Former U.S. President Donald Trump<\/a> declares that he will once again run for U.S. president in the 2024 U.S. presidential election during an event at his Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. November 15, 2022.<\/p>\n \u201cIn order to make America great and glorious again, I am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the United States,\u201d Trump told a crowd gathered at Mar-a-Lago, his waterfront estate in Florida, where his campaign will be headquartered.<\/p>\n Throughout the hour-long speech, Trump made it obvious that he wants his campaign to be seen by Republicans as a sacrificial undertaking.<\/p>\n \u201cAnyone who truly seeks to take on this rigged and corrupt system will be faced with a storm of fire that only a few could understand,\u201d he said at one point, describing the legal and emotional toll his presidency and the post-presidential period has taken on his family members.<\/p>\n As Trump spoke to a roomful of Republicans who expect him to face primary challengers in the coming months, he also claimed the party cannot afford to nominate \u201ca politician or conventional candidate\u201d if it wants to win back the White House.<\/p>\n \u201cThis will not be my campaign, this will be our campaign all together,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n Surrounded by allies, advisers, and conservative influencers, Trump produced a rather calm speech, Trump sought to arouse sentimentality for his time in office, frequently contrasting his first-term accomplishments with the Biden administration\u2019s policies and the current economic climate. However, those perceived achievements \u2013 from strict immigration actions to corporate tax cuts and religious freedom initiatives \u2013 stay extremely polarizing to this day.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s long-awaited campaign comes as he tries to reclaim the spotlight following the GOP\u2019s underwhelming midterm elections performance \u2013 including the losses of several Trump-endorsed election deniers \u2013 and the subsequent blame game that has unfolded since Election Day.<\/p>\n Republicans failed to gain a Senate majority, came up short in their efforts to fill several statewide seats, and have yet to secure a House majority, with only 215 races called in their favor so far out of the 218 needed, developments that have forced Trump and other party leaders into a defensive posture as they face reproval from within their ranks.<\/p>\n Trump\u2019s paperwork establishing his candidacy landed with the Federal Election Committee shortly before he delivered his announcement at Mar-a-Lago.<\/p>\n He advocated for the use of paper ballots and compared America\u2019s election system to that of \u201cthird world countries,\u201d Trump also tried at times to broaden his grievances \u2013 bemoaning the \u201cmassive corruption\u201d and \u201centrenched interests\u201d that in his view have consumed Washington.<\/p>\n Many of Trump\u2019s top advisers have expressed concern that his obsession with promoting conspiracies about the last presidential election would make it harder for him to win a national election in 2024.<\/p>\n A few factors may make it harder for Mr. Trump to win easily this time.\u00a0 His constant promises of infrastructure investment never came to a realization, COVID-19 handling was a huge failure that saw America with the highest number of deaths in the world, the ominous shadow of the\u00a06 January 2021, attack at the US Capitol<\/a> with images of supporters waving Trump banners amid the teargas as they ransacked the Capitol haunts Americans.\u00a0 It resulted in ten deaths and insecurity of a government that could provoke violence, a white supremacy movement got activated under him, which is even repulsive to a lot of Christians.<\/p>\n If Donald Trump wants the nomination in 2024, he may once again have to go through a Florida governor.\u00a0\u00a0The Florida governor could appear as the agreement pick among the party faithful not keen to give Mr Trump another shot.<\/p>\n On the eve of Mr Trump’s presidential announcement, a conservative group gave a series of polls that showed Mr Trump trailing Ron DeSantis in a head-to-head contest by double-digits among Republican voters in Iowa and New Hampshire.<\/p>\n Ron DeSantis win with an overwhelming re-election victory that suggests he is in tune with his party’s core supporters. BBC News says, “While he has yet to be tested on the national stage, his political star is ascending.”<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n It’s unclear if Mr DeSantis will run, otherwise, what other options are there?\u00a0 Who will join the Republican presidential race for 2024 at this point?<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\nWhy Will It Be Harder?<\/h3>\n