2023-06-06 07:00:00
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Donald Trump doesn’t give up. After his defeat once morest Joe Biden in 2020, the former president wants to run once more in 2024. But other members of the Republican Party want that. A look at possible and already confirmed candidates.
1 / 12Now it’s out: Donald Trump wants to run for US President once more in 2024. The billionaire from New York will then be 78 years old. Trump held office from 2017 to 2021, but lost the election in 2020 and had to forgo a second term. This should now succeed on the third attempt. Trump would be only the second president in US history to achieve such a comeback. © Andrew Harnik/dpa2 / 12Donald Trump’s toughest competitor for the Republican nomination for the 2024 US election is Ron DeSantis. The 44-year-old governor of Florida celebrated a clear victory in the midterms and was confirmed in office by the electorate. He is considered the party’s hope. DeSantis had portrayed himself as a Trump fan in the past, but is now distancing himself from the ex-president. The politician can be seen here with his wife Casey DeSantis and their three children. © IMAGO/Luis Santana3 / 12It’s not just Donald Trump who is toying with a comeback in Washington, DC. His former vice president also wants to return to the White House. It was long expected that Pence would enter the presidential race. For months he publicly fueled speculation regarding this, recently with increasing emphasis. With critical comments following the midterms, the ultra-conservative Pence positioned himself for a possible power struggle within the Republican Party. © IMAGO/Aimee Dilger4 / 12Senator Tim Scott from the state of South Carolina sees his rise from a poor background as the embodiment of the American dream. In a video published in April, he speaks out once morest divisive politics and calls for more optimism. Scott also emphasizes his religiosity and his desire to defend America’s conservative values. He cites the protection of borders and the fight once morest abortion as examples. © ALLISON JOYCE5 / 12Nikki Haley is another candidate for the nomination in the 2024 US election. The 50-year-old Republican changes her stance on Donald Trump like other people change their clothes. Once Trump’s ambassador to the United Nations, she was a close confidante of the ex-president. After the storming of the Capitol, Haley distanced herself. A year before the midterms, she said she would support Trump if he ran once more. But in the year of the midterm elections, the former governor of South Carolina announced that she would like to run in 2024 “if there is a place for me.” © Evan Vuccid/dpa6 / 12Vivek Ramaswamy announced on February 21 that he planned to become the Republican candidate for US presidency. The 37-year-old, right-wing libertarian tech entrepreneur with Indian roots is a Trump fan and pursues an anti-woke agenda. He sees the USA in a “national identity crisis” and calls for a “national revival”. For example, he wants to abolish the FBI and the Department of Education. He wants to “take Trump’s America First Aganda to the next level.” © Anna Moneymaker / AFP7 / 12He has already been a prosecutor, a member of the House of Representatives, head of the anti-drug agency DEA and governor of the state of Arkansas. Now Asa Hutchinson wants to become the Republican presidential candidate in 2024, but his chances are slim. The 72-year-old is running as an alternative to the right-wing extremist Donald Trump because, in his opinion, he “should not be the next leader of our country.” Hutchinson called on Trump to withdraw his candidacy because of the indictment once morest him in New York – a view not shared by the Republican electorate. © SCOTT OLSON / AFP8 / 1271-year-old Larry Elder failed in his first attempt as a politician: in 2021, the right-wing radio host and lawyer tried unsuccessfully to replace California’s Democratic Governor Gavin Newsom. Elder represents radical right-wing views, such as a ban on abortion, believes that “walls work” at borders, but anti-racism and diversity, equality and inclusion do not. © SCOTT OLSON / AFP9 / 12Chris Christie has once once more announced his ambitions for the White House. The former governor of the US state of New Jersey was once a close confidant of Donald Trump, but has now broken away from him and even criticized him publicly. He described the former president as a “coward” and “puppet” of Russian President Vladimir Putin because of his stance on the war in Ukraine. Christie wanted to become his party’s presidential candidate in 2016, but withdrew following poor results in the primaries. © Charles Krupa/dpa10 / 12Perry Johnson is basically the Republican anti-politician in the fight for the presidential candidacy. The entrepreneur has only attracted attention in 2022, when he wanted to run for governor in Michigan. However, he was prematurely excluded from the Republican primaries because of dirty dealings. Johnson is also positioning himself once morest abortion in the election campaign. He also criticizes the amount of aid money that the USA is making available to Ukraine. At the same time, Johnson made it clear that he did not trust Vladimir Putin. © SCOTT OLSON/afp11 / 12 Douglas James “Doug” Burgum, who is campaigning for votes at an event in Iowa in July 2023, is also one of the blatant outsiders. The Republican has been Governor of North Dakota since December 15, 2016. Before his political career, he was a software entrepreneur, Microsoft manager and venture capitalist. In April, Burgum signed a law banning abortions in the sixth week of pregnancy. He has also signed numerous laws that restrict the rights of trans people. © SCOTT OLSON/afp12 / 12Other candidates in the fight for the application so far are Ryan Binkley, Will Hurd, Corey Stapleton and Francis Suarez. However, they probably have little chance of being nominated. Despite all the charges and trials, former President Donald Trump remains the big favorite. The Republicans are definitely spoiled for choice. © ALLISON JOYCE/afp
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