The former president of the United States Donald Trump predicted that the decision to run for re-election of the current president, Joe Biden, will be “counterproductive” for his successor, whom he called “the worst president in the history” of the country, after an announcement that has provoked mixed reactions among the other contenders.
Biden officially launched this Tuesday his campaign for re-election in the 2024 presidential election under the “Let’s Finish the Job” banner that began when he took office in 2021, trying to allay concerns about his age.
This is one of the main obstacles in this race for the political veteran, who, if re-elected, would end his second term at 86 years of age.
“Joe Biden, the worst president in US history, is officially running for re-election,” Trump said in a statement. video of little more than four minutes in which he repeats accusations that he has made on numerous occasions and mentioned achievements of his presidency.
According to Trump, you could “take the five worst presidents in US history and put them together, and they would not have done the damage that Joe Biden has done to our nation in just a few years. Not even close.”
In its seventh survey To analysts, historians and experts on the ranking of US presidents throughout history, the Siena College Research Institute published in September that Trump remains in position 43 out of 46, while Biden was in 19th.
“Thanks to the calamity of Joe Biden’s socialist spending, American families are being decimated by the worst inflation in half a century,” he argued.
The former president, who announced his own candidacy last November, he took the opportunity to ask his followers for donations. “With his help, today will be the moment that his (Joe Biden’s) presidency begins to end,” he said.
“It is not the size of your contribution that matters, but the sheer number of patriots in our ranks who stepped forward today to FIRE Biden and save America,” Trump, who is currently facing several legal proceedings, including one related to mishandling of campaign funds.
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His ally and running mate, former President Barack Obama, showed his support shortly after the announcement of Biden’s candidacy.
“Proud of all that Joe Biden and his administration have accomplished in recent years. He gave himself to the American people, and will continue to do so once he is re-elected. Let’s get to work!” Obama, one of the most influential voices in the Party, said. Democrat.
Meanwhile, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who announced his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination last week, assured that he has known and liked Biden for years but stressed that the two have differences about “corporate influence in government, censorship, civil liberties, poverty, corruption and war policy, among others.”
Kennedy said he was looking forward to the debates in the Democratic primary elections.
Meanwhile, the also candidate for the Democratic Party, Marianne Williamson, criticized the president for the content of his message, which he described as “worrying.”
“His comment that he has fought to give everyone a ‘fair shot’ contradicts his refusal to fight for a higher minimum wage, make the child tax credit permanent, or side with rail workers trying to negotiate sick pay. ”Williamson said in a Tweet.
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