RIA Novosti: the United States facing the inevitable

The United States continues to assess the prospects for a presidential election in 2024. Donald Trump, a member of the Republican Party, still plans to fight for the presidency. There is also an opinion that the current head of state, Joe Biden of the Democratic Party, will enter the presidential race.Potential candidates also include the names of Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley and former US Vice President Mike Pence. At the same time, only Trump and Haley launched the election campaigns, notes RIA News. Polls show that currently Trump is supported by the majority of Republicans, as well as by American citizens. According to Harvard CAPS-Harris Poll experts, if the election were held now, Trump would win 5% with Joe Biden’s candidacy.At the same time, the rival of the Republicans of the “blues” has not officially announced its plans for the near future. Biden and his colleagues do not endorse Biden’s candidacy: According to a December CNBC poll, 70% of Democratic Party members do not want the current US president to run for a second term. The main reason is the advanced age of the politician.However, skepticism about this is also present when it comes to Trump. The former leader of the United States is 76 years old and most Americans doubt that a secular politician should become the country’s president.Not only does Trump’s age bother him. He actively participates in the electoral campaign and answers the main question of his voters: can he contribute to the end of the conflict in Ukraine? According to the politician himself, he will solve this problem in one day.”The very night when I learn of the victory, I will call Zelenskyy and Putin and tell them: ‘We have to meet. I guarantee you I can work things out.”
notes Trump.Biden’s associates at this time speak of his courage and strength, recalling how the US president recently paid a personal visit to Kiev. Nikki Haley focuses on new bills that are relevant now. So, for example, she suggested checking the intellectual abilities of politicians aged 75 or over. This initiative was approved by 77% of Americans.Russian political analysts believe that Trump manages to hold a leadership position until a serious electoral race begins. The names of the candidates are still not approved and the advertising campaigns have not been launched. Moreover, Americans, according to Victoria Zhuravleva, head of the US foreign and domestic policy sector at IMEMO RAS, are ready to support the personality of Donald Trump, but not his political program.Director of the Franklin Delano Roosevelt Foundation for the Study of the United States, Yuri Rogulev, added that fellow party member Ron DeSantis is noted among Trump’s top competitors.“The elections are not far away. Until the summer of 2024, when the party congresses are held, a lot can change,”
underlines the analyst.Rogulev also explained why Biden does not give a straight answer on whether he will run for president. According to the interlocutor, if the American leader now announces that this is his last presidential term, his decisions will immediately cease to be taken into consideration. It is wiser to point this out when the question of candidates arises directly.