New York (AFP) – Former president Donald Trump arrives at a New York court to testify in the civil case threatening to upend his real estate empire and deal him a damaging financial blow as he seeks to retake the White House next year. Entering the court in Manhattan, Trump tells journalists he was a victim of “political warfare.” He is set to defend himself against charges that his business empire routinely inflated asset values on financial statements as a fraudulent method to obtain favorable financial deals.