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DONALD TRUMP HAS celebrated rival Ron DeSantis’ decision to end his presidential campaign and endorse the former president.
At a rally in New Hampshire yesterday, Trump congratulated the Florida Governor on “a very good job”, and thanked him.
“He was very gracious, and he endorsed me. I appreciate that, and I also look forward to working with Ron,” Trump said.
He added that DeSantis is a “really terrific person”, after directing a lot of blunt criticism towards his fellow candidate during his campaign.
Mr DeSantis said via video yesterday that he would be ending his campaign two days before New Hampshire’s first-in-the-nation Republican primary.
“It’s clear to me that a majority of Republican primary voters want to give Donald Trump another chance,” DeSantis said, offering matter-of-fact analysis through a forced smile without adding plaudits for Trump.
“I signed a pledge to support the Republican nominee, and I will honour that pledge,” he continued, before adding a dig at the remaining contender, Nikki Haley.
DeSantis described Haley a stand-in for “the old Republican guard of yesteryear, a repackaged form of warmed-over corporatism”.
Trump, the firm frontrunner for the Republican nomination even reflected on the challenges of campaigning in the US presidential race during his speech yesterday, in light of DeSantis’ decision to end his campaign.
“I will tell you it’s not easy,” Trump said on Sunday night in Rochester.
“They think it’s easy doing this stuff, right? It’s not easy.”
JUST IN: Donald Trump says that he has officially retired the name 'Ron
— Collin Silvers (@collinsilvs) January 22, 2024
DeSanctimonious' after DeSantis dropped out and endorsed him for president. pic.twitter.com/xrovVZPtgW
DeSantis concentrated his campaign in recent months in Iowa, where he finished in second place in last week’s caucuses — 30 percentage points behind Trump and barely ahead of Haley.
Haley, meanwhile, has long prioritised New Hampshire as a potential springboard ahead of her home-state South Carolina primary next month.
In Iowa, an APVoteCast surveys of voters suggested Mr DeSantis’s supporters were much more likely than Ms Haley’s to consider themselves conservatives who would back Trump no matter what if he wins the nomination and faces President Joe Biden in November.
If that trend holds in New Hampshire, then Trump could expect at least some boost from DeSantis dropping out, and whatever he gets could stretch out his margin and frustrate Haley’s ability to claim any momentum.
Trump’s aides have said they expect Mr DeSantis’ support around the country will shift heavily to Mr Trump.
Trump noted on Sunday that he won New Hampshire’s 2016 primary by about 20 points. He lost the battleground state twice in general elections.
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Trump 2024
@sleepy joe: God help the world then!!! Democracy goes out the window!!
@Ollie Fitzpatrick: it’s on its knees with BUTCHER BIDENffs
@Ollie Fitzpatrick: How does democracy go out the window if he wins in 2024? Do the votes only count if they are for the side you want to win?
@tara tevlin: Trump put it on its knees and will again!! Butcher Biden….. I don’t think so. But there were lots of Republican butchers over the years did you mean these?
@marklars81: Democracy goes out the window because Trump is like Putin and Hitler to name just two, he’s an out and out dictator.
@Ollie Fitzpatrick: to be fair , if Trump gets voted voted in, isn’t that democracy at work..?
@Ollie Fitzpatrick: thats some thick talk falling out of you mouth
@Ciaran: We saw Trump’s interpretation of democracy at work in the last election .
@sleepy joe: go back to sleep Joe, you are letting YOUR dreams slither into reality!
@Ciaran: Hitler was voted in.
How did that work out for democracy?
@Ollie Fitzpatrick: Yeah he’s like Putin and Hitler…. What planet are you on? The US is the land of the free. You may not like him but that doesn’t make him a dictator. People like you are the ones fueling his fire and you are the very people who will get him elected.
@marklars81: Who told you the US is the land of the free?
The unprofessional blatant negative bias against Trump in the Irish Media seems to be getting nowhere.
@thomas molloy: Simply reporting facts about Trump makes him look bad. That is not bias: it is the truth, and facts still matter (for some of us).
