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UNITED STATESTrump promises a “very big announcement” on Tuesday, Nov.15
The former US president, who is apparently flirting with a new candidacy for the White House, promised Monday night to make a “very big announcement” next week.
Donald Trump in Ohio on November 7, 2022.
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“I’m going to make a huge announcement on Tuesday, November 15 in Mar-a-Lago,” his Florida residence, the Republican billionaire announced at an election rally in Ohio on the eve of the midterm elections. decisive mandate for his political future and that of Joe Biden.
Until the last moment, Donald Trump had questioned a possible candidacy announced on Monday evening. But he made sure he didn’t want to steal the show from the candidates he dubbed.
Faced with a flood of red caps, the 76-year-old former president painted an extremely gloomy picture of America under Joe Biden on Monday night. A country where skyrocketing prices “strangle families”, where “violent crime is out of control” and where the far left “indoctrinates our children”.
“There is only one solution to put an end to this madness,” said the American billionaire. “If you want to end the destruction of our country and save the American dream, you have to vote Republican tomorrow,” he said.
The Americans are called in these elections to renew the entire House of Representatives and a third of the Senate. A whole series of local elected offices are also at stake, who decide the policies of their state regarding abortion or environmental regulation, in particular.
The campaign for this multitude of votes collected under the name of “midterms” will have the appearance of a second round of the 2020 match until the last hours.
“Democracy in danger”
Donald Trump’s meeting was in fact in direct competition with Joe Biden’s, held a few minutes earlier in a historically black university in Maryland, on the outskirts of Washington, during which the president urged Americans to “defend democracy” .
“We deeply know that our democracy is in danger,” assured the 79-year-old Democratic leader, as Republican candidates in this election threaten to contest possible defeat. The democratic camp has therefore, beyond these economic subjects, tried to portray the Republican Party as a threat to democracy and social achievements such as the right to abortion.
Whether this will have the desired effect remains to be seen. Or whether the well-known saying of an advisor to former President Bill Clinton will still be true, that in the elections it is always “the economy that counts” (“It’s the economy, stupid”).
After his meeting, the president once again assured him that he was “optimistic” about the outcome of the ballot. He admitted, however, that maintaining control of the House would be “difficult”.
Remake of 2020?
Republicans believe they can not only take the House of Representatives, which is the classic scenario in this traditionally difficult election for the White House party. But also wresting Joe Biden’s subtle control over the mighty Senate.
Faced with the effectiveness of a Republican campaign focused on runaway inflation, Joe Biden has had a hard time advertising his purchasing power reforms, which will only be felt in several years.
The loss of control of both Houses of Congress would have serious consequences for the Democrat, who has so far declared that he wants to run again in 2024, foreshadowing a possible remake of the 2020 duel. The prospect, however, does not satisfy everyone. Democrats, because of his age – soon to be 80 – and his unpopularity.
(AFP)
