Former US President donald trump (2017-2021) finally announced this Tuesday and from Florida his intention to compete in the 2024 elections to return to the White House. The documentation that supports this application reached the Federal Elections Committee shortly before he made the expected announcement in Florida, according to a report from the CNN.
“To make America great and glorious again, tonight I announce my candidacy for the presidency of the United States,” Trump said, quoted by the US network.
➡️ It’s official: Trump announces his third run for the Republican presidential nomination.
➡️ Florida Governor Ron DeSantis could be the former president’s main opponent for this nomination.
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Trump emphatically reviewed the achievements of his presidency (2017-2021) and outlined a panorama of the two years of the Trump administration. Biden. If he achieves his goal, he would be the second president elected for two non-consecutive terms in the US, according to this source.
After hinting at his intentions for months and amid great anticipation for what he called an “important announcement,” Trump, 76, confirmed the rumors from Mar-a-Lago, his mansion and private club in Palm Beach ( southeast Florida), accompanied by his wife Melania and a large group of guests.
This will be his third campaign for the presidential nomination, since he was a candidate in the 2000 elections, for the Reform Party, and as a Republican in those of 2016, in which he was the winner, and 2020, in which he lost to Joseph Biden. , points out the Spanish agency, points out the agency efe. He assured that his campaign will be that of the people and will be based on “issues, values and success.”
“This is not just a campaign, it is a cause to save our country,” he said before asking “all patriots to get on board.”
Various media outlets highlight that contrary to 2016, when he announced his candidacy for the last elections, in his speech he praised Latinos, whom he said are enterprising and good people, concerned about security and the economy like him. He also celebrated the president of Mexico, whom he called “a gentleman,” when he promised to restore security to the border with that country and expel foreign criminals who enter the country freely for lack of action against them. .
The former president accused Biden of having “destroyed the economy” of the US and assured that the four years of his term will be even worse, but he promised that if he comes to power he will stop inflation, recover “energy independence” and take other measures for America to be “even bigger” again and stop being “on its knees” and “in decline” as it is said to be now.
Looking back over the years of his presidency, he said the world was at peace and people prospered and reiterated his claim that if he had been in office, the war in Ukraine would not have happened.
There was no shortage of allusions to his problems with justice. “I am a victim,” she assured and predicted that he and those who follow him will be “persecuted” but they will not be intimidated and in the end “will win.”
The announcement comes as the former president tries to regain the spotlight after the disappointing performance of the Republican Party in the midterm elections, which included the defeats of various figures he supported and who denied the results of the 2020 presidential vote, according to the US television network.
With information from CNN and EFE.
