For Donald Trump, 76, who first announced he would run for the Republican presidential nomination ahead of the 2024 election, the campaign has essentially begun.
The former US president has been making campaign speeches in South Carolina and New Hampshire over the past 24 hours. Given the international events, he could not help touching on what is happening in Ukraine.
Trump posed as a peacemaker. He reminded voters that “it was his own personality that kept[США]away from the war,” and promised that he could conclude a peace agreement “within 24 hours” that would end the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
It is recalled, of course, that Trump has been highly critical of the Russian invasion. Now, however, he appears to be campaigning for a bleak peace prospect in hopes of appeasing groups of American voters who have at times favored more intense American isolationism.
However, even in the US, many argue that the mood of the voters is now changed because of the war in Ukraine. According to a poll (Chicago Council Poll) last December, 76% of Democratic voters, 63% of independents and 55% of Republicans seem to support sending more weapons to Ukrainian forces. Under other circumstances, if the Russian invasion had not preceded it as it did, the corresponding percentages would, of course, have been much less.
“First tanks, then nukes,” was a post Trump himself made a few days ago on Truth Social. Thus, the 76-year-old man, through references to the world, is trying to distinguish himself from the Democrats and Joe Biden … However, many argue that in the near future he may change his line depending on the development of events. .

According to Unherd