A year after his defeat in the US presidential elections, Donald Trump has not hung up on politics

Donald Trump, 45th President of the United States, left the Oval Office on January 20. The former White House tenant now lives in Palm Beach, Florida, in his sprawling Mar-a-Lago complex. He is involved in politics, he plays a lot of golf, and from time to time he even mixes sport and politics. For example when he acommented a boxing match on the evening of the 20th anniversary of September 11, in Hollywood (Florida). He said boxing, like elections, could be “rigged”. And he spent the evening stirring up his successor Joe Biden, who is bringing the country, according to him, from“America first” (“America first”) to “America last“(” America last “).

Barely a year after the last presidential election, Donald Trump has a series of meetings, at a rate of about one every two weeks, as when he was campaigning last year. He visited Des Moines, Iowa on Saturday October 9 and Georgia two weeks ago.

In its meetings, there is a crowd of American flags and a slightly modified slogan on the lectern: it is no longer “Make America Great Again” (“Make America great again”) but “Save America” (“Save America”). But otherwise, it is a cut-and-paste of the 2020 campaign. For an hour and a half, the former president treats the choices of the new White House team: the withdrawal from Afghanistan, the reform plans, the climate, etc.

Supporters of Donald Trump at a meeting of the former president in Alabama, August 21, 2021 (CHIP SOMODEVILLA / GETTY IMAGES NORTH AMERICA)

Those rallied are used both to maintain his popularity and to fill the cash registers, since we sell caps or signs in the colors of the 45th president and we call for donations that can allow, via a raffle, to win a moment with him while traveling.

It is unprecedented for a former president to do it so early. These are the same aggressive techniques as during his 2020 campaign. We receive texts or emails every day with a link for “donate to save America”, where you can donate 5, 50 or 500 dollars with two clicks. Donald Trump also regularly organizes dinners and golf tournaments in his private clubs, sometimes with a six-figure entry fee.

Donald Trump often says that he is “confident for his party” before next year’s midterm elections, but he talks very little about the 2024 presidential election. Except that in private, he is seething: he says he is “introducing himself”. the New York Times posed the question to thirteen of his former or current advisers, and ten believe he will run again.

Ten days ago Yahoo Finance asked him what it would take to beat one of his potential opponents in the Republican primaries, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. He replied that he didn’t think he would face her, “because I don’t see it like that if I am a candidate”, did he declare. “I think most people would give up, he continued. I think he would give up. And if I faced him, I would beat him, like I would beat everyone else, frankly. “

“Look at what happens in the polls, where I have well over 90%, and in some cases 98% favorable opinion in the Republican Party. Because I have done a great job as president.”

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Not yet a candidate but already a winner. He wanted to declare himself this summer, but his advisers dissuaded him. It was not a good idea because of the campaign finance law and in terms of speaking time.

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Donald Trump is sure to win the primary if he goes for it. But other serious candidates, including former members of his administration, have already said more or less clearly that they wanted to try their luck. This is the case of Mike Pence, his former vice-president or Mike Pompeo, his former secretary of state.

And then investigations threaten him. In particular the one on the invasion of the Capitol, on January 6. Some of his former advisers are also auditioned this week. These investigations are perhaps the reason for Donald Trump to launch in 2024. According to Jon Decker, the White House correspondent of Gray Television and who previously worked within Fox News radio, a pro media. Trump, “the only way to rule out some of these inquiries is to be president.”

“If he is president, he will be able to grant a general pardon to anyone involved in what happened on January 6”

Jon Decker, reporter at Gray Television

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“It would allow him to pardon himself. If he were president, I think that’s something he would do from day one in office. “, predicts the journalist.

It must also be said again that Donald Trump loves being President of the United States, the one the whole world is watching. It’s good for his fairly developed ego, especially since since the events of January 6, he no longer has access to Twitter and Facebook to exist. He filed a complaint ten days ago to recover his Twitter account and 88 million subscribers, while indicating that even the Taliban can tweet. Another spade to Joe Biden.

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