US presidential election 2024: Donald Trump returns to campaign meetings

Donald Trump at the South Carolina Statehouse, Saturday, Jan. 28, 2023, in Columbia, flanked by South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster, left, and Sen. Lindsey Graham, R.S.C., right.

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Donald Trump kicks off his campaign for the 2024 presidential election. The former president was on January 28 in New Hampshire and South Carolina, two key states in the Republican primaries, when he seems to have less support than in previous campaigns.

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For his first two events as a

Donald Trump bet on his old safe formulas, so much so that it was very reminiscent of his 2016 speeches: a dangerous communist left, migrant rapists, criminals, terrorists who invade the country from the southern border, the Swamp, the dirty swamp of Washington that only he is able to clean.

He of course attacked Joe Biden's record and promised to restore America to glory, reports our New York correspondent

.

Donald Trump thus played his usual score, repeating that the 2020 election had been stolen from him and giving his rivals contemptuous nicknames.

He also touted his record on public safety and immigration, promising to save the country " 

 ."

" 

 ," he said.

A campaign that struggles to unite

Two and a half months after

, the former American president left the gilded salons of his Florida residence for visits that owe nothing to chance.

New Hampshire and South Carolina will be among the first to hold their Republican primaries in early 2024. A victory would guarantee Donald Trump the winner a precious – and necessary – momentum for the future.

" 

 ," said the Republican billionaire when he arrived on stage.

And for Donald Trump, it is a question of showing that he still enjoys significant support, while his campaign is struggling to rally.

It is known that many Republican party donors have made it known that they will not support him and that more and more elected officials say they want another candidate, including

, governor of Florida and rising star of the party, not officially launched. in the race.

Because if officially the former president is the only declared Republican candidate, several suitors also seem ready to launch, starting with the former governor of South Carolina,

, who promised his supporters a very soon announcement.

Political hassles which the ex-president, already surrounded by

, would have gone well.

Donald Trump can still count on his allies forever.

Saturday at his side in South Carolina, there was in particular Senator

, unwavering support.

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