“We will take over the White House and sooner than you think”

“I want to thank everyone for the tremendous support they have shown. We will win back the Senate, win back the House, we are going to take over the White House and sooner than you think and it will be really something special, ”said the former president of the United States. Donald trump this Saturday, when he reappeared publicly after leaving command.

Trump spoke this way through a video he posted before attending the Republican convention in North Carolina, a state in which won the 2016 and 2020 elections.

That day, before the convention, the businessman gave a message published by Forbes magazine. “The love, affection and respect that you have given us are really important, the Republican Party is stronger than ever and it will be much stronger than it is now,” he said. .

And promised: “Let’s flip it, flip it quickly.” “

Banned on social networks but still very influential in his Republican Party, the billionaire took advantage of the party scene to give his first televised speech months and drag the possibility that he could run in the 2024 election.

In front of nearly 1,200 guests at the North Carolina Republican Party convention, he spoke in a more restrained tone than he usually displays at his gatherings.

In a lengthy address of about an hour and a half in Greenville, in the southeastern United States, the businessman-turned-politician again suggested the idea of ​​a new candidacy in 2024. This is “a year that I look forward to”, he expressed between the applause.

Among his political beads, the former president repeated his unfounded accusations of electoral fraud during the presidential election of November 2020. “This election will go down in history as the biggest crime of the century», Sacked Trump who has not yet explicitly recognized the victory of his Democratic successor, Joe Biden, nearly five months after leaving the White House.

Banned from social media since several of his supporters stormed Congress on Jan.6, Trump had not given a televised speech since February.

Despite this imposed silence, maintains its influence with Republicans and he broadcasts, through daily communications, his support for the November 2022 mid-term legislative elections or harsh criticism of his enemies.

“America’s survival depends on our ability to elect Republicans at all levels, starting with next year’s midterm elections,” he said.

In this context, the former president recalled that illegal immigration “it’s at record levels” in the country and complained because “our businesses are being plundered by foreign cyber attacks”. To complement his criticism of Biden’s management, he said gasoline prices “have skyrocketed.” “America is despised and humiliated on the world stage, “bowing” to China, “he concluded.

He also touched on other major popular topics among Republicans, such as defending the right to bear arms, or the alleged “indoctrination” of students in public schools where racism is spoken, eliciting applause from participants.

A striking moment of silence was experienced when Trump expressed that he was “very proud” buying “billions of dollars” from the covid-19 vaccine, “before we even knew if it worked.” “We have saved millions and millions of lives,” he broadcast.

However, the United States is the country with the highest number of deaths from the coronavirus, with almost 600,000 deaths.

The real estate mogul also denounced the “radical left prosecutors of New York ”, as a grand jury was formed there in May to determine what charges could be brought against him or his group of companies.

Despite the trauma caused by the onslaught on Capitol Hill and its court-ridden theory of electoral fraud, Republicans maintain Trump as their maximum benchmark.

Even most leaders see him as a valuable asset for the midterm elections, in which they hope to regain control of Congress. An unprecedented influence for an American president defeated at the end of a single term.

Accused by the House of Representatives of “Incite insurrection” During the assault on Capitol Hill, Trump was acquitted by the Senate in February after a second impeachment trial for lack of votes on the Republican side.

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