Trump paves the way for 2024 and Biden is on the defensive in the legislative elections

Four days before the mid-term elections, Joe Biden defended his economic result this Friday, in an attempt to avoid a probable Democratic defeat, which his Republican rival donald trump takes it for granted and wants to take the opportunity to announce his candidacy for the 2024 presidential elections.

“We have come a long way in the last 20 months to strengthen the economy”, said the US president during a trip to San Diego, California.

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USA it is suffering its worst inflation in 40 years, a handicap for Democrats. Biden promised to end it and emphasized the massive investments made, mainly in semiconductors and climate.

But the United States has strengths, he said.

The labor market, for example, is still in good shape, with an unemployment rate of 3.7% and 261,000 jobs created in October, despite the rise in interest rates that raises fears of a recession.

“As president I will not accept the argument according to which the problem comes from the fact that too many Americans find good jobs”, defended himself.

Democrats are on the defensive ahead of the November 8 election. The polls predict a wide victory for the conservatives in the House of Representatives, which is completely renewed, while revealing a narrow Republican majority in the Senate, where a third of the seats are at stake.

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Trump dreams of 2024

In this context, Trump is increasingly clear about his intention to return to White House.

“Very, very, very likely I will do it again”, said the former president about another presidential candidacy. “Get ready, that’s all I’m telling you. Coming soon”, he added Thursday night before a crowd of supporters gathered in the state of Iowa. “We are going to recover the Congress, we are going to recover the Senate”, he claimed. “And in 2024, we will take back our magnificent White House.”

The tycoon, who never acknowledged his defeat in 2020 against Biden and has been considering running for a new term for months, remains very influential in the Republican Party.

He has supported a large number of his candidates in these midterm elections, which are held midway through the presidential term and often punish the party in power.

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Trump multiplies the rallies to support them and will likely claim success if they deprive Democratic President Biden of his majority in Congress.

If the conservatives prevail, Trump is likely to take the opportunity to formalize his candidacy as soon as possible and thus get ahead of possible rivals within his party, such as the governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis.

“I think you can expect me to announce it soon,” Kellyanne Conway, his former White House aide, said Thursday.

Citing unnamed sources, the Axios news site on Friday bet on a November 14 date for the announcement, which could also affect Trump’s pending court filings.

The real estate tycoon is under investigation for his alleged role in the attack on Capitol Hill, the management of the White House archives and, in New York, for financial matters.

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Strongholds threatened

Precisely in New York, a state in the hands of the Democrats for more than 20 years, the wind could change on November 8.

to help the governor Kathy Hochulthe party sent the former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton already the vice president Kamala Harris.

Other Democratic strongholds, such as Oregon or Colorado, also appear weakened by discontent linked to runaway inflation, which Republicans blame on Joe Biden.

To counter this message, the president undertook a tour of the country, insisting on his efforts to protect the working classes and employment.

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Thursday Biden praised the partial forgiveness of student debt during a trip to New Mexico. After passing through California Friday night will go to Chicago.

Joe Biden, who Republicans also accuse of an immigration crisis on the border with Mexico and an increase in crime in the country, tries to mobilize independent voters in defense of the right to abortion and democracy.

There is a lot at stake in these elections: if you lose control of the Congresshis mandate will be politically paralyzed and this will complicate his plans.

Joe Biden he has said he intends to run for re-election, but this prospect does not necessarily please all Democrats, given his age, soon to be 80, and his unpopularity. A loss next week would add fuel to the fire.

Source: Elcomercio

Ronald Payne

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