New York Post

Bump for ‘pumped’ Trump?

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YOU have the right to remain relevant! Spies tell Page Six that Donald Trump is in “high spirits” ahead of his possible arrest and indictment this week — because he thinks it’ll boost his election campaign.

Sources even say the 45th POTUS, who is vying for the Republican nomination in next year’s presidenti­al election, wants his potential arrest to be a high-profile affair to guarantee maximum exposure.

A source said of Trump’s team, “They are very pumped about this.”

“The Manhattan DA, NYPD and even the Department of Justice were trying to work out a quiet handover coordinate­d with the Secret Service,” the source continued, “and Trump was having none of that. If an indictment and arrest happens, he wants it to be public.”

We are told that Trump’s people are planning to “try and film and document [the arrest] with their own camera crew. They want a shot of him in cuffs and will release the mug shot. They are loving this stuff.”

Meanwhile, spies tell Page Six that Trump is at his private Palm Beach, Fla., fiefdom. At Mar-a-Lago, he’s “reveling in being back in the news and the center of attention. He thinks this ‘trumped-up charge’ will help him with his base.”

The former president has said on social media that he expects to be arrested.

The political insider further told us Trump and his team are “nervous” about likely primary rival Gov. Ron DeSantis’ election prospects and think the arrest would bolster Trump’s campaign because “this will show that the Dems are out to persecute Trump.”

The source also told us, “Trump will be getting all the media. He will argue he is the leader of the party and has the best shot against [President] Biden, which is why he is being attacked . . . His people are licking their chops — they are pumped. Next thing he’ll be doing is a rally.”

Reps for Trump did not get back to us.

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