Former US President Donald Trump is heading to the nation’s top US caucus state, Iowa, to potentially promote his chances of winning reelection in the 2024 presidential election as well as his support for the GOP’s candidates in the 2022 midterms.
“I think he’s already in and he’s just waiting to make it official,” said one Republican who has spoken with Trump as cited by the Hill in a Saturday report. “His focus right now is on making sure Republicans win in 2022, and I don’t think he wants to do anything that would distract from that.”
Iowa Republican Sen. Joni Ernst, however, asserted that Trump’s bid for reelection seems to “change every couple of weeks.”
“I still think that he’ll have to make that determination,” said the Iowa Republican, who is not scheduled to attend the rally. “I can only speak for Iowa, but a lot of Iowans are really, really behind him. They look at what President Biden is doing, and they’re absolutely disgusted at what they see as far as policy. So I think he’s got an opportunity there.”
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A veteran Republican strategist in the Hawkeye State, meanwhile, downplayed the rally Trump is set to hold at 7 pm Saturday, Oct. 9, yet suggesting that Trump has full power over primary voters in the key state.
“Iowa looks to be pretty safely Trump territory… He’s got all the resources. He’s got 100 percent name identification. He still has the support of most of the folks in the base who make up the primary voters and decide these things. He’s got his hands on all the levers that he needs to be successful in a primary,” David Kochel said, adding that the former president has “given every indication that he is very seriously considering.”
The GOP leader suggested in a recent interview that he would beat any potential contender in the Republican Party, including Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.
“If I faced [DeSantis], I’d beat him like I would beat everyone else… I think most people would drop out. I think he would drop out,” Trump told Yahoo Finance.
Many believe that the former president has already started his 2024 campaign after being dealt a loss by his Democratic contender, now President Joe Biden.
Ever since he has refused to concede defeat and blamed his defeat on election fraud, allegations rejected by US courts.
