Angry Trump revisits escalator where it all began – but this time as a felon
by Maya Yang in New York from on (#6N6VA)
The former US president on Friday launched into a tirade against his guilty verdict, aimed at riling an already furious base
Approximately six minutes after 11am on Friday, Donald Trump entered the atrium of Trump Tower on Fifth Avenue in New York City, wearing a scarlet tie. Behind the former US president, now a felon, stood the same escalator he used in 2015 to announce his presidential bid, triggering eight years of political chaos.
In a long-winded address in front of five American flags, golden walls and no teleprompters, Trump spoke for more than half an hour, kicking off his first public event following his guilty verdict in his hush-money criminal trial.
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