There wasn’t much suspense, and now it got up. Shortly before announcing it during a speech in Florida on Tuesday, Donald Trump presented his formal candidacy for the 2024 presidential election, by sending an official document to the Federal Election Commission.
“America is back,” the former White House tenant told supporters gathered at his luxurious residence in Mar-a-Lago, Florida.
In recent weeks, Donald Trump has made no secret of his desire to embark on a new campaign aimed at bringing him back to the White House.
Thus, on November 7, during a meeting in Ohio in support of his candidate for the position of Senator JD Vance on the occasion of the partial examsHe warned his supporters: “I’m going to make a very big announcement on Tuesday, November 15 at Mar-a-Lago.”
The previous Thursday in Iowa, he had already told the crowd that it was “very, very, very likely” that he would run for president again.
Obstacle course
But the obstacles in the way of the New Yorker’s return to Washington are numerous. First of all, the billionaire will undoubtedly have to emerge victorious from the Republican primaries to materialize his dream of a new candidacy. However, Donald Trump was weakened by the mixed results from his field during this midterm election.
Above all, they have made it possible – in addition to the conservation of leadership of the Democratic Party in the Senate – to his rival Ron DeSantis to continue his political rise. In fact, while the candidates dubbed by Donald Trump during the partial exams were often defeated, especially in key battleground states, the Governor of Florida was very comfortably re-elected to his position as Governor of Florida.
Finally, Donald Trump is in the crosshairs of investigators and justice. He is cited in numerous files, federal and local, opened following his attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. He is also concerned about the FBI, which seized numerous “top secret” documents last August, stored in crates from his sea. -a-Lago estate after leaving the White House. To make matters worse, the House congressional inquiry seeking to shed light on the January 2021 invasion of the Capitol wants to hear from you.
The skeptical electorate
With this early entry into the campaign, Donald Trump hopes to speed up these procedures. But these do not seem made to reassure an electorate that is thinking of opening a new chapter in American politics.
According to a YouGov survey, conducted after the partial exams and published on Sunday, 23% of those polled preferred to see Ron DeSantis win the Republican nomination over Donald Trump, encouraged by only 20% of the members of this panel. The trend can also be read among Republican supporters, 41% of them opt for the governor of Florida, 39% remain loyal to the former president.
Source: BFM TV
