Donald Trump is facing a critical do-or-die year in his bid for presidency with his political career resting on a knife-edge.
Voters who were originally attracted to Trump's brand of brashness, hyperbole and his America first attitude in 2016 are starting to turn their backs on the 76-year-old, who is spending Christmas at his Mar-a-Lago retreat in Florida, US.
With four criminal charges recommended by the House against the former president and some of his advisers over the January 6 2021 riots at the Capitol, his bid to gain the Republican nomination hangs by a thread.
