"We will win back the White House": in front of his voters in New Hampshire, Donald Trump pledged Thursday to "crush" President Joe Biden – whose candidacy has just been formalized – in the 2024 election. "On Tuesday, Joe Biden officially declared that he wanted four more disastrous years" in office, criticized the former Republican president.

Donald Trump did not have words harsh enough to denounce the record of his successor: a country plunged into violence and crime, crushed by inflation, where banks are "collapsing"... In 2024, America will have the choice between "success and failure", "security or anarchy", "prosperity or catastrophe", he said, with a serious tone.

"Joe the crook"

The former tenant of the White House held his first campaign rally since his historic indictment by a New York court. "We are going to crush Joe Biden," the former businessman assured his supporters, wearing his famous red caps.

Donald Trump imitates Joe Biden getting lost on stage 🤣 pic.twitter.com/5l29RS0rcc

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Donald Trump then launched into an imitation of Joe Biden suggesting that the octogenarian leader was senile – a recurring claim among Republicans. He also announced with a smile that he was changing his opponent's nickname from "Sleep Joe" to "Crooked Joe Biden," a qualifier he used to reserve for Hillary Clinton.

DeSantis 'collapsing'

Donald Trump, 76, has also criticized Florida Governor Ron DeSantis – his biggest rival for the Republican presidential nomination, but who has not yet declared his candidacy. "He is collapsing" in the polls, he scoffed. An Emerson College poll released Thursday puts Donald Trump at 62% of voting intentions in the Republican electorate, compared to only 16% for Ron DeSantis.

Despite his historic indictment, Donald Trump is surfing for the moment well above the fray of Republican candidates. And could therefore be chosen by his party to face Joe Biden again in November 2024.

New Hampshire, where he is in a rally, is among the first states to hold their Republican primaries in early 2024. A victory in this state would guarantee Donald Trump a valuable – and necessary – boost for the future.

Surrounded by investigations into financial affairs, his electoral pressure in Georgia in 2020 or the management of his White House archives, Donald Trump throws himself headlong into his new electoral campaign, denouncing "a witch hunt".

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