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Former President Donald Trump is expected to motorboat his 2024 run for president Tuesday nighttime successful an effort to prehend the momentum, and frontrunner status, successful a Republican statesmanlike superior tract that is bare for now.
In deciding to marque his announcement from the ballroom of Mar-a-Lago, his backstage Palm Beach club, Trump is rejecting the proposal of salient Republicans who cautioned against launching a statesmanlike run truthful soon aft the GOP's disappointing midterm predetermination results.
Trump's introduction into the contention unofficially kicks disconnected the 2024 Republican statesmanlike primary, a contention that has shifted dramatically successful the past week.
Florida Republican Governor Ron DeSantis's 19-point triumph successful his reelection run connected Nov. 8 electrified Republicans nationwide, becoming the brightest spot connected a time erstwhile Democrats won astir of the high-profile Senate and governors' races.
DeSantis is reportedly assembling a statesmanlike run squad and preparing to situation Trump for the GOP nomination. Before past week, DeSantis was a agelong changeable for president successful 2024, but aft Tuesday, he's a beardown contender.
Should Trump triumph the Republican nomination, helium volition apt look President Joe Biden successful a rematch of the 2020 statesmanlike contest. Biden has yet to formally motorboat his reelection campaign, but plans for a run person reportedly solidified successful caller weeks.