Donald Trump Compares Self To Nelson Mandela In Wild Rant: It'd Be My 'GREAT HONOR'
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The former president name-dropped the late South African leader while taking aim at the judge in his upcoming hush money trial.
Former President Donald Trump likened himself to late South African leader Nelson Mandela as he ranted on social media about his various court cases on Saturday.
The presumptive GOP presidential nominee took aim at Judge Juan Merchan, writing that it’d be a “GREAT HONOR” to go to jail for violating a gag order against him in his upcoming New York hush money trial.
“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,” wrote Trump on his Truth Social platform.
He continued, “We have to Save our Country from these Political Operatives masquerading as Prosecutors and Judges, and I am willing to sacrifice my Freedom for that worthy cause.”
The former president has previously compared himself to Mandela, who spent 27 years in prison over his anti-apartheid activism.
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