Donald Trump continues to be active in view of the 2024 election. The former American president warned on Saturday January 28, during a rally in South Carolina after the key state of New Hampshire, that the next election was the only chance of the United States "to save the country". He hopes to give a boost to his candidacy for the White House.
"The 2024 election is our only chance to save our country and we need a leader who is ready to do it from day one," Donald Trump told his most loyal supporters in Columbia, South Carolina. political allies. He also addressed his favorite subjects, castigating a critical theory of race, or even the gender ideology that he says is taught within the army.
Two and a half months after entering the race for the 2024 election, the former American president left the gilded salons of his Florida residence for visits that owe nothing to chance. These two states will be among the first to hold their Republican primaries in early 2024. A victory would guarantee Donald Trump a precious – and necessary – momentum for the future. "We need a leader who is ready to take on the forces that are ravaging our country," he told hundreds of people in Salem, a small town in New Hampshire where the Republican Party holds its annual convention. .
But after reigning for years over the "Grand Old Party", Donald Trump, 76, will not necessarily be on conquered ground. In this border state of Canada, many local elected officials criticize the billionaire for having sealed the chances of the Republicans in the recent mid-term elections by supporting candidates deemed too extreme.
"Personally, I think he has lost a lot of his appeal and his aura," Mike Bordes, elected to the local parliament, told Agence France-Presse, who had supported him in the 2020 election. this official will be present in Salem - "he is the former president, so we must welcome him" - he also says he is "ready to move forward and consider other options" for the Republican nomination.
On Saturday, Donald Trump played his usual part, repeating that the 2020 election had been stolen from him and labeling his rivals with derogatory nicknames. He also touted his record on public safety and immigration, promising to save the country "from destruction by a corrupt, radical and selfish political establishment." "I'm angrier now and more determined today than I've ever been," 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 its former governor, Nikki Haley, who promised her supporters an announcement very soon.
Donald Trump has also seen several of his major donors publicly announce that they would not support his candidacy in 2024, in favor of Ron DeSantis – governor of Florida and rising star of the party, also not officially launched in the race.
Political worries which the ex-president, already surrounded by a myriad of investigations, would have done well. In December, a parliamentary committee investigating the responsibility of the Republican in the attack carried out by his supporters against the American Congress recommended that he be prosecuted criminally. A judge in Georgia has also promised an "imminent" decision regarding his political lobbying in that state. "These are far-left radical prosecutors who are absolutely horrible people," Trump said.
Despite these setbacks, we must not bury Donald Trump too quickly, repeat his supporters. The tribune, whose fall has been announced a thousand times, has so far survived all the scandals. He could also greatly benefit from the upcoming lifting of the suspension of his Facebook and Instagram accounts, finding there a sizeable megaphone.
Donald Trump, or another... The candidate chosen by the Republican camp at the end of these primaries will face the one nominated by the Democratic Party in November 2024. President Joe Biden says so far that he "intends to represent" and promised 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 wealthy supporters to fill his party's coffers. Political experts predict a possible announcement after his speech on the state of the union, a traditional address on general policy by presidents given to parliamentarians – and scheduled for February 7.
