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Donald Trump’s candidacy in the 2024 US presidential election galvanized his supporters. On the other hand, it raises doubts among the leaders of the Republican Party and the major donors who have so far supported the former president. Among conservatives, increasingly influential voices are deserting him openly.
With our correspondent in Miami, David Thompson
Since announcing his candidacy on Tuesday, three Republican mega-donors have already publicly announced that they will not fund Donald Trump’s new campaign.
One of them is a relative: Ronald Lauder and the former president have been friends since college. Worse, the heir to the Estée Lauder fortune has already begun opening his wallet to rival Florida governor Ron DeSantis.
The CEO of the Blackstone group also resigns, as does that of Citadel, another heavyweight in global finance.
Mega-donors walking away… and influential elected officials walking away. The announcement of the candidacy was chaotic. His message is the same one that made us lose the last election.
« We need alternatives “, considers Asa Hutchinson, governor of Arkansas. Even a staunch Trumpist like Kristi Noem, Gov. of South Dakota, believes Trump isn’t.” the best of luck ” win.
As for the leader of the Republicans in the House, Kevin McCarthy simply refused to answer journalists who asked him if he supported Donald Trump’s candidacy for 2024, he who had nevertheless gone to Mar-a-Lago the day after on January 6 to rehabilitate the former president.
Finally, doubts seem to emerge even within the first family circle of the former president. Her daughter Ivanka Trump announces in a press release that she will not be involved in her father’s campaign.
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