Trump news: President teases 'wild' Orlando rally as state polls show every major Democrat swamping him in 2020
Thousands of supporters flock to president in Florida as he kicks off 2020 campaign
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Your support makes all the difference.Donald Trump is reportedly toying with the idea of live tweeting the Democratic 2020 debates on 26 and 27 June to taunt his would-be rivals for the presidency as they face off against one another for the first time.
Ahead of his own formal campaign launch in Orlando, Florida, on Tuesday, the president has meanwhile announced that Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) agents will begin deporting “millions of illegal aliens” next week.
“They will be removed as fast as they come in,” the president wrote on Twitter. “Mexico, using their strong immigration laws, is doing a very good job of stopping people long before they get to our Southern Border. Guatemala is getting ready to sign a Safe-Third Agreement. The only ones who won’t do anything are the Democrats in Congress.”
Meanwhile, a boisterous crowd of thousands of supporters gathered in front of the Amway Center arena in Orlando on Tuesday, hours before Mr Trump was set to hold a rally to formally launch his re-election campaign.
His official campaign launch in Florida today also coincides with a “national week of training” for his political supporters to build up ground game in the 2020 elections, the Wall Street Journal has reported.
Just before his arrival, the Orlando Sentinel editorial board published a story titled, “Our Orlando Sentinel endorsement for president in 2020: Not Donald Trump”.
“Some readers will wonder how we could possibly eliminate a candidate so far before an election, and before knowing the identity of his opponent,” the paper wrote. “After 2½ years we’ve seen enough.”
“Enough of the chaos, the division, the schoolyard insults, the self-aggrandizement, the corruption, and especially the lies,” the paper continued, going on to mention several examples of the president’s most flagrant falsities.
Mr Trump meanwhile said his re-election launch will be a political spectacle. In a tweet, he wrote: "People have never seen anything like it (unless you play a guitar). Going to be wild — See you later!"
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As Donald Trump heads to Florida to officially kickoff his 2020 re-election campaign, a prominent local newspaper has announced it’s endorsement for the presidency — sort of.
Just before the president is expected to land in the Sunshine State, the Orlando Sentinel editorial board published a story titled, “Our Orlando Sentinel endorsement for president in 2020: Not Donald Trump”.
“Some readers will wonder how we could possibly eliminate a candidate so far before an election, and before knowing the identity of his opponent,” the paper writes. “After 2½ years we’ve seen enough.”
Story to come...
We’re not sure why Donald Trump would lie about this, particularly when their is video evidence to contradict his own statements, but no, he did not bring a group of farmers to tears when signing a rollback of an Obama-era environmental policy -
All eyes on Florida.
While recent polls — and the president’s own internal polling — have all shown Donald Trump facing an uphill battle against any of the major Democratic candidates in states like Florida, head-to-head polls show former Vice President Joe Biden defeating Mr Trump in many of the key states required to win in 2020.
Mr Trump has claimed those polls “don’t exist,” instead suggesting he can still win states like Florida and Texas.
The president reportedly views Florida as a crucial state for his re-election path, which led to his decision behind launching the 2020 campaign in Orlando.
From AP: A supporter of Donald Trump holds up a sign as people enter the queue to attend a campaign rally where Trump will formally announce his 2020 re-election bid on Tuesday.
It seems Donald Trump’s people reportedly have “no idea” what the president was referring to when he posted the controversial tweet below -
Here's my story on Orlando Sentinel endorsing anyone but Donald Trump in 2020
Donald Trump’s official campaign launch in Florida today coincides with a “national week of training” for his political supporters to build up ground game in the 2020 elections, the Wall Street Journal has reported -
Bernie Sanders' campaign has announced the Vermont senator and 2020 candidate will deliver a response to his re-election campaign speech tonight -
A new Quinnipiac poll shows Donald Trump losing against every major Democrat in the 2020 elections in Florida, where he is set to host his first official re-election rally -
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