Donald Trump warned on Saturday that the upcoming election would be America’s last chance for salvation as he returned to campaign rallies in New Hampshire and South Carolina in hopes of boosting his bid for the White House.
Two and a half months after the announcement of his candidacy in the 2024 elections, the former Republican president left the gilded halls of his Florida residence to make massive visits and presentations that owe nothing to chance.
New Hampshire and South Carolina will be among the first to host the Republican Party primaries in early 2024. A victory would give Trump a valuable and much-needed boost going forward.
“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,” Trump stressed in Columbia, South Carolina, flanked by American flags and some of his staunchest political allies. .
“We need a leader who is prepared to address the forces sweeping through our country,” he previously said before a crowd of several hundred in the small town of Salem, New Hampshire.
But after years of reigning in the “Grand Old Party,” as the Republican Party is known, Trump (76) wasn’t necessarily on conquered ground.
In New Hampshire, a state bordering Canada, many local lawmakers blame the former president for doing it ruined the chances of the Republicans in the mid-term elections last November by supporting candidates considered radical.
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“Personally, I think it has lost a lot of its charm and aura,” local lawmaker Mike Bordes, who backed Trump in the 2020 election, told AFP. He now says he is “ready to consider other options” for the nomination of the Republican presidential candidate.
Trump reiterated on Saturday that the 2020 election was stolen from him as he spared no derogatory nicknames for his rivals.
He also touted his record on public safety and immigration, vowing to save the country “from destruction by a corrupt, radical and selfish political establishment.”
Although so far he is the only Republican to announce his candidacy, in South Carolina several are preparing to throw themselves into the electoral arena.
Starting with former Governor Nikki Haley, who has promised her supporters an announcement very soon.
At the same time, several of Trump’s top donors have publicly announced that they will not support his candidacy and instead support that of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a rising star in the Republican Party, who has not officially entered the race.
Political jokes for Trump, who is already the subject of several judicial inquiries, which could be the biggest obstacle to his appointment.
“These are radical left prosecutors who are absolutely awful people,” Trump said.
Despite these setbacks, his supporters warn against a quick burial of Trump. His fall has been heralded a thousand times, but until now survived all the scandals.
It could also benefit from the imminent lifting of the suspension of its Facebook and Instagram accounts, networks in which it could find significant megaphones.
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