China News Service, November 20. According to the US Chinese website, Trump may face an unexpected problem when preparing for the 2024 US presidential campaign: as the wealthy super patron is killed by Florida Governor DeSantis And other potential competitors, he may face a shortage of funds.
On November 15, 2022 local time, former U.S. President Trump delivered a speech at Mar-a-Lago in Florida, officially announcing his participation in the 2024 U.S. presidential election.
According to US media reports, Trump has officially submitted documents to join the 2024 presidential campaign.
This is the third time Trump has launched a US presidential campaign.
The report quoted the US "Capitol Hill" as saying that the results of the mid-term elections were far below the expectations of the Republican Party. Some wealthy Republican donors have abandoned Trump, which dealt a serious blow to his fundraising prospects.
In addition, after Trump officially announced his 2024 campaign plan, his campaign team will now need to absorb millions of dollars in legal fees paid by the Republican National Committee.
Hedge fund manager Ken Griffin, the second-largest Republican donor to the midterm elections, said last week that he would support DeSantis over Trump.
He pointed to DeSantis' landslide re-election victory in a state that was considered a tight race.
Griffin, who had funded a pro-Trump super PAC in previous election rounds, gave $5 million last year to a DeSantis-aligned political committee.
Stephen Schwarzman, CEO of private equity giant Blackstone Group and a major Republican donor, also announced that he will support Trump's challenger in the 2024 presidential election.
"It's time for the Republican Party to turn to a new generation of leaders, and I intend to support one of them in the presidential primary," Schwarzman said in a statement.
The report also quoted the US Consumer News and Business Channel (CNBC) as saying that Robert Mercer and Rebecca Mercer, the largest donors to Trump's 2016 campaign, also no longer supported the former president.
Several prominent Republicans who backed Trump's 2020 re-election bid have issued similar statements calling for a leadership change after some of Trump's candidates lost midterm elections, including South Dakota Gov. Noam, former Vice President Mike Pence and others who might run in 2024.
Still, a loyal cadre of small-dollar donors will fuel Trump's presidential campaign, likely compensating for the loss of billionaire supporters who helped him raise a near-record $774 million in 2020 .
The report pointed out that after receiving a large sum of money in 2021, the Trump team's fundraising slowed down in the first half of this year, forcing it to spend more on text messages, emails, online advertisements and other ways to attract donors.
It is reported that Trump himself, a billionaire, spent $66 million on the 2016 presidential campaign.
Former U.S. President Trump announced on the evening of November 15 that he will compete for the White House again and officially launch the 2024 presidential campaign.
Trump is 76 years old and will serve as President of the United States from early 2017 to early 2021.
In the 2020 presidential election, he lost to Democrat Joe Biden, but refused to concede defeat.
At present, Trump is involved in a number of criminal and civil investigations, involving "Capitol Hill riots", interference in the 2020 presidential election counting, improper handling of confidential documents, and tax fraud by the Trump Organization.