United States: Republican leaders and donors skeptical of the Trump candidacy

Former US President Donald Trump, on the evening of the announcement of his candidacy for 2024, at Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach, Florida, Tuesday, November 15, 2022. AP - Andrew Harnik

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Donald Trump's candidacy for the 2024 US presidential election has galvanized his supporters.

On the other hand, it raises doubts among the leaders of the Republican Party and the major donors who have so far supported the former president.

Among the conservatives, more and more influential voices are openly dropping it.

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With our correspondent in Miami,

Since his candidacy announcement on Tuesday, three Republican megadonors have already publicly announced that they will not fund Donald Trump's new campaign.

One of them is a relative: Ronald Lauder and the former president have been friends since the benches of the university.

Worse, heir to the Estée Lauder fortune has already begun to open his wallet in favor of rival Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.

The CEO of the Blackstone group is also stepping down, as is that of Citadel, another heavyweight in global finance.

Megadonors leaving... and influential elected officials distancing themselves.

The candidacy announcement was chaotic.

His message is the same as the one that made us lose the last election.

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 ", considers Asa Hutchinson, governor of Arkansas.

Even a loyal Trumpist like Kristi Noem, Governor of South Dakota, believes that Trump does not have "

" of winning.

As for the leader of the Republicans in the chamber, Kevin McCarthy simply refused to answer journalists who asked him if he supported Donald Trump's candidacy for 2024, he who had nevertheless gone to Mar-a-Lago the day after January 6. to rehabilitate the former president.

Finally, doubts seem to be emerging even within the first family circle of the former president.

His daughter Ivanka Trump announces in a press release that she will not be involved in her father's campaign.

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