Trump launches his reelection campaign, presents himself as a stranger and a victim

President Donald Trump formally launched his re-election campaign for 2020 on Tuesday by posing as the same political insurgent that had shaken Washington's establishment four years ago and is now the victim of an attempted coup. Eviction by Democrats.

At a tight meeting in an arena in Orlando, Florida, Trump announced that he would run as a foreign candidate, just as he did in 2016. Remains to be found out. he will succeed in winning it. since 2-1 / 2 years.

He revisited the themes of the campaign four years ago, denouncing illegal immigration, the media and his 2016 Democratic opponent, Hillary Clinton.

"Together we defeated a broken political group and restored the government by and for the people," said Trump. "As long as you keep this team in place, we have a great way to go. Our future has never been so bright and clear. "

Trump said his Democratic challengers would radically change the United States and seek to legalize migrants coming from across the southern border so they can vote and strengthen the Democratic political base.

Democrats "want to destroy our country as we know it" and that "will not happen," Trump said.

"We believe that our country should be a sanctuary for law-abiding citizens, not for criminal aliens," he said.

Two dozen Democrats are vying for their party's inauguration against Trump in the November 2020 elections. Many of the best Democrats lead Trump in opinion polls in battlefield states.

Trump called his opponents a "radical leftist crowd" that would bring socialism to the United States.

"A vote for every Democrat in 2020 is a vote for the rise of radical socialism and the destruction of the American dream," he said.

AERIAL GRIEVANCES

Trump has formalized his re-election at his 60th political rally since taking office in January 2017. He has brought his wife, Melania, and a large contingent of senior White House officials.

"Tonight, I stand before you to officially launch my campaign for a second term as President of the United States," said Trump. "I promise you that I will never let you down."

During a speech of one hour and twenty minutes, Trump called the media "false information", claiming that he was at the origin of a strong economy, stating that he was putting pressure on China in trade, presented his proposal of "creating a space". force ", promised to protect the rights of Americans to own firearms and said he wanted to launch a space mission on Mars.

Trump also declared himself a victim and spread his grievances.

He referred to the investigation of the special advocate Robert Mueller on Russia's interference in the 2016 elections. The investigator found insufficient evidence to establish that the Trump campaign had been a criminal conspiracy with Moscow . He also described Trump's many attempts to obstruct Mueller's investigation, but he did not report that he had committed a crime.

"We went through the biggest witch hunt in political history," Trump said. "It was an illegal attempt to cancel the election results."

Two and a half years after taking office, Trump sees many positive factors, including a growing economy with low unemployment.

"If the economy remains strong, it will most likely be re-elected," said Trump's confidante, Newt Gingrich, former Republican Speaker of the US House of Representatives.

But the lingering effects of the Russia inquiry, coupled with a presidential style of breathtaking tweets, have shaken the confidence of some Americans in Trump.

It has also sparked division with its uncompromising immigration policies and unstable farm business and company groups with its use of tariffs in trade disputes with China and some allies.

Democrats cite a series of broken promises in Trump's first term, ranging from lower drug prices to closing corporate tax loopholes and shutting down factories.

"Donald Trump launches his campaign for re-election tonight and the American people are faced with a choice – we can make Trump an aberration or let him change fundamentally and forever the character of this nation," said Kate Bedingfield, deputy director from the campaign for the Democratic Front runner Joe Biden.

CONCERNS

A June 11 Reuters / Ipsos poll gave Trump a 40% job approval rating, while 57% disagreed. Other polls showed him that he regularly ran behind his main Democratic competitors, such as Biden, in the main battlefield states.

Republican strategists say the fundamentals are favorable to Trump as he prepares for his election, but faces challenges because of his frenetic approach, which he refuses to temper.

The Orlando Sentinel welcomed the president's visit with an editorial entitled: "Our support for the presidency in 2020: no Donald Trump".

Trump supporters with tents and sleeping bags started camping on the rally site on Monday and thousands of people gathered Tuesday afternoon in a torrential rain. "It was like a big Trump party," said Maureen Bailey, who slept in a tent with her twin sister, Laureen Vartanian.

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