PALM BEACH, Fla. – Despite dominating the Super Tuesday nominating elections, former Pres Donald Trump gave a short victory speech on occasion of celebration or jubilation and with many sinister evocations of what he described as a sad fate for the country if President Joe Biden is re-elected.
“We’ve seen our country take a huge hit over the last three years,” Trump told supporters Tuesday night at Mar-a-Lago, his private club and residence in Palm Beach, Florida.
“And no one thought something like this would be possible.”
He did not mention his only Republican rival, Nikki Haley his former ambassador to the United Nations, whose victory was announced in the Vermont primaries (the first state he won). The associated press just as he finished speaking.
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A somber Trump reeled off a meandering list of grievances, insisting that the nation was descending into chaos under Biden’s leadership.
Former US President and 2024 presidential hopeful Donald Trump attends a Super Tuesday election night viewing party at the Mar-a-Lago club in Palm Beach, Florida on March 5, 2024. Photo by CHANANDAN KHANNA / AFP.He criticized lack of border security, Chinese policy and the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, at one point making a complaint about “beautiful new equipment left behind.”
“Planes, tanks and everything you can imagine. Safety glasses. “Nightglasses,” she said.
“They didn’t fight at night. Now they do it, because they have glasses. “They have better glasses than us.”
On a night in which he swept the Republican primaries, Trump raised questions about the integrity of the voting process.
“We are a third world country in our borders, and we are a third world country in our elections,” Trump said.
His speech was another sign that he has turned his attention to the general election and an increasingly likely fight against Biden.
Trump said, as he often does, that foreign policy is in crisis Ukraine and the Gaza Strip they would have been avoided if he alone had remained in office.
And he described it again “invasion” to immigrants crossing the country’s southern border at unprecedented levels, calling them violent criminals and murderers.
Border authorities who worked for the former president said most of those crossing the border are vulnerable families who flee poverty and violence.
Trump gave a brief nod to his victories, calling Tuesday an “incredible day” and thanking his family and campaign team.
Present at the time were a group of close allies and family members, including Trump’s sons Eric and Donald; his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump; Roger Stone, a longtime partner; Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, R-Ga.; and Representative Byron Donalds of Florida.
Trump’s wife, Melania, was not present.
Although Haley won Vermont, and did well in several states, suggesting that a faction of Republicans remain opposed to his candidacy, Trump maintained that the party would unite behind him.
His success, he said, “would finally unify this country and unify this party.”
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