Synopsis: Despite a rocky midterm election and a surge from competitor Ron DeSantis, twice-impeached former US president Donald Trump announces his candidacy.
Nearly two years before the election, Donald Trump declares his bid for president in 2024.
Donald Trump makes a 2024 bid official
On Tuesday night, Donald Trump declared his bid for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, potentially kicking off a new era of political unrest in the US, notably within his own political party.
In the ballroom of his exclusive Mar-a-Lago Club in Palm Beach, Florida, where he stood on a stage surrounded by American flags and Make America Great Again banners, Trump declared, “I am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the United States in order to make America great and glorious again.”
He said that “America’s golden age is just ahead” and vowed to defeat Joe Biden in 2024.
Trump suggests a 2024 run amidst Jan.
It seems inevitable that the long-awaited declaration by a twice-impeached president who ordered a murderous assault on Congress will widen the gulf that has stoked concerns about an uptick in political violence.
But it also comes at a time when Trump’s standing inside the Republican party has been questioned. A week after the midterm elections, in which his Republican party did not make the gains it had hoped for, losing the Senate and appearing to be headed for a slim majority in the US House, Trump gave a speech at Mar-a-Lago.
Despite the fact that the Republicans are poised to win a much slimmer majority than anticipated, Donald Trump praised the GOP’s performance triumph in the House in his speech. “ Nancy Pelosi lost her job. He said, “Isn’t that lovely?” The party that will secure a majority has not yet been predicted by The Associated Press.
On Tuesday, Donald Trump backers assemble in front of his Mar-a-Lago home. Picture: AFP/Getty Images/Giorgio Viera
Defeats for prominent candidates Trump sponsored sparked public criticism of the former president and requests to postpone or cancel his announcement in a party that Trump once controlled. After winning re-election last week, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis has risen to strong contention as Trump’s popularity has fallen.
Also coinciding with Donald Trump’s declaration was the release of Mike Pence’s memoir, So Help Me God, in which the former president’s formerly devoted lieutenant chastises him for his actions on January 6. The former vice president is also thinking about running in 2024, despite losing favour with the Maga base.
Trump asserted that he was the only candidate who could bring about a Republican triumph in 2024, despite Republican failures in 2022 and his defeat in 2020.
In the midst of escalating legal issues, including Justice Department inquiries into the transportation of hundreds of top-secret documents from the White House to his Florida residence and his involvement in the attack of January 6th, he announces his third run for the Republican nomination. The attacks have been used by Trump to support his claim that he is unfairly being targeted by his political rivals and a mysterious “deep state” bureaucracy, although he has denied any involvement.
But on Tuesday, Trump kept up his campaign.
With “blood-soaked” city streets and a “invasion” at the southern border, Donald Trump portrayed a grim picture of America and proclaimed his campaign to be a “quest to save our country.”
In the fewer than two years since Biden took office, which Trump referred to as “the pause,” Trump charged Biden’s successor with causing “pain, suffering, fear, and despair” with his economic and domestic policies.
A different plan was put forth by Donald Trump and was called the “national greatness agenda.”
Trump’s rambling, hour-long speech devolved into name-calling and ridicule, blasting “fake news,” making fun of former German chancellor Angela Merkel’s accent, and accusing Biden of “falling asleep” at international conferences despite promising remarks as “elegant” as the gold-plated room in which he was standing. He insulted climate science at one point and seemed to confuse the Civil War with the ensuing reconstruction phase.
Donald Trump stated that beating Biden in 2024 would be lot simpler since “everyone realises what a poor job has been done” despite refusing to concede defeat in 2020.
A thrice-married New York real estate billionaire, reality TV personality, and tabloid fixture, Donald Trump, 76, has long been considered as a colourful but contentious figure in American culture. He has dabbled in politics but has never committed.
At Mar-a-Lago, Donald Trump’s supporters congregate. Picture: Reuters/Jonathan Ernst
However, Trump entered the contest for the Republican nomination to follow the 44th president in 2015 after establishing himself as a prominent figure of rightwing opposition to Barack Obama and spreading a racist conspiracy theory regarding Obama’s birth.
He wiped out a sizable Republican field before pulling off a historic upset by defeating the Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton, in the 2016 election, demonstrating his resistance to scandal, whether it be related to his personal behaviour, sexual assault allegations, or persistent courtship of the far right.
The 22nd amendment to the United States Constitution prevents Donald Trump from running again in 2028 if, like so many of his rivals, he defeats DeSantis and wins the nomination and the presidency. A rematch in 2024 is still conceivable, though. Biden is preparing for a re-election campaign despite concerns about whether he should do so given that he will approach 80 soon.