According to recent polling data, the former US president will probably run against Joe Biden in the next election.
Should the legally troubled former president win the GOP nomination, Republican presidential aspirant Donald Trump has bragged that he thinks he can defeat him in the general election the following year.
Speaking in Iowa, where he easily trounced Biden in his failed bid to win back the White House in 2020, Trump claimed he believes he has an unbeatable advantage against the 80-year-old US president.
When questioned about his prospects of defeating Biden in a rerun of their contentious election-year clash, Trump responded to the Sunday Times, “Close to 100%.”
Trump appears to be the undisputed favourite to become the Republican nominee for president in the upcoming election, according to recent polling data. But before a Biden rematch can happen, Trump must first win his party’s nomination, which means he must advance through or via Florida Governor Ron DeSantis.
When asked about the 44-year-old DeSantis’ apparent lack of support at the same Iowa State Fair earlier on Saturday, Trump told the Daily Mail, “He didn’t have many people show up.” That’s not good. In the polls, he’s performing awfully poorly. extremely, extremely horribly.
And I think he’s going to be quitting the race very soon, I think,” Trump said, adding that the Florida lawmaker does not pose a threat to his chances of winning the presidency.
DeSantis, a populist politician who rose to prominence in the Sunshine State on the basis of a ‘anti-woke’ platform, has so far failed to expand his local base of supporters to a national level, despite one poll showing him with a 23-point lead over Trump just nine months ago.
Though Trump is balancing on a precarious legal precipice involving three active federal indictments, that advantage has long ago passed. In connection with his alleged efforts to persuade Georgia lawmakers to declare the 2020 election in his favour, another is anticipated to be issued in the following days.
The former real estate tycoon is also accused of violating New York’s campaign finance laws, hiding secret government records at his Florida mansion, and conspiring to rig the 2016 presidential election. Trump disputes all accusations of impropriety.
Trump made his remarks about Biden and DeSantis shortly after receiving a warning from a US court not to make remarks that would “taint the jury pool” for his forthcoming trials. Judge Tanya Chutkan declared, “He is a criminal defendant.” “The defendant’s involvement in a political campaign will not give him more or less leeway.”