@thomas molloy: Please point to a lie that the media has told about Trump.
His fans behaviour is cult like.
@thomas molloy: seems to be going the same way as the witch-hunt against President Trump in America—— backfiring badly
@Ken Mc Carthy: out of curiosity, what is something that would change your opinion of Trump? he stole from a children’s charity, molested multiple women, golfed for a quarter of his working hours as president, stole secret documents… all proven facts. yet you worship him like a deity. what would he have to do for you to change your mind? and if there is nothing, don’t you think you might be part of a cult?
@thomas molloy: he’s a proven sexual predator, you’re biased in his favour. Does that strike you as acceptable? What is wrong with the modern world that you think supporting Tiny is the thing to do?
@dasgeht dichnixan: hahahaha…. I LOVE when the biden.bots say ‘all proven facts’——– let’s call a spade a spade—– the witch-hunt of lies FAILED. & No nothing would change me to becoming a biden.bot. biden IS NOT the messiah you think he is.
@Bobby Digital: who’s ‘tiny’ ???? Is that yet another juvenile name calling for President Trump……. like ‘orange man bad’…..that kinda rubbish?????
@Ken Mc Carthy: you know and I know you know
@Ken Mc Carthy: So you admit to being in a cult then?
@Ken Mc Carthy: “biden IS NOT the messiah you think he is”
See, that’s the difference in a nutshell.
Absolutely NO ONE would ever call Joe Biden the “Messiah”. He’s a politician. He is far from perfect. He has made bad decisions because he’s a politician and flawed. People don’t vote for Biden because they think he’s the Messiah or “sent by god”. They vote because he’s the best of a bad lot.
Trump fans are just that. Fans. They worship at his altar. They can’t take any exposure to his flaws. Every lie, assault, crime, disgusting utterance has to be excused away, called a “witch hunt”, deflected because cult leaders can’t be seen to be human or fallible.
It really does seem to confuse Trump acolytes that those that support Biden for another Term don’t hold him up as a Messiah figure, they’re just voting for the least worst option because that’s what elections are supposed to be about.
You’re in a cult Ken. (or you’re just deliberately trolling but at this point it really doesn’t matter).
@Tricia G: if it isn’t trolling then it’s simply a case of somebody preferring to wreck society in favour of creating more favourable conditions for the wealthy to flourish, free of any restrictions. Trump has said it himself, thank god for the little people. As for the witch hunt, what law breakers ever admitted guilt?
@Tricia G: very well said.
@John P Quinn: pay outs, bought off
@John P Quinn: you are joking? Not having a criminal record means you haven’t committed any crimes. The trolling here gets worse by the day.
@Ken Mc Carthy: Trump pointed out that the biased media Stole the Election by misleading voters. The same media twisted this into something else. It is similar to a case of a s*x worker demanding money and the media accusing the victim of such blackmail as guilty party. I share people’s disgust at the s*x trade which is often given a free pass by media.
@John P Quinn: Plenty of unconvicted roaming around dublin. But no crime? Jesus wept.
@John P Quinn: There are loads of members of the Kinahan cartel that will be delighted to hear that they have committed no crimes because they have not yet been convicted.
The far-right seem to be losing more and more of what’s left of their intelligence every day.
@ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere:
You are John p quinn talking to yourself…you’ve given yourself a characture of a sound board to bounce your nonsense off…
The curious case of Irish trump fans experiencing acute priapism online continues.
@John P Quinn: the Ukraine threads are always closed. Impossible to comment on them. Maybe just as well. Putins tsarist ambitions are patently ridiculous. The idea that Russia can reverse history is beyond stupid. Can you imagine Britain deciding to reinstate the empire? Can only imagine the posts that this would generate?
@John P Quinn: then why all the fuss about Ukrainians this week? Do you actually read the news? Putins hybrid war which involves generating huge migrations means that neither Ukraine nor Putin will be out of the news for the foreseeable future. Also he has already won the upcoming election so he is not going anywhere. Unfortunately.
