Irish Examiner view: Another blow for Trumpism

There is a growing feeling within the Republican party that the era of ‘Trump politics’ is no longer in his hands, and that his grip on the party is not what it once was

 Although Donald Trump is the only Republican to have thus far announced his candidacy for the presidency in 2024, a slew of opponents are now lining up to take him on. Picture: House Select Committee/AP

Last Saturday, Arizona judge Peter A Thompson of the Maricopa County Superior Court delivered another body blow for Trumpism as a political movement, when he dismissed a case taken by defeated gubernatorial candidate, Trump ally, and former television news anchor Kari Lake.

Prior to delivering his verdict in the case — brought by Lake against the county and the winner, new Arizona governor Katie Hobbs, a Democrat — the judge was told that American democracy and its basic guiding principles “had been under sustained assault from candidates who cannot or will not accept they lost”.