New Hampshire Republicans gathered in Salem, New Hampshire, this weekend to elect new leaders, and to hear from an old one: former President Donald Trump.
Trump spoke for close to an hour at the state Republican Party’s annual meeting Saturday, delivering a rambling assessment of his tenure as commander in chief and that of his successor. Trump said voters should expect him to take a hard-edged approach in his campaign to reclaim the Oval Office in 2024.
“I’m more angry now and more committed now than I ever was,” Trump said.
Trump reiterated the false claims that he was the rightful winner of the 2020 election. At one point he also said, if he were president, he could immediately end the war in Ukraine.
”Putin would have never ever gone in,” Trump said. “And even now, I could solve that in 24 hours. It's so horrible what happened. Those cities are demolished now."
Trump also stressed issues of more parochial concern to local GOP activists – including defending New Hampshire’s status as leadoff presidential primary state.
"I will make sure New Hampshire remains the home of the first in the nation for many, many years to come,” Trump said. “And I think, more than anything else, I have proven that I keep my promises."
But whether core Republican voters are still galvanized by Trump is an open question. A poll from the University of New Hampshire released last week showed him trailing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis by 12 points in a hypothetical matchup.
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