Trump 2024
Why is it that America insists on electing people of an age that should be retired.
@Brian Keelty: It’s an “interesting” system.
The people first choose the candidates for each party, and then chose between them.
Here, the party chooses who we get to choose.
This is going to be great!
Wouldn’t surprise me if this was Ron’s plan all along. With no hope of winning, drop out and endorse the Oompa Loompa in the expectation of a plum job, possibly even VP. Sets him up nicely for 2028.
@Harry Callahan: Highly doubt DeSantis has a chance of the VP job. Although Haley appears to be definitely angling for it.
@Harry Callahan: Well, as long as Trump can stop mistaking her for Nancy Pelosi that is
@Tricia G: true however Trump rewards people for brown nosing rather than ability so I guess anything is possible.
Trump will sort refugee crisis for Leo and MeHole
@John P Quinn: his support for Putin will actually make the refugee crisis worse
John Kelly, the longest-serving White House chief of staff for Donald Trump, rips his former boss:
“What can I add that has not already been said? A person that thinks those who defend their country in uniform, or are shot down or seriously wounded in combat, or spend years being tortured as POWs are all ‘suckers’ because ‘there is nothing in it for them…
A person that has no idea what America stands for and has no idea what America is all about…
A person who admires autocrats and murderous dictators. A person that has nothing but contempt for our democratic institutions, our Constitution, and the rule of law.
There is nothing more that can be said. God help us.”
@honey badger: are you back quoting FORMER staffers again????? Step back for a moment & ask ‘ if these people I quote are so wonderful why are tye all FORMER staffers????’. Maybe it’s because President Trump only wants WINNERS on tye team??????
@Ken Mc Carthy: ha ha ha ha ha. Sure, the man who avoided collusion charges because he sent the slowest of his, let’s call them unimpressive, sons has the best people.
@Ken Mc Carthy: Ah jaysis Ken, quality trolling requires sublety, and occasionally a small understanding of the facts. You’ve let yourself down this morning.
@honey badger: the juggernaut is in motion…..Nov.5th will be beautiful.
TRUMP2024— there’s a FACT for you
@Ken Mc Carthy: But he only picks winners, according to himself, Kenny baby.
Trump picked these people as his staff.
Many of these resigned when they saw what he was.
But Trumpy still picked them.
And they are telling you what Trump is.
@honey badger: or you could also say “disgruntled former employee didn’t like his old boss..” .
Hey biden.bots, I have to grab a flight now…..but why not meet back here when the results of the New Hampshire primaries come in???? I’m predicting ANOTHER LANDSIDE for President Trump….somewhere OVER 75%. so see ye Wednesday if the journal ‘allows’ that to be reported
@Ken Mc Carthy: You do understand it’s mostly registered Republicans voting in those Primaries, right?
@Ken Mc Carthy: And?
Who would be the biggest winner if Trump took the NH primaries, as expected?
Biden and the US Democratic Party.
Trump is the US Democratic Party’s best asset.
@William Slevin: And yet it is the US Republican Party that is all-in on Israel.
You will find that criticism of Israel comes from the Democratic side, not the Republican side.
Another day of furious defending and pretending Tiny didn’t do what we all know he did. What motivates these people?
@Bobby Digital: TRUTH!!!!!!!!!!
@Ken Mc Carthy: thing is ken, the only thing we don’t know about you is whether you are a sad creature trying to get a reaction from strangers over the internet or just a sad and angry man. Either way your willingness to defend a proven rap ist means we’ve got your number.
@Bobby Digital: hey Boris blank….another new ‘handle’ this week…is it Mondays you change accounts???
@John P Quinn: The judge said – from the bench, so tho speak – that trump committed rape.
He couldn’t win Biden who was fast asleep the last time and polls are showing that trump is not leading in the polls against sleepy Joe this time either.
@9QRixo8H: EVERY poll showing President Trump is going back to the White House …….. why,oh why do ye, even now at the 11th hour continue to LIE.
The witch-hunt failed miserably.
