Trump focused on the Biden administration’s handling of foreign policy issues such as the war in Ukraine, the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan and immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border.
Former President Donald Trump hit the campaign trail on Saturday for the first time since his 2024 presidential bid, saying he is “more angry” and “more committed” to winning the presidency as his former political allies weigh bids to potentially challenge him for the GOP nomination.
“The 2024 election is our one shot to save our country, and we need a leader who is ready to do that on day one,” Trump said to his supporters at the South Carolina State House in Columbia, before suggesting that he was the GOP candidate best suited to win in 2024.
Trump delivered similar speeches at both stops in New Hampshire and South Carolina, mostly focused on the Biden administration’s handling of foreign policy issues such as the war in Ukraine, the U.S. military withdrawal from Afghanistan and immigration at the U.S.-Mexico border.
“Through weakness and incompetence, Joe Biden has brought us to the brink of world war three,” Trump said in South Carolina, claiming that he could end Russia’s invasion of Ukraine within the first 24 hours of his presidency. He also echoed his infamous 2015 speech — when he first announced his candidacy — in which he called immigrants coming into the country via Mexico “killers,” “murderers,” “rapists” and “terrorists.”
The twice-impeached former president repeated many of the same falsehoods and misinformation about the 2020 election that he has since he lost to Mr. Biden in November of 2020.
Trump falsely claimed that he “won two general elections” and alleged that Democrats are “great at stealing elections,” lines which evoked applause from his audience at the New Hampshire Republican State Committee in Salem.
