The ‘rematch’ for the White House between current US President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump has begun, thrilling right from the first stages.
The “key” message of the White House boss
US President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump position the race for the White House through their first campaign statements of 2024. Since early January, many prestigious US newspapers such as The New York Times, Washington Post, US News jointly reported on the campaign speeches of Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump on the evening of January 5.
President Biden and his team of advisors chose Montgomery County Community College in Blue Bell City, Pennsylvania, as the first campaign location of 2024. American public opinion rates this as their choice. relatively wise, both symbolic and intrinsically meaningful.
Blue Bell City is very close to the historic Valley Forge site, one of the places where General George Washington was stationed during the early stages of the American Revolutionary War, and is a particularly suitable “stage” for Mr. Biden to call for election. Tri stood up to protect American democracy.
In addition, Pennsylvania is also one of the 6 most important battleground states in the upcoming election. In 2020, Mr. Biden won over Mr. Trump in this state with a narrow popular vote ratio of 50% – 48.8%.
In a speech on the afternoon of January 5, President Biden reviewed the riot at Capitol Hill in January 2021 and harshly condemned former President Trump’s role in this incident.
President Biden describes the 2024 US election as a vital battle to protect democracy, which is America’s “sacred mission”.
To create a contrast with former President Trump, Mr. Biden pledged that protecting American democracy would be his “most important mission” as president. He emphasized: “Your vote will decide whether you can continue to live freely or not?”.
Is attacking the right direction?
American newspapers generally rated President Biden’s January 5 afternoon speech as one of the strongest campaign speeches ever. American public opinion also noted that President Biden focused on criticizing Mr. Trump’s shortcomings instead of highlighting Mr. Biden’s own achievements; believes that this will likely be the general approach of the Biden-Harris pair in 2024.
However, some US election analysts warn that an election strategy that is too aggressive will not bring lasting effectiveness to President Biden. James Carville, a strategic consultant for the Democratic Party, believes that President Biden’s messages in his recent speech will only move American voters for a few days, and then they will pay attention again. to the economy – a problem they have to face every day, every hour.
While President Biden gave his opening speech for 2024 in Pennsylvania, former President Trump held his first series of campaign activities of the year in Iowa. Mr. Trump’s choice of Iowa as his first destination for 2024 has long been predicted by American public opinion. Over the past several weeks, Mr. Trump’s campaign team has invested huge resources to win the support of voters in this state.
Along with Mr. Trump, a number of “trusted” figures such as Governor Kristi Noem (Republican Party – South Dakota) and Congressman Majorie Taylor Greene (Republican Party – Georgia) have launched a massive campaign. in cities across Iowa.
Mr. Trump’s efforts seem to be “hanging by a thread”
Jason Miller, a senior advisor to former President Trump, shared that Mr. Trump is determined not to lose in Iowa in the upcoming primary election like he lost to Senator Ted Cruz in 2016. He said: “Mr. Trump directs us.” Let me try as if he was leading by 1 percentage point against the other Republican candidates, even though in reality he was leading by a margin of 30 points.”
In remarks in Iowa on January 5-6, Mr. Trump called on voters in this state to vote “the most important of their lives” in the upcoming primary election on January 19. He emphasized that the results of the primary election in Iowa are especially important, because it will shape the entire race to the White House.
Mr. Trump warned: “Bad things will happen if you don’t vote.”
Former President Trump spent a large part of his speeches in Iowa criticizing his competitors. He criticized President Biden for intentionally making statements that confused voters in Pennsylvania.
As for other Republican presidential candidates, Mr. Trump urged voters to be vigilant. “We cannot trust key politicians on anything, whether it is taxes or trade,” he said. They will sell you out like they sold me out.”
American newspapers did not show too much interest in the content of former President Trump’s speeches in Iowa, but appreciated Mr. Trump’s consistent and thorough message to voters: “go vote, vote and vote.”
American public opinion also recognized Mr. Trump’s camp’s rather methodical way of organizing the event, including showing videos instructing voters to vote, and organizing exchanges of experiences during the voting process.
According to the sheet The Hill, Over the past 14 months, there has been little fundamental movement in public opinion polls between Mr. Biden and Mr. Trump and the race appears significantly closer than in 2020. According to Morning Consult polling, in 7 states swings – Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Nevada, North Carolina, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin – Mr Trump leads Mr Biden, including leads of more than 4 points in 5 of 7 states.