
A boastful and belligerent Donald Trump launched the 2024 White House race on Tuesday, setting the stage for a bruising Republican nomination battle. Many party stalwarts, wounded by moderate gains in the recent mid-terms, do not want to see Trump carry right-wing hopes into the next presidential combat.
"America's comeback starts right now," the 76-year-old former president told hundreds of supporters gathered in a flag-draped ballroom at his palatial Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.