As of: March 7, 2024, 1:32 p.m
By: Christian Stör
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The Republican primaries are still ongoing in the USA.
Nikki Haley's exit marks the beginning of a new phase.
Now Donald Tump is in charge.
Washington, DC – The election year in the USA is still young.
However, around eight months before the US election in November, the course has already been set.
After the withdrawal of Republican Nikki Haley, everything currently boils down to another duel between incumbent Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump.
He also immediately set his sights on his potential opponent.
After his successes in the Republican primaries on Super Tuesday, he asked his successor in office to have a talk with men.
“It is important for the well-being of our country that Joe Biden and I debate issues that are so important to America and the American people,” Trump wrote on the online platform Truth Social.
And further, at the end again with the shift key firmly in place: “That’s why I call for debates, ANYTIME, ANYWHERE, ANY PLACE!”
After his successes on Super Tuesday, Donald Trump is already targeting Democratic President Joe Biden.
© Evan Vucci/dpa
Republicans are rallying behind Donald Trump
So Donald Trump is already going on the offensive.
He also does this during the traditional State of the Union address to Congress.
Every year, at the official address (“State of the Union”), the US presidents inform the Senate and House of Representatives about their plans.
Trump has said he wants to tear up Biden's speech “piece by piece.”
Trump is not alone in his crusade against the Democrats.
His base is loyally behind him anyway, but even prominent skeptics suddenly support him again as a matter of course after Super Tuesday.
The best example is perhaps Mitch McConnell.
The Republican Senate minority leader was never considered a Trump supporter.
After the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021, McConnell even gave a highly critical speech in which he accused Trump of being “practically and morally” responsible.
Still, he couldn't bring himself to agree to impeaching Trump.
But now the fact that Trump has regularly publicly insulted him in the past no longer seems to bother McConnell.
It is completely clear that Trump has the necessary support from the Republicans, McConnell said in a statement after Super Tuesday.
“It should come as no surprise that he will have my support as a candidate.”
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Trump plays on classic Republican themes: immigration, the economy, crime
Mike Johnson, on the other hand, has always been a Trump supporter.
The speaker of the House of Representatives, who voted to challenge the election results in 2020, announced the new plans for the Republicans in the election campaign after the withdrawal of Nikki Haley.
It's about talking about the principles and policies of the Republicans, said Johnson on
Fox News
.
Johnson also addressed the issues that will be important for Republicans in the election campaign: crime, the economy and immigration.
These are all questions “to which the Republicans have the right answers.”
Johnson said the contrast between the “competing visions” of Democrats and Republicans will become increasingly clear in the coming months.
In addition, Johnson could not hold back from emphasizing a superlative in Trump style: After two years of the Trump administration, the USA had “the largest economy in the history of the world”.
“We can achieve this again, but you have to make the right policies and elect the right people.”
In fact, post-election surveys on Super Tuesday showed that people in the USA are particularly concerned about the situation at the border with Mexico and the economic situation.
This could also be the reason why Donald Trump is currently doing better than Joe Biden in the US election polls.
Nationwide polls for the 2024 US election: Joe Biden versus Donald Trump
source |
Joe Biden (in%) |
Donald Trump (in%) |
|---|---|---|
Race to the White House |
43.1 |
45.1 |
Decision Desk HQ/The Hill |
43.5 |
45.6 |
(Sources: RacetotheWH and The Hill, weighted average of polls as of March 6)
Can Trump also win over critical Republicans in the US election?
One question still remains unanswered.
How will those who voted for Trump's rival Nikki Haley in the Republican primary behave?
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CNN
post-election survey in North Carolina provided a clear picture: 81 percent of those who checked Haley's name said they would not automatically support the Republican presidential candidate in the US election in November.
Haley herself also explicitly did not support Trump in her speech.
“I have always been a conservative Republican and have always supported the Republican candidate.
But on this issue, Margaret Thatcher gave good advice,” said Haley, quoting the former Prime Minister of Great Britain: “Never just follow the crowd.
Always form your own opinion.” Whether Trump will succeed in winning over the renegade Republicans remains an exciting question.
There will probably only be an answer in the US election in November.
(cs)