Donald Trump warned on Saturday that the upcoming election was America’s only chance “to save the country” during a meeting in South Carolina after the key battleground state of New Hampshire, hoping to boost his House bid. White.
“The 2024 election is our only chance to save our country, and we need a leader who is ready to do it on day one,” Donald Trump told his staunchest political allies.
She also tackled her favorite topics, taking on a critical theory of race, or even the gender ideology she says is taught in the military.
Candidate for 2024
Two and a half months after entering the race for the 2024 elections, the former US president left the gilded halls of his Florida residence to make visits that owe nothing to chance.
These two states will be among the first to host their Republican primaries in early 2024. A victory would guarantee Donald Trump, the winner, a valuable and necessary boost for the future.
“We need a leader who is ready to stand up to the forces ravaging our country,” he told hundreds of people in Salem, a small New Hampshire town where the Republican Party holds its annual convention.
Consider “other options”?
But after years of reigning over the “Grand Old Party,” Donald Trump, 76, won’t necessarily be on conquered ground. In the Canadian border state, many local elected officials criticize the billionaire for hurting Republicans’ chances in the recent midterm elections by backing candidates seen as too extreme.
“Personally, I think he has lost a lot of his appeal and his aura,” said Mike Bordes, elected to the local parliament, who nonetheless supported him in the 2020 election.
If this official will be present in Salem – “he is the former president, so we must welcome him” – he also says that he is “ready to move forward and consider other options” for the Republican nomination.
“More determined than ever”
This Saturday, Donald Trump played his usual sheet music, repeating that the 2020 election had been stolen from him and giving derogatory nicknames to his rivals. He also touted his record on public safety and immigration, vowing to save the country “from destruction by a corrupt, radical and self-serving political establishment.”
“I am angrier now and more determined today than ever,” he said.
Because if officially, the former president is the only declared Republican candidate, several suitors in this state also seem ready to launch. Starting with her former governor, Nikki Haley, who promised her supporters an announcement very soon.
Donald Trump has also seen several of his top donors publicly announce that they will not support his candidacy in 2024, in favor of Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida and a rising star of the party, also not officially launched in the race.
Legal setbacks
Political concerns that the former president would have done well, already surrounded by endless investigations.
In December, a parliamentary commission investigating the responsibility of the Republican in the attack carried out by his supporters against the United States Congress recommended that he be criminally prosecuted. A Georgia judge has also promised an “imminent” ruling on his lobbying in that state.
“These are radical left-wing prosecutors who are absolutely horrible people,” Donald Trump said.
Despite these setbacks, be careful not to bury Donald Trump too quickly, his followers repeat. The tribune, whose fall has been announced a thousand times, has survived all the scandals so far. He, too, could benefit greatly from the upcoming lifting of the suspension of his Facebook and Instagram accounts, finding considerable megaphone there.
Joe Biden soon to be a candidate?
Donald Trump, or another… The candidate chosen by the Republican field at the end of these primaries will face the nominee of the Democratic Party in November 2024.
President Joe Biden says he so far “intends to run again” and vowed to make his decision public earlier this year. The architecture of his possible candidacy is also beginning to take shape.
The octogenarian leader will be in New York next Tuesday, then in Philadelphia on Friday, meeting with wealthy supporters to fill his party’s coffers.
Political experts predict a possible announcement after his State of the Union address, a traditional general policy speech by presidents before parliamentarians – and scheduled for February 7.
Source: BFM TV
