Former President Donald Trump was seen at the final round of LIV Golf Miami and attending a GOP fundraiser in Florida in early April 2024.
Former President Donald Trump is hosting a fundraising dinner in Palm Beach, Florida, with ticket prices ranging from $250,000 to $814,600, co-chaired by prominent figures like Robert Bigelow and Linda McMahon. The Biden campaign criticized the event, accusing Trump of inviting "racists" and "extremists" to dinner, suggesting that Trump prioritizes his billionaire associates over the American people.
Former President Donald Trump made his first campaign stop in Wisconsin, where he falsely claimed victory in the state's 2020 election, attacked the media, and criticized political figures. Despite losing to Joe Biden in 2020, Trump continues to push unfounded election claims and rally his supporters against so-called tyrants. Top allies are trying to shift focus to the upcoming November election, but Trump's base remains devoted to his conspiracy theories and divisive rhetoric.
Former President Donald Trump recently spoke with Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman in their first publicly disclosed conversation since Trump left the White House in 2021. The exact details of the conversation have not been revealed, but it coincides with President Biden's efforts to broker Middle East peace deals. Trump's close relationship with the Saudi Crown Prince, including financial ties, has continued beyond his presidency. Notably, Trump had shielded bin Salman from congressional scrutiny over the Jamal Khashoggi case.
Former President Donald Trump held a rally in Wisconsin with an empty mic stand symbolizing his desire to debate President Biden before the November election, emphasizing his call for debates anytime, anywhere. Biden's campaign spokesperson criticized the stunt as a distraction from Trump's campaign challenges. Both candidates have not yet agreed to debates, with Biden stating it depends on Trump's behavior. The possibility of a debate including independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has added complexity to the discussion around debates. The Presidential Debate Commission has announced plans for debates, but the participation of all candidates remains uncertain.
Presidential primaries and caucuses are being held to select delegates to the 2024 Republican National Convention to determine the party's nominee for president in the 2024 United States presidential election. The Republican primaries and caucuses have taken place or will take place in all 50 U.S. states, the District of Columbia, and five U.S. territories between January and June 2024. The 2024 Republican National Convention is scheduled to be held in July at the Fiserv Forum in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.In 2023, a crowded field of candidates emerged, including Florida governor Ron DeSantis, former Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, wealth management executive Vivek Ramaswamy, and former president Donald Trump. Trump, the frontrunner, has maintained a consistent lead in primary polling since 2020. Among non-Trump candidates, DeSantis initially polled in a close second behind Trump, but his polling numbers steadily declined throughout 2023. Ramaswamy experienced a polling surge in mid-2023, but this proved to be brief. Haley's campaign began picking up steam in the final months of 2023, though neither she nor any other candidate came close to Trump in polling. The Republican primary has been called a "race for second" due to Trump's consistent lead in polls.At the January 15, 2024, Iowa caucuses, Trump posted a landslide victory, with DeSantis narrowly beating out Haley for second place and Ramaswamy in a distant fourth. Following the Iowa caucuses, Ramaswamy and DeSantis dropped out of the race and endorsed Trump, leaving Trump and Haley as the only remaining major candidates. Trump then defeated Haley in the January 23 New Hampshire primary, albeit by a smaller margin of victory than he achieved in Iowa, and defeated Haley again in the February 24 South Carolina primary a month after. Trump became the first non-incumbent Republican in U.S. history to win all four early voting contests (Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina).Some Republicans have expressed concerns about Trump's potential nomination due to his loss in 2020, his alleged role in inciting the January 6 United States Capitol attack, his ongoing criminal indictments, and the results of the 2022 midterms (in which several Trump-endorsed candidates lost key races). However, many others have supported him and decried the investigations as politically motivated. Trump maintains high favorability ratings among Republican voters. Trump's eligibility to appear on the ballot was challenged by some voters and political leaders in Colorado, Maine and Illinois. However, efforts by states to remove Trump from the ballot were rejected by the Supreme Court of the United States in a unanimous decision.
Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021. Trump received a Bachelor of Science in economics from the University of Pennsylvania in 1968, and his father named him president of his real estate business in 1971. Trump renamed it the Trump Organization and reoriented the company toward building and renovating skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses. After a series of business failures in the late twentieth century, he successfully launched side ventures that required little capital, mostly by licensing the Trump name. From 2004 to 2015, he co-produced and hosted the reality television series The Apprentice. He and his businesses have been plaintiff or defendant in more than 4,000 state and federal legal actions, including six business bankruptcies.Trump won the 2016 presidential election as the Republican Party nominee against Democratic Party nominee Hillary Clinton while losing the popular vote. During the campaign, his political positions were described as populist, protectionist, isolationist, and nationalist. His election and policies sparked numerous protests. He was the first U.S. president with no prior military or government experience. A special counsel investigation established that Russia had interfered in the 2016 election to favor Trump's campaign. Trump promoted conspiracy theories and made many false and misleading statements during his campaigns and presidency, to a degree unprecedented in American politics. Many of his comments and actions have been characterized as racially charged or racist and many as misogynistic.As president, Trump ordered a travel ban on citizens from several Muslim-majority countries, diverted military funding toward building a wall on the U.S.–Mexico border, and implemented a policy of family separations for migrants detained at the U.S. border. He weakened environmental protections, rolling back more than 100 environmental policies and regulations. He signed the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act of 2017, which cut taxes for individuals and businesses and rescinded the individual health insurance mandate penalty of the Affordable Care Act. He appointed Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh, and Amy Coney Barrett to the U.S. Supreme Court. He reacted slowly to the COVID-19 pandemic, ignored or contradicted many recommendations from health officials, used political pressure to interfere with testing efforts, and spread misinformation about unproven treatments. Trump initiated a trade war with China and withdrew the U.S. from the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade agreement, the Paris Agreement on climate change, and the Iran nuclear deal. He met with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un three times but made no progress on denuclearization.Trump refused to concede after losing the 2020 presidential election to Joe Biden, falsely claiming widespread electoral fraud, and attempted to overturn the results by pressuring government officials, mounting scores of unsuccessful legal challenges, and obstructing the presidential transition. On January 6, 2021, he urged his supporters to march to the U.S. Capitol, which many of them then attacked, resulting in multiple deaths and interrupting the electoral vote count.Trump is the only American president to have been impeached twice. After he tried to pressure Ukraine in 2019 to investigate Biden, he was impeached by the House of Representatives for abuse of power and obstruction of Congress; he was acquitted by the Senate in February 2020. The House impeached him again in January 2021, for incitement of insurrection, and the Senate acquitted him in February. Scholars and historians rank Trump as one of the worst presidents in American history.Since leaving office, Trump has continued to dominate the Republican Party and is a candidate in the 2024 Republican presidential primaries. In 2023, a civil trial jury found that Trump sexually abused E. Jean Carroll. In 2024, a New York state court found Trump liable for financial fraud. Trump is appealing both judgments. He was also indicted in New York on 34 felony counts of falsifying business records, in Florida on 40 felony counts related to his mishandling of classified documents, in Washington, D.C., on four felony counts of conspiracy and obstruction for efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, and in Georgia on 13 charges of racketeering and other alleged felonies committed in an effort to overturn the state's 2020 election results. Trump pleaded not guilty to all charges.
Despite Donald Trump likely securing the Republican Party's nomination, some major donors are hesitant due to his legal issues, focusing on congressional races instead. Miriam Adelson, a key donor, has yet to contribute substantially, while Biden outpaces Trump in fundraising. Trump faces financial challenges with Biden starting April with nearly $100 million more. Some loyal donors are supporting Trump's legal expenses and campaign, like hotelier Robert Bigelow. The GOP donor class, once hesitant, is considering supporting Trump due to concerns over Biden's policies and a possible dangerous turning point in the country under his leadership.
Lara Lea Trump (née Yunaska; born October 12, 1982) is an American former television producer who has co-chaired the Republican National Committee since March 2024. She is married to Eric Trump, the third child of former U.S. President Donald Trump. She was the producer and host of Trump Productions' Real News Update and a producer of Inside Edition.
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