Former US President Donald Trump kicked off his 2024 White House bid with stops on Saturday in New Hampshire and South Carolina, occasions in early-voting states marking the primary marketing campaign appearances since pronouncing his newest run greater than two months in the past.
“Together we will complete the unfinished business of making America great again,” Trump said at an evening event in Columbia to introduce his South Carolina leadership team.
Trump and his allies hope the events in states with enormous power in selecting the nominee will offer a show of force behind the former president after a sluggish start to his campaign that left many questioning his commitment to running again.
“They said, ‘He’s not doing rallies, he’s not campaigning. Maybe he’s lost that step,’” Trump said at the New Hampshire GOP’s annual meeting in Salem, his first event.
But, he told the audience of party leaders, “I’m angrier now and more committed now than I ever was.” In South Carolina, he additional disregarded the idea through announcing that ”we’ve got large rallies deliberate, larger than ever ahead of.”
While Trump has spent the months since he announced largely ensconced in his Florida club and at his nearby golf course, his aides insist they have been busy behind the scenes.
His campaign opened a headquarters in Palm Beach, Florida, and has been hiring staff. And in recent weeks, backers have been reaching out to political operatives and elected officials to secure support for Trump at a critical point when other Republicans are preparing their own expected challenges.
In New Hampshire, Trump promoted his campaign agenda, including immigration and crime, and said his policies would be the opposite of President Joe Biden’s. He cited the Democrats’ move to change the election calendar, costing New Hampshire its primary leadoff spot.
He accused Biden, a fifth-place finisher in New Hampshire in 2020, of “disgracefully trashing this loved political custom.”
“I hope you’re going to remember that during the general election,” Trump instructed celebration individuals.
The Republican runner two times received the main however misplaced the state each and every time to the Democrats.
While Trump stays the one declared 2024 presidential candidate, doable challengers, together with Florida Gov, Ron DeSantis, former Vice President Mike Pence and previous South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, who used to be Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, are anticipated to get their campaigns underway within the coming months.
