{"id":516229,"date":"2022-11-26T01:57:03","date_gmt":"2022-11-25T22:57:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/will-trumps-obsession-with-being-a-victim-work-with-republicans-in-2024-race\/"},"modified":"2022-11-26T01:57:03","modified_gmt":"2022-11-25T22:57:03","slug":"will-trumps-obsession-with-being-a-victim-work-with-republicans-in-2024-race","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/will-trumps-obsession-with-being-a-victim-work-with-republicans-in-2024-race\/","title":{"rendered":"#Will Trump&#8217;s obsession with being a &#8216;victim&#8217; work with Republicans in 2024 race?"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"ez-toc-container\" class=\"ez-toc-v2_0_85 counter-hierarchy ez-toc-counter ez-toc-custom ez-toc-container-direction\">\n<p class=\"ez-toc-title\" style=\"cursor:inherit\">Table of Contents<\/p>\n<label for=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3df9a05b091\" class=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-label\"><span class=\"\"><span class=\"eztoc-hide\" style=\"display:none;\">Toggle<\/span><span class=\"ez-toc-icon-toggle-span\"><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"list-377408\" width=\"20px\" height=\"20px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" fill=\"none\"><path d=\"M6 6H4v2h2V6zm14 0H8v2h12V6zM4 11h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2zM4 16h2v2H4v-2zm16 0H8v2h12v-2z\" fill=\"currentColor\"><\/path><\/svg><svg style=\"fill: #dd3333;color:#dd3333\" class=\"arrow-unsorted-368013\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" width=\"10px\" height=\"10px\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.2\" baseProfile=\"tiny\"><path d=\"M18.2 9.3l-6.2-6.3-6.2 6.3c-.2.2-.3.4-.3.7s.1.5.3.7c.2.2.4.3.7.3h11c.3 0 .5-.1.7-.3.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7zM5.8 14.7l6.2 6.3 6.2-6.3c.2-.2.3-.5.3-.7s-.1-.5-.3-.7c-.2-.2-.4-.3-.7-.3h-11c-.3 0-.5.1-.7.3-.2.2-.3.5-.3.7s.1.5.3.7z\"\/><\/svg><\/span><\/span><\/label><input type=\"checkbox\"  id=\"ez-toc-cssicon-toggle-item-6a3df9a05b091\" checked aria-label=\"Toggle\" \/><nav><ul class='ez-toc-list ez-toc-list-level-1 ' ><li class='ez-toc-page-1 ez-toc-heading-level-1'><a class=\"ez-toc-link ez-toc-heading-1\" href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/will-trumps-obsession-with-being-a-victim-work-with-republicans-in-2024-race\/#%E2%80%9CWill_Trumps_obsession_with_being_a_%E2%80%98victim_work_with_Republicans_in_2024_race%E2%80%9D\" >&#8220;Will Trump&#8217;s obsession with being a &#8216;victim&#8217; work with Republicans in 2024 race?&#8221;<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/nav><\/div>\n<h1><span class=\"ez-toc-section\" id=\"%E2%80%9CWill_Trumps_obsession_with_being_a_%E2%80%98victim_work_with_Republicans_in_2024_race%E2%80%9D\"><\/span>&#8220;Will Trump&#8217;s obsession with being a &#8216;victim&#8217; work with Republicans in 2024 race?&#8221;<span class=\"ez-toc-section-end\"><\/span><\/h1>\n<div>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignleft\">\n<div class=\"inline-module inline-module--columnist inline-module--author\">\n<div class=\"inline-module--author__img\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" width=\"76\" height=\"69\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/rich-lowry.png?w=76&amp;h=69&amp;crop=1\" class=\"attachment-nyp_columnist size-nyp_columnist\" alt=\"Rich Lowry\" loading=\"lazy\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/rich-lowry.png 76w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2013\/08\/rich-lowry.png?w=38 38w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 76px) 100vw, 76px\"\/><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>Republicans will have to decide in 2024 if they want a victim as their nominee or someone else.<\/p>\n<p>The contest between Donald Trump and the rest of the field will have a number of <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">theme<\/a>s depending on his adversaries \u2014 past vs. future, populism vs. traditional conservatism, unconventional vs. conventional and definitely, no matter what, victim vs. someone who rejects the label.<\/p>\n<p>There\u2019s no one who wants to be known as a victim, except for the former president of the United States. \u201cI am a victim,\u201d he said in his announcement speech. \u201cI will tell you, I\u2019m a victim.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump has created a dynamic for his supporters where the more victimized he is, the better.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s a victim because he\u2019s strong and has stirred the hornet\u2019s nest in a way no one else would dare.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s a victim because the system is rigged against him and anyone who challenges it.