Six months ago, Donald Trump held a campaign event in New Hampshire, where the indicted former president suggested he was prepared to be incarcerated. “I don’t mind being Nelson Mandela because I’m doing it for a reason,” the Republican told a group of followers. “We’ve got to save our country from these fascists.” Evidently, the presumptive GOP nominee is still thinking along these lines.
In the third of three missives, Trump repeated the same claim about being silenced; peddled a new conspiracy theory about the judge in his hush-money-to-a-porn-star case, before concluding, “If this Partisan Hack wants to put me in the ‘clink’ for speaking the open and obvious TRUTH, I will gladly become a Modern Day Nelson Mandela — It will be my GREAT HONOR.” For those who have no idea what the former president is talking about, let’s briefly review.