TRUMP 2024
@Ken Mc Carthy: most polls don’t show that at all actually. it could still happen but the polls don’t show that. let’s stick to actual facts, shall we?
@dasgeht dichnixan: lol….sure they do … can you show 1???? JUST 1????
@Ken Mc Carthy: Is it from Gript or Truth Social?
@dasgeht dichnixan: what about the alternative facts? You know, the one’s that work for Trump.
@Ken Mc Carthy: Yet the US Democratic Party is outperforming at every single actual election since the last presidential election.
They just won a seat in a special election from Republicans in Florida.
That has been the pattern for the past 3 years.
Donnie’s Republicans Party keeps losing ground.
He’s a loser.
@John P Quinn: The Koch foundation – one of those in the network that owns the US Republican Party – have issued a memo.
“We’ve been clear from the beginning that we disagree with former president Trump’s plans for the country,” the memo says. “As president, he added more to the national debt than any previous president.”
“He has consistently said he would remove core constitutional protections if elected to a second term. And his current economic plan leads with a promise to raise taxes by 10 percent on all Americans.”
It continued saying that Trump has lost the last three elections and he’s on track to lose again in 2024.
“Despite what some media outlets report, our polling consistently shows Donald Trump loses to Joe Biden in the states that will decide the election in November. And if he is convicted in one of his many criminal trials, polling indicates his loss will be even more severe,”
@ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere: lol…you make this nonsense up as you go along???? BTW the ‘MCCARTHY’ foundation ( that I just made up) says PRESIDENT TRUMP is a sure thing on Nov.5th
TRUMP 2024
@Ken Mc Carthy: You *are* capable of looking up press releases and the like, right?
Look it up.
Lets be honest here, Joe Biden shouldn’t still be in the job, he shouldn’t be in any job, he clearly doesn’t have the mental capacity for it. Trump probably isn’t fit for the job for other reasons but hey, it’ll be fun watching them slug it out.
@marklars81: And yet the Biden presidency is the most successful ever, as far as records go.
While Trump’s was one of the worst, if not the worst.
@ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere: I’m no champion of Trump, he’s a bit of a tool, but to say Biden is the most successful ever? He can’t tie his own shoes, he shouldn’t be in the job, it’s cruel what they are doing to him.
@ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere: what have you been smoking, take your cues from Wall St or what your eyes and ears tell you, have you seen the homelessness in the US, have you seen the crumbling infrastructure? Have you seen the price gouging health corps, no minium wage, student debt at 2 trillion.
@Marcus Maher – Triskellion Films: Crumbling infrastructure? Biden got an infrastructure plan passed through Congress.
Remember Trump’s Infrastructure Week?
Every week.
But Trump got nothing done on infrastructure.
If you believe that ‘Wall Street’ is a measure of success or failure, then Biden wins again. The US stock markets reached the highest level ever last Friday.
And tanked under Trump.
Biden has the record for the most jobs ever created by a president.
Trump was the only US president ever to leave office with less jobs than when he started.
Biden – despite the efforts of the US Supreme Court and US Republicans – has had lost of student debt forgiven.
Trump had none.
Biden has achieved health care reform that will see institutions of the US now being able – for the first time – to negotiate drug prices and bring down the cost of drugs for Americans.
Despite the opposition of the US Republican Party and drug companies.
How can you not know these things?
@ItWasLikeThatWhenIGotHere: most successful ever? My god I don’t know if you live in the states like I do but not one single person would even come close to making that statement. Much worse off
@Kieran O mahony: In your head, maybe.
Stats tell a very different story.
Mad how all these republicans can go from tearing the back off each other to swearing fealty overnight and their followers still believe they can be trusted.
Sadly no choice on Israel, you’ve Butcher Biden or Zion Don, nothing will change for the Palestinians as Israel effectively owns the US at this point, and that isn’t a trope.
One of these lads has dementia and the other one is not far behind. Will either last the 4 years?
Lawyers will forever love him but that Disney move put the wiggles up plenty of Republicans.
have your say