At his first major political event of the year, Donald Trump did not officially announce his intention to run again for president in 2024, but otherwise his speech clearly looked like a campaign one.
“Joe Biden is absolutely incompetent,” Trump said at a rally in Florence, Arizona. – His diplomacy, economic initiatives, policies in the field of combating the epidemic of covid or crime are no good. In two years we will retake the White House, and this year we will regain both houses of Congress.”
According to Trump, “seismic red (Republican. – Ed.) wave” will start right here in Arizona.”
Several times in his speech, the speaker repeated that the 2020 elections were rigged. “I was elected twice and won twice.” By the way, a GOP-initiated audit of the voting results in Arizona’s largest district, Maricopa, showed that Trump won there several hundred votes less than what was originally certified by the district election commission.
It is no coincidence that Trump chose Arizona as the venue for his debut speech in 2022. Once a Republican fiefdom, the “Grand Canyon State” has recently moved into the ranks of swingers. Both of his senators are currently Democrats, and one of them, Mark Kelly, is up for re-election in November. In addition, the fall will determine who will become the 24th governor of Arizona.
Trump’s next major rally is scheduled for Jan. 29 in the Houston suburb of Conroe. Until the November elections, the former president expects to hold two public actions every month.
Trump’s strongest opponent in the primaries, should he decide to run, will be popular Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis. Trump, just in case, pricked a possible rival, noting that a politician who refuses to admit whether he received a covid booster shot is a “pathetic coward.” The owner of the “Sunshine State” avoids questions on this topic. DeSantis did not remain in debt and feigned repentance that he failed to convince Trump in February – March 2020 to avoid lockdowns. In addition, DeSantis was in favor of suspending flights from China even before the 45th president did.
The latest authoritative opinion polls show that 59% of Americans do not want to see Trump as the next presidential candidate, only 33% welcome such a scenario. If we take only Republicans, 69% of them want Trump to return to big politics, in October last year there were 78% of them.
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