‘US going to hell’: Donald Trump attacks hush money case in grievance-filled Mar-a-Lago speech

The former president appeared subdued in New York, only to return to his campaigning, inflammatory ways hours later in Florida

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Simmering with anger and defiance, Donald Trump returned to the safe space of Mar-a-Lago and his loyal supporters on Tuesday night, seeking to turn his status as an accused criminal into a political war cry.

The former president ignored a plea from the judge in the case to refrain from inflammatory rhetoric, even launching a broadside at the judge's daughter over her political connections.