Trump is already savoring his nomination as the Republican candidate after DeSantis’ withdrawal in USA elections

Only Nikki Haley is left. Of all the Republican rivals who have dared to challenge Donald Trump in the primaries, the former UN ambassador is the only one who has not conceded defeat. The former President hopes to do so soon. He already sees himself as the winner of the nomination against Joe Biden for the November presidential election, especially after the surrender of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Trump looks to repeat the clean victory he won in the New Hampshire primaries this Tuesday caucus Of Iowa last week. “There has to be a solution to everything with this,” he said at a rally this Sunday in Rochester, a city of about 34,000 residents.

Trump supporters gathered in large numbers outside the Rochester Opera House. Some, like Edmund Palin and Lisa Perkins, entertained the idea of ​​waiting for 8 degrees below zero by criticizing Biden (“the country went down”), defending Trump’s withdrawal (“to fix the border and the economy”) and arguing Who was I to support him as the Vice Presidential candidate? Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene and investor Vivek Ramaswamy were his favorites.

There was a stall of hats, sweatshirts and other Trumpist merchandise, but there were also some Nikki Haley followers. Suddenly, Dean Phillips, the Democratic congressman who challenges Joe Biden in the primaries and who also held a modest campaign event in Rochester, passed by. Activists of the Lincoln Project, Republicans who oppose Trump, projected video from a van on a giant screen. And God created a dictator, With images of Adolf Hitler, Saddam Hussein Kim Jong-un and Trump, their reaction And God created Trump, Which presents the former President as a messiah.

Most of those who braved the snow and cold in Rochester were left on the streets due to lack of space. Other Democratic and Republican candidates who won the nomination walked through the same fancy 1908 theater, which holds about 800 people, including Bill Clinton, Barack Obama and John McCain. Donald Trump believes he will be included on that list and so will his followers. Like Edmund and Lisa, attendees of Trump’s rallies have chanted not only Ramaswamy and Taylor Greene, but also Senator Tim Scott or Congresswoman Elise Stefanik with the initials VP for the vice president.

Trump, for the moment, allows himself to be loved without telling who his number two might be. He has completely rejected Haley, insisting that she is not “fit for the presidency.” “I think the person I like is a very nice person, absolutely normal. “I think people won’t be too surprised,” is almost the only clue he gave in a recent interview on Fox News. Sometimes it appears to indicate that he likes a woman.

First, he wants Haley out. The latest polls on the New Hampshire primaries confirm the former president as the clear favorite this Tuesday. The Washington Post and Monmouth University gave Trump a 52% voting intention, while Haley received 34%. In the days before DeSantis’ withdrawal, the Florida governor, who sought votes for Trump, had 8%. Suffolk University, NBC and Boston Globe, Updated this Monday after DeSantis’ withdrawal, the advantage is put at 19 points: 57% to 38%.

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38% may seem bullish for Nikki Haley, but if she can’t beat Trump in New Hampshire, where will she beat him? In this state, she is supported by Governor Chris Sununu, who is extremely popular among voters, and who is campaigning tirelessly for her. Moreover, the electoral rules here allow not only those who are registered with that party, but also independent, unaffiliated voters to vote in Republican primaries, giving them a certain advantage. Indeed, high participation is expected in this state of 1.4 million voters, about 40% of whom are independent. Those who cannot vote in Republican primaries, despite rumors spread by Trump about this, are registered as Democrats. For Haley, it was worthwhile to overtake DeSantis as long as she was in second place, but now she is in second place in a competition between the two. This Tuesday’s primaries are his last chance of sorts, but losing by 15 or 20 points leaves him with little hope.

At his Rochester rally, Trump thanked DeSantis for his return and support. The former president has shown himself Generous With him: as a reward for his humiliating surrender, she has “officially” forgiven him, as she said, taking back the Ron Desanctimonious nickname with which he had branded her a rogue. If anything, Trump spent less time thanking DeSantis than attacking Nikki Haley.

