Former US President Donald Trump has announced that he will run for US president in 2024 to make America “great and glorious” again, vowing to fight like nobody’s business to defeat “radical left-wing Democrats” who are trying to destroy the country from within . Trump, who is seeking a potential rematch with Democratic President Joe Biden, made the announcement Tuesday at his Mar-a-Lago, Florida, home, a week after midterm elections in which Republicans did not win as many congressional seats as they had hoped.
“To make America great and glorious again, I am announcing tonight that I will be running for President of the United States. This is going to be our whole campaign,” Trump, 76, told cheering supporters. “I am your voice,” he said, declaring that he would ensure that US President Biden is not re-elected in 2024. Shortly before he announced it from his resort in Florida, in front of about 400 invited guests, Trump (76) filed the necessary papers with the Federal Election Commission (FEC).
“I am running because I believe the world has yet to see the true glory of what this nation can be. We haven’t reached that peak, believe it or not,” Trump said. “This campaign will be about issues, vision and success, and we will not stop, we will not stop, until we reach our highest goals and make our country greater than ever before. We’ll make it. We can do it,” he said. Incumbent Biden, who turns 80 on Nov. 20, has said he intends to run but will make a final decision during the Christmas and New Year holidays. This is Trump’s third White House bid. In 2016, he won his first attempt against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, but lost to Biden in 2020.
“Are you getting ready? And so do I,” Trump told supporters, saying his Republican Party had not performed as well as it should have, while pointing out that the Republican candidates he supported had a better strike rate. The United States is going through difficult times, he said, acknowledging that this will not be an easy task. “Together we will take on the most corrupt forces and entrenched interests. Our country is being destroyed before your eyes,” he said. During his speech, Trump listed the achievements of his 2016-2020 presidency and called on his countrymen to come together.
“The success was greater than this country had ever had. We were leapfrogging China, leapfrogging everybody else, and everybody wanted to be something,” he said. “So from now until election day in 2024… I will fight like no one has fought before. We will defeat the radical left Democrats who are trying to destroy our country from within,” he said. Trump was alluding to the Biden administration. “Joe Biden is the face of the left,” he claimed. The United States cannot take another four years of Biden. “It can only take so long,” he said. “Our victory will be built on big ideas, bold ambitions, and bold dreams for America’s future. We need bold dreams,” he said.
“Radical left Democrats have embraced an extreme ideology of government dominance and control. Our approach is the opposite, based on the values of freedom, individual responsibility and just plain common sense,” Trump said. “We’re going to put America first again,” he said, adding that other countries have to pay to enter the US market. Trump took a dig at Chinese President Xi Jinping, calling him president for life. “On day one we will end Joe Biden’s war on American energy,” he vowed. The socialist disaster known as the ‘Green New Deal’ that is destroying the country and the many crippling regulations it has spawned will be ended immediately so that the United States can once again breathe, grow and prosper as it should, he said.