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s a victim because he\u2019s so closely identified with his supporters, who have been, likewise, allegedly treated unfairly by large-scale economic and <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">social<\/a> forces. \u201cWe will be attacked,\u201d he told his fans at his announcement. \u201cWe will be slandered. We will be persecuted, just as I have been.\u201d<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-victim-2.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Pompeo served as Secretary of State under Trump.\" class=\"wp-image-24791744\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-victim-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-victim-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-victim-2.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Pompeo bashed Trump in a tweet following the former president\u2019s announcement that he would run in 2024. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Trump\u2019s self-described victimhood accords with his populism, which tends to see people, writ large, as being victimized by a corrupt elite.\u00a0<\/p>\n<aside class=\"single__inline-module alignright\">\n    <\/aside>\n<p>It\u2019s also clearly a deeply ingrained aspect of his persona. One might assume that someone who has become so rich, famous and powerful would be filled with an overwhelming sense of gratitude, but Trump has always believed, whether as a businessman or candidate, that he\u2019s being treated unfairly.<\/p>\n<p>This is, in part, a negotiating tactic. If he always maintains that he isn\u2019t getting his due, it increases the odds that he\u2019ll get his due or \u2014 better still \u2014 <em>more<\/em> than his due. \u00a0<\/p>\n<p>In all of this, Trump has the advantage of having been actually treated unfairly in the Russiagate investigation. It gives Trump the credibility to characterize any other allegation or investigation as simply 2017 redux.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>The way Trump uses victimhood accounts for his bizarre ability to reverse the usual political physics of events. Until the day before yesterday, having the FBI search your residence as part of a federal investigation would have been a major blow, if not the end of the target\u2019s presidential ambitions. It helped Trump. An indictment might help him (at least in the short term) even more.<\/p>\n<p>Rationally, it\u2019s not clear why being the victim should work for Trump the way it does. Consider his grievance about the 2020 election. One natural way for a committed Trump supporter to react to the allegedly stolen election might be to conclude that Trump was too na\u00efve or unprepared to deal with the level of cheating and deception used against him in 2020, so the party had better get someone tougher and better in 2024.\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" src=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-victim-1.jpg?w=1024\" alt=\"Many GOPers have blamed Trump for midterm losses. \" class=\"wp-image-24791748\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-victim-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1535 1536w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-victim-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2022\/11\/trump-victim-1.jpg?quality=75&amp;strip=all&amp;w=512 512w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption>Trump has fallen behind Ron DeSantis is many new polls. <\/figcaption><figcaption><span class=\"credit\">AP<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Of course, very few look at it this way. The belief that Trump was robbed in the worst act of treachery in American history and, at the end of the day, could do nothing about it but bitterly complain sits uneasily with the notion that he\u2019s a uniquely effective fighter.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>If the Republican tide ever turns completely against Trump, the designation of victim won\u2019t be so appealing anymore \u2014 in fact, it will once again seem whiny and weak. This is certainly what former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo was counting on when he tweeted the day after Trump\u2019s announcement, in an unmistakable swipe at his former boss, \u201cWe need more seriousness, less noise, and leaders who are looking forward, not staring in the rearview mirror claiming victimhood.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump must consider his former secretary of state taking potshots at him as yet another item in the long, growing catalogue of his unfair treatment. The ultimate indignity would, of course, be if Republicans denied him the nomination, at which point Trump would transform from I\u2019ll-fight-and-die-for-you victim to unadorned loser.<\/p>\n<p><em>Twitter: @RichLowry<\/em>\n                        <\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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