.
The former president raised a fist as he stepped away from the podium, with his supporters waving and holding up signs that read, “I stand with Trump”, as he exited the room.
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