Axios reports… The pace of political action amid rumors of impending presidential candidacy
Former U.S. President Donald Trump is returning to Washington, D.C., following a year and a half since leaving office amid a crisis in which his supporters broke into Congress on January 6 last year.
Internet media Axios reported on the 14th (local time) that former President Trump will give a lecture at the ‘America First Policy Institute’ event, which will be held in Washington on the 26th.
This will be the first visit by former President Donald Trump to Washington, D.C., since he took office.
In particular, it is noteworthy in that at the recent public hearings of the 1/6 Congressional Intrusion Investigation Committee in the House of Representatives, it is noteworthy in that it appears at a political event in a situation where critical public opinion is spreading as a series of revelations once morest former President Trump regarding the time have been made.
In a speech released to the public via online streaming, CNN quoted Trump’s close aides as saying that the former president will be refuting his testimony at the House Special Committee.
Regarding the 2024 presidential run, there are also observations that it will not make a direct declaration of candidacy, but it can present a bold policy vision.
Former President Donald Trump is said to be focusing on pushing the deadline for announcing his candidacy for the next presidential election following he was put on the defensive due to a hearing by a special committee in the House of Representatives that began last month.
Initially, following the people’s judgment on the Biden government in the midterm elections in November, we considered a plan to launch a full-fledged presidential race when the primary political burden disappears. This means that the strategy has been changed.
The Washington Post reported that former President Donald Trump is considering whether to officially announce his candidacy for president in September or before.
In recent opinion polls, support for Trump is stagnant.
According to a New York Times poll, 49% of respondents said they supported Trump as the Republican presidential nominee, but 16% of Republicans said they would vote for or withhold the Democratic nominee if Trump was confirmed as the nominee.
That’s double the percentage of Democrats (8%) who would vote for the Republican nominee if Joe Biden ran for president.
Also, according to a survey by the University of New Hampshire in June, in the virtual match between President Biden and former President Trump, the approval rate for President Biden was 50%, surpassing former President Trump’s approval rating (43%).
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