Officially a candidate for the 2024 US presidential election, Donald Trump has unveiled the first elements of his program.
“In order to make America great and glorious again, I am announcing my candidacy for President of the United States tonight.” It is in these terms that Donald Trump officially embarked on the race for the American presidential election of 2024 which must designate the successor to Joe Biden (or lead to his re-election). On Wednesday November 15, 2022, in the middle of the night (French time), the former American president spoke for more than an hour, from his home in Florida, in front of an audience of a thousand people, to record what was not was no longer a secret for weeks and detail what prompted his decision. As usual, the 76-year-old openly criticized his successor in the White House and lamented “the decline of America [qui] imposed on us by Biden and the radical leftist crazies who run our government.” By running for the national ballot again, the billionaire wants the United States to be “a great nation again”, in his words. his ends, the one who was defeated in the 2020 presidential election already has a few measures in mind.
Tax reduction and death penalty
During his speech, Donald Trump outlined several points of his program, starting with an enigmatic remark on the international policy he wishes to pursue. “I will keep America out of stupid and unnecessary foreign wars, as I have done for four straight years,” he said, though he did not make clear mention of American support for Ukraine. Does he plan to stop it? The candidate for the Republican primary – an essential step to win in order to compete – did not expand on the subject.
While the United States is undermined by a major economic crisis with galloping inflation which is putting many households in difficulty, Donald Trump has promised “low taxes, weak regulations and fair trade”, but also a return to the country. of factories installed in China. “Economic security is national security,” he defended. The question of crime, the second priority theme in the eyes of Americans behind the economy, was also raised by the former head of state, who wants to repress the perpetrators of crimes more in a context where, according to him, cities become “blood sumps.” Still on the justice side, the now candidate intends to drastically toughen the legislation concerning drug sellers by condemning them to the death penalty, judging trafficking as “heinous acts.” Finally, an unexpected subject, Donald Trump raised the issue of transgender people and announced that he did not want to let “men participate in women’s sports”.
At this stage, the one who is aiming for a second four-year term at the head of the United States does not yet have a very detailed program. But his speech is already well established. “This is not a campaign. This is a quest to save our country. I need your voices…If our movement triumphs, we will defeat the forces of tyranny. The golden age is within reach , and we will give back to America its wealth, its power, its pride, its security, its glory, its greatness!”, he launched. But if he wants[s’]ensure Joe Biden doesn’t get another four years, our country couldn’t handle that,” will he himself have the opportunity to lead the country again?