The quest by the former President of United States of America, Donald Trump to reclaim his position for a second term continues to be surrounded by law suits and controversies. New developments in his legal woes have further spiced up an already troubled campaigning period.

This week, a Georgia judge dismissed two criminal counts in the state’s 2020 election interference case against Trump. Although this acquittal is good for the former president, he presently stands to answer to many other charges concerning his alleged efforts to subvert the will of the voters in the 2020 election.

But Trump’s legal issues are not resolved, there are these multiple investigations and legal cases across several states. Among them are investigations of his business activities in New York, allegations of handling of classified documents in Florida, and assorted civil litigations.

However, Trump has a robust support among the Republican population and has never lost his popularity among the party supporters. Most polls reflect him as clearly ahead of all other GOP contenders for the party’s presidency in the 2024 elections. Nonetheless, his legal problems persist to affect his campaign, and his possible mental health issue further doubts whether he can qualify for the president if elected.

Suddenly, Trump had what seems to be the second assassination attempt in the recent past. Further information regarding the shooting are yet to be released, but sources reporting that a man firing shots was arrested close to Trump’s rally. The former president, however, has since held his first public event since the incident and goes around with the determination of his campaign despite security threats.

The attempts have returned focus to concerns over the security of political performers and the exacerbating concern of polarization in the United States. Trump has found his defenders among his supporters, many of whom regard the episodes as the manifestations of the adversity directed against him. However, there are those who believe that the current trend of political violence is as a result of Trump’s leadership.

In the course of the campaign, Trump has been going around promising his supporters many things. Of them, one of the latest is to provide tax relief on extra business hours worked to the people by repealing taxes on overtime pay within a general tax cut plan, if voted to power. This proposal has been applauded by his supports, however, criticized by the economic experts who have doubted its possibility, let alone its effects on the federal budget.

Trump has also been concentrating on immigration policies a subject he strongly campaigned for during his first campaign and presidency. He has been making misleading statements regarding migrants, the White House has termed them as disparaging remarks that encourage violence towards them.

It seems that the main focus of the former president’s campaign would be to mobilize his electorate and discredit his likely Democratic rival, Kamala Harris. Trump has claimed he won’t engage in any debate with Harris again meaning customers are in for a riotous general election campaign in case both clinch their party tickets.

Additional, the effects of the ongoing legal case on Trump’s election campaign as the 2024 general election approaches are still unknown. Some of the people that are apprehensive about Trump are the traditional Republican voters, who might be concerned about his legal issues as well as his ability to capture the middle-ground voters in the general election.

These cases together with other legal issues and security issues relating to Trump have also elicited concerns regarding the state of American democracy as well. Skeptics also continue to remind that the society has got used to political violence and the degradation of democratic standards is rather dangerous for institutions.

Throughout the course of the campaign, Trump’s trial and all related events to do with it will be the focus. Where these cases go could have significant impacts not only for Trump’s political career, but for the political system as a whole in the United States as well.