Former President Trump criticized the government, a star witness, and a judge for rigged trials, leading to his 34 felony convictions. He vowed an appeal. President Biden returned to the White House to celebrate the Kansas City Chiefs' Super Bowl win, meet with Belgium's prime minister, and unveil a proposed cease-fire in the Israel-Hamas war. President Biden has defended the American principle that no one is above the law, stating that it is reckless and dangerous to say the verdict was rigged. Biden won the White House in 2020 with a promise to return to normality, offering his five decades in mainstream politics as a steadying alternative to Trump's chaotic pandemic news conferences and shattering of norms. However, polls show that the nation remains deeply divided, pessimistic, and concerned about the future. Trump boasted of a record $39-million fundraising haul in the first 10 hours after his conviction, but has since called out the criminal justice system as rigged and "a scam." Biden has tried to seize that ground from Trump, but his remarks have reminded him that life is different for an incumbent president than a challenger. He has been unable to end the war in the Gaza Strip, which has sparked mass protests and anger from many on the left who blame him for the humanitarian crisis in Gaza and thousands of deaths of Palestinians.