Donald Trump: is it really over? Can he return to the White House in 2024?
TRUMP. While the inauguration of Joe Biden is taking place this Wednesday, Donald Trump for his part said his farewell to the White House ... before a return in 2024?
"I will be back". "I will be back": here is Donald Trump's promise during his last appearance as President of the United States, this Wednesday morning. From the Andrews military base, in the suburbs of Washington, a ceremony was organized in honor of the future ex-president, during which he gave a speech that was unlike any of his speeches. Donald Trump was almost affable, wishing the future Biden administration good luck - taking care, despite everything, never to name his successor - all in front of a very small assembly, contrasting with the crowd usually gathered in front of him.
By choosing not to be present at the inauguration of Joe Biden, Donald Trump seems to have decided to control everything until the end of his mandate and especially to leave the White House as president in office, not as ex-president. He left the scene on Air Force One, with a one-way ticket to his mansion in Mar a Lago, Florida. No one knows if he intends to watch the president-elect take the oath and officially become his successor, but there are many questions about his future.
A new party founded by Donald Trump?
In the near future, Donald Trump will first face a post-term impeachment trial, which could have consequences for his long-term future. The Democrats, very marked by four years of eventful presidency, hope to obtain from this sequence the electoral ban for the Republican billionaire, who may therefore not have the right to stand for re-election in 2024.
However, Donald Trump has promised not to let go and to come back, carried by the rest of the supporters - less and less numerous - within the Republican Party, and especially by supporters - many - who will not hesitate to do so. to hear noisily and even violently, the invasion of the Capitol on January 6 last showed it well. But the return to favor of Donald Trump, after an isolated departure, could be done without the Republican label.
According to information from the Wall Street Journal, the creation of a party would be part of one of his plans for the next election. The name of this new political party? "Patriotic Party", which would allow the New Yorker to continue to influence American political life if his Republican connections were to be reduced to nothing.
What did the polls predict on Donald Trump?
According to polls compiled by Linternaute.com ahead of these American elections, Donald Trump was credited nationally with around 43% of voting intentions against around 52% for the former Vice President of the States -United Joe Biden. Beyond this simple "gross" figure, it is the gap between the two candidates that should be noted: it has clearly increased in favor of the Democrat in recent weeks.
Be careful, in the United States, the election of the president is played state by state, which limits the scope of national polls. To understand the evolution of voting intentions, especially in key states, see our article on the results of the polls for the 2020 American elections, with all the methodology applied to our compilation of polls.
What is Donald Trump's program?
If in 2016 Donald Trump had expressed strong proposals such as the construction of a wall on the Mexican border (a building which is still very far from being completed), or the removal of Obamacare, for this 2020 American election, the Republican candidate simply expressed a few wishes, in a disparate manner, without presenting a real program. In an interview for Fox News at the end of August, the president was asked about his next commitments, had remained very evasive, indicating that he "would reinforce what he has already done and that he would do new things". Its slogan, "Keep America great" which can be translated as "May the greatness of America endure" testifies to Donald Trump's desire to place "continuity" at the heart of his 2020 program. billionaire multiplied the great vague intentions, without specific announcements. A few promises did emerge all the same, formulated at will, often without argumentation or details of financing. Here is a non-exhaustive list :
- Put a vaccine into circulation by the end of 2020.
- Replenish stocks and prepare for future outbreaks.
- Create 10 million jobs in 10 months.
- Reduce taxes.
- Pass trade deals that protect American jobs.
- Fight against illegal immigration.
- "Stop endless wars".
- Bring American troops back to American soil.
Short biography of Donald Trump
Donald Trump is a renowned American tycoon. He was born into a well-to-do family, to a father of German descent and a mother from Scotland. At the age of 13, he was enlisted in the New York military academy in order to channel his boundless energy. He graduated from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968 with a degree in economics and joined his father's successful construction business.
In 1971, Donald Trump took up the torch and transformed the name of the company into "Trump Organization". It is the beginning of an extraordinary rise in the field of real estate development. Trump has hundreds of towers to his credit, including the Trump World Tower, the tallest apartment building in the world. With success comes fortune, and Donald Trump is today one of the richest men in America. He is also involved in the world of show business and has participated since 1993 in the reality show "The Apprentice", in which participants compete for a job in the Trump Organization. Donald Trump marries Ivana Trump ( a former ski champion from Czechoslovakia) in 1977, then married for a second time with Marla Maples. He is now married to Melania Knauss. From his three marriages were born five children. Republican by conviction, Donald Trump does not hide his political ambitions. He won the presidential race of the United States in November 2016. Donald Trump thus becomes the 45th American president.
