H.e is running! In the most surprising news of the year, low-energy Donald Trump announced last night that he is running for president again. The speech itself was predictable, drawing support from traditional authoritarians and nativists. We’ve heard of “invasions” at the border and “radical Democrats” at the White House, but all are the usual stretches of self-complementary anecdotes and selfish lies we’ve come to expect from former presidents. stimulated by the combination of
Even more interesting is the almost complete absence of prominent Republicans in Mar-a-Lago and even lukewarm interest in the US media. On various channels, journalists “analysed” Trump’s candidacy while the former president silently delivered a speech in the background. He even cut Sean Hannity from Fox News into a half hour-plus speech.
How did the Mighty Man fall? Just a few months ago, rumors circulated that the Republican nomination was for him. None of his competitors are intimidated after Tuesday’s uninspiring announcement. In fact, prior to the announcement, Mike Pompeo, who served as Secretary of State under Trump, said the announcement would not change his own candidacy decision. He explicitly criticized his former boss, stating, “We need leaders who look forward instead of staring in the rearview mirror claiming to be victims.” Other prominent Republicans, including South Dakota Senator John Thune, expressed similar sentiments.
These reactions are very much in line with the dominant Republican narrative about the midterm elections: that it was Trump’s fault that we lost. Calls for a “post-Trump” Republican Party have been pouring in in recent days from all sides of the party and the right-wing media system. For now, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis is the leading candidate to return the Grand Old Party to “normal.” To be clear, this “regular” party is both Trumpist and post-Trump. Because most Republicans, both politicians and voters, agree with Republican Rep. Mike Simpson of Idaho. I don’t need all the drama with it.
But the question is, can Trump be beaten in the primary? It’s true that the former president’s star was already fading among Republicans before the midterm elections. Just under half (48%) of Republican primary voters said they would support Trump in the 2024 primary. And while DeSantis’ star was already on the rise before the midterm elections, he was still only half of Trump’s approval ratings (26%). has flooded the media with new polls showing it has already overtaken Trump as the new favorite.
As governor of Florida, DeSantis has tried to stay out of the hair of his state’s most famous and hot-tempered resident. Although he addressed much of the same issue, his reputation as a culture warrior is based more on national policy than on national speech. . But as a contender for the 2024 Republican nomination, this has changed, and knowing Trump, he will go all out. In fact, he’s already started using the nickname “Ron de Sanctimonias,” and both he and his daughter-in-law, Lara Trump, have made veiled threats.
The major problem with the Republican Party is that Trump doesn’t care about “his” party. He doesn’t even really care about being president again. Trump has to run to keep out of jail. That’s why all the media speculation about whether he announced too soon has been ludicrous. We are under attack and need a lot of money and political coverage.as a citizen, even as a citizen previous As a primary candidate who may not be able to win the Republican president, but may have enough power to lose it for the Republican Party, he has far less influence than the president.
Paradoxically, the midterm elections he didn’t run for Trump did what he couldn’t do in the 2020 presidential election, which he lost. And while his ideas live on in the Republican Party, he himself has been viewed as toxic by that same party. Because Trump himself was not at all interested in the idea, he was only interested in himself.
