Trump again goes to the presidency: he officially began the election campaign with a very tough program

Donald Trump announced on the evening of November 15 that he is running for president in 2024, laying out an aggressively conservative agenda that includes the execution of people convicted of selling drugs. CNBC.

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This campaign will be Trump's third for the presidency, and his first attempt to win votes since his refusal to accept defeat in the 2020 election and his desperate attempts to hold on to power led to the attack on the US Capitol on January 6, 2021.

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“We are a nation in decline. We are a failed nation for millions of Americans,” Trump said in a speech at a private club in Florida, criticizing President Joe Biden's record during his first two years in office. “I will make sure Joe Biden doesn’t get another four years.”

Earlier on November 15, Trump filed paperwork with the Federal Election Commission in which he declared himself a presidential candidate and established a new selection committee.

“This campaign will be about challenges and success and we won’t stop, we won’t quit until we reach our highest goals and make our country better than ever before,” Trump said.

Trump made little mention of the 2020 presidential race and made no mention of his two separate impeachment trials: the first over the use of U.S. foreign aid in an attempt to force Ukraine to investigate the Biden family, and the second over his role in the January 6 attack. to the Capitol.

Instead of dwelling on his time in office, Trump's speech echoed his 2016 campaign speeches in many ways, painting a dystopian picture of America as a failed nation devastated by violent crime in "a time of pain, deprivation, unrest and despair."

Trump said the "greatest threat to our civilization" is what he called the weapons of the Justice Department and the FBI, which is currently investigating his handling of classified documents, his role in the massive effort to reverse the 2020 presidential election results, and his obstructions. action against Congress, which confirmed Biden's victory.

He called for "an overhaul from top to bottom and a cleansing of the festering rot and corruption of Washington, D.C."

Trump also said he would demand a sweeping new list of electoral restrictions, including requiring only paper ballots, allowing voters to vote for one day only, requiring photo ID to vote, and "all votes are counted on election night."

“I will do the job,” he said. — This is a very personal work for me. I take this very personally."

However, voting in America is controlled by the states, not the federal government. Even if Trump were president and had the support of the Republican Congress, he could not change the way elections are held in individual states.

During the 2022 election cycle, Trump promoted a group of candidates in the 2020 election who were running for office in their respective states to oversee the election. Races were held in Michigan, Arizona, Minnesota, and Nevada, and all of Trump's candidates lost.

Launching his campaign now, just a week after the Republicans lost a key midterm election, Trump also rejected advice from current and former advisers who warned him against declaring himself a presidential candidate shortly after his party's defeat.

The FEC has nominated Donald J. Trump for the 2024 President and officially launched the 2024 Republican presidential primaries, a contest whose dynamics have changed dramatically over the past week.

Until last Tuesday, Trump, 76, was the undisputed leader in his party's nomination contest, with polls showing the former president's support among Republican voters averaging more than 20 percentage points compared to his nearest rival, Republican Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

But that was before DeSantis won re-election by an extraordinary 19-point margin, electrifying Republicans across the country and providing the party with a bright spot on an overcast day when Democrats won most of the major Senate and gubernatorial races.

Some early post-election YouGov polls show DeSantis leading Trump.

The Florida governor has reportedly met with donors and launched his own presidential campaign to challenge Trump for the GOP nomination.

“I just started fighting,” DeSantis promised supporters in his re-election victory speech.

Trump's growing legal troubles will also be a factor in any upcoming primary and general election battles. His family's real estate and hotel empire is facing a wide-ranging New York state fraud lawsuit that could permanently undermine his operations and reduce his personal fortune.

Trump is also facing an investigation in Georgia into his efforts to overturn the state's 2020 election results.

Trump's new status as a candidate is not expected to affect either the fraud suit or the Georgia case.

But now that Trump is officially Biden's political opponent in the 2024 election, Attorney General Merrick Garland will need to decide whether to appoint a special counsel to take over day-to-day management of federal investigations into Trump.

The White House is keen to avoid any suggestion that the investigation and possible prosecution of the president's archrival is politically motivated or that it is in any way intended to harm Trump's prospects in the 2024 election.

Whoever wins the Republican primary is likely to face President Joe Biden. The President has yet to officially begin his re-election campaign, but campaign plans have reportedly hardened in recent weeks.

On Tuesday, Trump accused Biden of mismanaging the economy. “In two years, the Biden administration has destroyed the US economy. Destroyed,” he said.

The prospect of a lengthy primary between Trump and DeSantis would be great news for Democrats, in part because Democratic campaign strategists see DeSantis as a formidable challenger.

Biden likes this idea too. When asked by a reporter on November 9 about Trump and DeSantis, the president said, "It will be fun to watch them fight each other."

Despite his setbacks, Trump remains the undisputed leader of the Republican Party, and his loyal MAGA conservative base is also a Republican primary voter, making him a formidable contender from the get-go.

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The Washington Post reported this week that Trump plans to build a campaign team that looks more like the backbone of loyal aides who ran his successful 2016 campaign than the massive operation that his failed 2020 re-election bid grew into. year.

Trump enters the race with more than $60 million in cash belonging to his PAC management, Save America, and a colossal fundraising operation that is raising small dollar donations at an unprecedented rate.

FEC rules prohibit Trump from using PAC leadership money to directly fund his presidential campaign.

As ForumDaily wrote earlier:

• Donald Trump made history by becoming the first U.S. president to be impeached twice.February 3 House Democrats presented their reasonsto accuse 45 President Donald Trump of instigating the riots January 6 at the US Capitol, in a sweeping impeachment petition filed with the Senate on Feb. 2. They accuse Trump of compromising the foundations of American democracy by pushing his supporters into “madness” for the sole purpose of maintaining his power as president.
• House of Representatives and Senate confirmed Joe Biden's win early Thursday morning January 7. During the protests near the Capitol, at least 4 people died, there are victims. The chaos near the Capitol was condemned by the leaders of many countries. In our material you can read chronicles of the capitol capture. Trump wanted to escape from the White House to the crowd storming the Capitol and even attacked a Secret Service agent: former assistant gave shocking testimony.
• Subsequently, Trump admitted defeat and condemned the assault on the Capitol.
• Five Impeachment Lawyers for President Donald Trump's 45 Defense gone in a little more than a week before the trial. According to people familiar with the case, HRDs did so amid disagreements over his legal strategy.
• The peculiarity of this impeachment is that 45 the president has already resigned. At the same time, the former leader still has something to lose, since his status gives many privileges. Therefore, if two-thirds of the Senate still votes for Trump's resignation, he may lose various benefits and bonuses that are due to all US presidents. Further read aboutthat Donald Trump is at risk of losing.
• US House of Representatives January 13 voted behind second presidential impeachment Donald Trump
• Second Trump's impeachment is based on one charge - incitement to sedition.
• But pon the results of the vote, the court in the Senate recognized trump innocent andHe supported the accusations made by the House of Representatives in the impeachment process.

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