‘2024. Getting ready? Me, too. Me too," said erstwhile president Donald Trump to the crowd in Mar-a-Lago, Florida on Tuesday night, just before announcing his statement.
"To make America large and glorious again, I am announcing my candidacy for president of the United States," said the erstwhile president to a area full of supporters after 2 years of bantering with media and public opinion, and not answering the question whether "the king of the MAGA [Make America large Again]" will effort to triumph. Just before going on phase in Mar-a-Lago Trump filed papers with the national Election Commission for his 3rd presidential campaign.
The speech lasted over an hour, and resembled Trump's speech at the UN in 2017 alternatively than the raves. The erstwhile president, faithful to his style, even commented on the energy he contributed to the speech that any social media observers have described as “low”. "It is an elegant night and elegant place. I won't usage the word fake news media. We are going to keep this very elegant.”
Although the speech was long, it seemed that Trump remained mostly on the script. Trump focused on issues that helped him separate him from a group of Republican candidates in the 2016 Republican primary and defeat him Hillary Clinton Not at all. “I will keep America distant from stupid and unnecessary abroad wars, as I have done for 4 consecutive years” Trump promised. "To all individual and household fighting for survival, with inflation destroying their household life, this run will be for you. Help's on the way. Joe Biden abolished America's borders. We intend to reconstruct and safe the borders of America, as we had before," Trump added at another point of the speech.
Immigration, trade, abroad policy – it was Trump's regular bread in 2016 and gave Trump an chance to hit the political elite that created this mess. But whether the president will be able to stand on these issues until 2024 election day will only be seen, given that Trump escaped from these topics in the 2020 campaign.
And although here and there he made jokes about the 2020 election, his speech announcing the start in 2024 was not dominated by a communicative of stolen elections or another complaints, although the erstwhile president promised to "restore honesty, trust and assurance in our elections" and that this issue was for him a "personal experience". As part of Trump's run integrity programme, he said he wanted government that requires the recognition of the voter, voting on the same day and utilizing paper ballot cards. He besides said "We want all the votes to be counted at election night".
One of the advantages Trump has always had over the political establishment since coming down from the 2015 Trump Tower escalators is that he understands how fragile American power is now. ‘I will make certain Joe Biden does not receive another 4 years in 2020. Our country couldn't stand it. I say it not with laughter, I say it with tears in my eyes” said Trump.
Trump in his own way intuitively senses that this fragility was the consequence of conscious political decisions made over decades and only accelerated under Biden. "Our confederate border is gone, and our country is under attack by millions of unknown people, many of whom come for very bad and sinister reasons. You know what the reason is? We will pay for this for many years. Hundreds of thousands of pounds of deadly drugs, including very deadly fentanyl, floods the open and completely mediocre confederate border," Trump said. "The streets of our cities are filled with blood are a cesspool of violent crimes that are being seen around the world, and the leaders of another countries explain that this is America and democracy. How sad. The United States is embarrassed."
Despite his failures, Trump encouraged his supporters to courage due to the fact that “America's return begins right now." But we inactive have a long drive to Tuesday, November 5, 2024. Trump will most likely gotta face strong Republican rivals in the primaries and who knows if Biden will be a Democratic candidate in 2024. 1 thing is certain: the planet will watch. And that's what Donald Trump likes.
Bradley Devlin
Photo: public domain
For: ‘American Conservative’
