Donald Trump held his first campaign meeting in South Carolina at night Finnish time. Trump announced in November that he would run for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Henrietta Nyberg
28.1. 21:54•Updated 29.1. 1:50
Former President of the United States running again for the Republican presidential nomination Donald Trump held its first campaign event on Saturday night Finnish time. Trump announced in November that he would seek the Republican presidential nomination in next year’s election.
In his speech, which lasted about an hour, Trump repeated his old themes. Among other things, he vowed to save the United States from communism and Marxism, to tighten border policy and complete the Mexican border wall, and to protect women’s sports leagues from transgender people.
– We need a leader who is ready to stand up to the left, the media, China and the globalists and stand up for the United States, said Trump.
In addition, Trump, among other things, mocked the sitting president of the United States Joe Biden and the green transition by claiming, for example, that wind turbines are a threat to birds.
Trump’s campaign event was organized in Columbia, South Carolina, where he was supposed to start his speech at around 23:30 Finnish time. The speech finally started about an hour late.
You can follow the speech in this article. Trump also presented his campaign team at the event.
He spoke at another event on Saturday
Even before South Carolina, Trump spoke in New Hampshire at the Republican convention. It is in these states that the first Republican primaries are held.
In New Hampshire, Trump’s speech was very similar in content to the one in South Carolina. For example, he falsely claimed that the national debt was disappearing during his administration. of the New York Times (you will switch to another service) according to the government debt increased by 7.8 trillion dollars during Trump’s term, or about 7.17 trillion euros. Trump promised that his economic plan would rely mainly on tax cuts.
Trump and his supporters hope to get a boost for their campaign from the events. Trump’s registration as a candidate in November was a quiet event.
Trump is the first to register for the Republican nomination. His possible counter-candidates include the governor of Florida Ron DeSantisiaformer vice president Mike Pence and former US ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley.
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News updated on 29.1. 1.50 am: Updated with the content of the speech.