Donald Trump officially launched the campaign for the US mid-term elections on Saturday, finding in Ohio the atmosphere of the meetings he loves, with an eye already fixed on 2024.

Famous for his open-air meetings with a supercharged atmosphere, the tribune has returned, for the first time since he left the White House five months ago, with all the codes of these meetings during a energetic speech of an hour and a half.

"We won the election twice, and we may have to win it a third time"

It was the “very first meeting of the 2022 election,” he said in the introduction, the event having been organized in support of a Republican candidate for Congress. "We are going to take over the House (of Representatives), we are going to take over the Senate", he insisted. On the merits, the former president approached all his favorite topics, by painting the portrait of an America running “to its doom” under his successor Joe Biden, while repeating his allegations of election “stolen” by the Democrats in 2020.

"We have won the election twice, and there is a possibility that we will have to win it a third time," he said, triggering cheers from the thousands of supporters gathered for his visit to Wellington, near the industrial city. of Cleveland.

The 75-year-old real estate mogul has yet to explicitly acknowledge his successor's victory.

On the contrary, he continues to cry electoral fraud, even if his dozens of complaints have been rejected, including by judges he had appointed.

“In 2024, we won't even have a country!

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"Joe Biden is destroying our nation, right in front of our eyes," he said. “Who the hell knows what will happen in 2024, we won't even have a country! He exclaimed. Banned from social networks after the murderous assault on Capitol Hill on January 6, the tribune had already made two major public speeches since leaving Washington.

But the more subdued atmosphere of conservative salons had nothing to do with the atmosphere of these meetings, where the former president never ceases to call out to an overexcited public and where the hits are linked to the loudspeakers.

Having promised to play a big role in the key midterms elections of November 2022, he confirmed his strategy to support pro-Trump candidates.

Saturday night's rally was held in support of former Donald Trump adviser Max Miller, who is running against House Republican, Anthony Gonzalez.

Do everything to ensure that the Republicans who let go of him are not re-elected

The latter, who represents Ohio, was one of ten Republicans in the lower house, out of 211, to vote in favor of impeachment of Donald Trump during his impeachment trial for "incitement to insurgency" .

Accused of having encouraged his supporters to attack the Capitol, where parliamentarians were gathered to certify the victory of Joe Biden, the former president was finally acquitted in February 2021 by the Senate.

Since then, the stormy New Yorker has vowed to do everything to ensure that his rare Republican accusers are not re-elected.

"Anthony Gonzales is a false Republican and a disgrace for your state," Donald Trump said on Saturday, praising the talents of Max Miller on the contrary.

“Max will be tough on immigration (…) he will protect Ohio jobs just like I did.

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Despite a forced silence on the major social networks Twitter and Facebook, Donald Trump remains very influential among Republicans.

And he intends to strengthen his public presence in the coming months.

As of Wednesday, he will travel to Texas to visit the border area with Mexico and discuss illegal immigration, one of the central topics of his presidency.

Then on July 3, he will organize another big meeting in Sarasota, Florida.

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