Never in half measures.
Former US President Donald Trump warned on Saturday that the next election was the United States' only chance "to save the country" during a rally in South Carolina.
“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,” Donald Trump told Columbia, in front of his most loyal political allies.
He also addressed his favorite subjects, castigating a critical theory of race, or even the gender ideology that he says is taught within the army.
In his speech, he also said that we were "on the brink of a Third World War in Ukraine" and that "a peace agreement was needed now".
"I would get one in less than 24 hours," he said.
BREAKING: “We are at the brink of World War 3 in Ukraine.
And we need a peace deal right now.
I would have a peace deal within 24 hours” pic.twitter.com/vGhg7YKXNM
— Jack Posobiec 🇺🇸 (@JackPosobiec) January 28, 2023
Two and a half months after entering the race for the 2024 election, the former American president left the gilded salons of his Florida residence for visits that owe nothing to chance.
After a meeting in the key state of New Hampshire, he hopes to give his candidacy a boost.
These two states will be among the first to organize their Republican primaries in early 2024. A victory would guarantee Donald Trump the winner a precious and necessary momentum for the future.
“A corrupt, radical and selfish political establishment”
But after reigning for years over the "Grand Old Party", Donald Trump, 76, will not necessarily be on conquered ground.
In this border state of Canada, many local elected officials criticize the billionaire for having sealed the chances of the Republicans in the recent mid-term elections by supporting candidates deemed too extreme.
“Personally, I think he has lost a lot of his appeal and his aura,” said Mike Bordes, elected to the local parliament, who had nevertheless supported him in the 2020 election.
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Donald Trump played his usual score, repeating that the 2020 election had been stolen from him and giving his rivals contemptuous nicknames.
He also touted his record on public safety and immigration, promising to save the country "from destruction by a corrupt, radical and selfish political establishment."
"I'm angrier now and more determined today than I've ever been," he said.
Fierce internal competition
Because if officially, the former president is the only declared Republican candidate, several suitors in this state also seem ready to launch.
Starting with its former governor, Nikki Haley, who promised her supporters a very soon announcement.
Donald Trump has also seen several of his major donors publicly announce that they would not support his candidacy in 2024, in favor of Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida and rising star of the party, also not officially launched in the race.
In December, a parliamentary committee investigating the responsibility of the Republican in the attack led by his supporters against the United States Congress recommended that he be prosecuted criminally.
A judge in Georgia has also promised an "imminent" ruling on his political lobbying in that state.
"These are radical far-left prosecutors who are absolutely horrible people," said Donald Trump.