He then returned to his usual debates at rallies. Trump is like a rock star giving a concert. Many of his speeches may sound repetitive, but in reality he has a great presence and all he does is sing his greatest hits like a musician sings his most famous songs at each performance. In Trump’s case, this involves presenting himself as a supposed martyr of political justice in order to make money from his four impeachments for 91 alleged crimes. Also push rumors about the 2020 elections, attack Biden as “the worst president in history”, attack the media and promise without explaining how he is going to end inflation and the war in Ukraine. Are.

Campaign Ending

This Monday, at a campaign finale rally, Trump showed support for some Republican primary candidates who are withdrawing. At an event in Laconia, a city of about 17,000 residents, he was joined by investor Vivek Ramaswamy; Senator Tim Scott of South Carolina and Governor Doug Burgum of North Dakota have all withdrawn from the race for the nomination.

Trump reiterated his messages from the day before in Rochester (including his other classics like “This country is going to hell”), once again thanked Ron DeSantis for his return and urged voters to rally together. Have asked for. “Tomorrow is the day when each one of you is going to cast the most important vote of your entire life. This is a very important vote. When you enter the voting booth, you will signal that we want to oust corrupt Joe Biden, the worst president in the history of our country, and his radical leftist lunatics,” he said. “We’re going to take control of the beautiful, beautiful White House and we’re going to run the country the way it should be run. He added, “We’re going to win New Hampshire and then we’re going to defeat corrupt Joe Biden and we’re going to make America great again.”

He also mentioned the primary race: “We started with 13 and now we have two people left. And I think that one person will probably be gone tomorrow (referring to Nikki Haley). And the other will go in November (in reference to Joe Biden). But now is the time for the Republican Party to come together. We must unite,” he said, before introducing his guests, who paid tribute to him. Several disruptions occurred due to opposition from some of the climate activists in attendance.

Haley’s finale

Hailey looks stunning at events across the state. This Monday, while Trump attended a hearing (later suspended) in New York for a defamation suit by author E. Jean Carroll, the candidate was campaigning at a war veterans facility in Franklin. He said, “The United States of America does not do coronations.” “We believe in elections. We believe in democracy and freedom. I’ve said I like the ‘Live Free or Die’ state (New Hampshire’s motto), but you know what? He said, “I want this to be a live-free or die-free country.” “Let’s show the entire media class and the political class that we have a different plan in mind, and let’s show the country what we can do.”

Then, he held his closing campaign rally in Salem, a city of about 30,000 residents. It has been presented with enthusiasm once again by Governor Chris Sununu. And then he repeated his campaign message in front of about 750 people. He thanked the support of retired Gen. Don Bolduc, who was on the front lines. Bolduc ran for the Senate in November 2022, but lost, partly because he was considered too extremist. Haley, curiously, has made the election one of the pivots of her campaign against Trump: “If you’re not going to vote tomorrow, don’t complain about what happens in November,” she said at a shopping complex. Told the people attending the program in the hotel. , His thesis is that Trump provoked rejection from liberal voters and this will lead Republicans to defeat in 2018, 2020, and 2022.

Haley has also accused Trump of lying about her: “I’ve seen the ads you’ve seen. And I have seen the emails I received from you. And I want to tell you that every ad of Donald Trump is a lie. Check it out,” he stressed, before giving some examples. He concluded, “If Trump needs to lie to win, then he doesn’t deserve to win.”

During the event, one of the attendees shouted at him: “Nikki, do you want to marry me?”, to which he replied: “Are you going to vote for me?” Disappointment and outrage ran high when the author of the proposal declared himself a Trump voter.

The Newsmax network aired a recorded interview with Trump on Monday in which he asked her whether Haley should withdraw if she lost in New Hampshire: “I don’t tell people to leave, they leave on their own accord,” They said. “Maybe I should do that,” he added.

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