On Thursday night, the Republicans held their second debate ahead of the primary election. This time with seven out of eight candidates present. Donald Trump, who is the favorite to become the Republican presidential candidate, also declined the invitation this time. Instead, he gave a speech to striking workers in Detroit. He did so at the same time as the debate. Trump has been in tough weather lately after being indicted in a number of cases. Recently, he was also found guilty of fraud. Donald Trump was most concerned with criticizing President Joe Biden and his policies when he addressed striking workers in the auto industry. Photo: REBECCA COOK / Reuters DeSantis against Trump The night’s debate was chaotic. The candidates talked over each other and the presenters in order to get more speaking time. The man who is currently best placed to challenge Donald Trump, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis came out hard against Trump from the start. He was clearly unhappy that Trump did not participate in the debate. – Donald Trump is missing. He should be on this stage tonight, DeSantis said, to cheers from the audience. Ron DeSantis went to great lengths to blame Trump for the high inflation. Photo: Mark J. Terrill / AP DeSantis also went to great lengths to blame Trump for the high inflation. – Trump took up 7.8 billion in national debt, and added to the inflation we have now, said DeSantis. With the exception of Chris Christie, the candidates were careful not to criticize Trump. The former president was not mentioned as often as in the previous debate. This time it was rather the most important issues that were discussed. The reason is probably that Trump is very popular among many Republican voters. – They want to call you Donald Duck However, they couldn’t completely avoid talking about Trump. One of the debate’s most memorable moments was when Christie looked straight into the camera and spoke directly to Donald Trump. Chris Christie Photo: MIKE BLAKE / Reuters – Donald, I know you’re watching. You can’t resist, Christie said. – Trump is hiding in his golf clubs and will not show up here to answer questions like the rest of us, said the former governor of New Jersey. – If you keep doing that, nobody up here will call you Donald Trump any more. They will call you Donald Duck, he said to laughter and applause from the audience. Doug Burgum, Chris Christie, Nikki Haley, Ron DeSantis, Vivek Ramaswamy, Tim Scott and Mike Pence during the night’s debate. Photo: Mark Terrill / AP Trump’s former vice president, Mike Pence, was clear that he does not recognize Trump from when they won the election in 2016. Pence made a point that “Trump had put traditional conservative Republican values on the shelf, such as when it concerns abortion or taxes”. Trump barely mentioned the opposing candidates Trump barely mentioned the opposing candidates when, at the same time as the debate, he addressed specially invited strikers at a factory that produces auto parts in Detroit. A factory without unions. Workers on the floor of the auto industry have become wage losers in the United States, while their top executives are making money like never before. The case has received a lot of attention in the United States. Trump, for his part, was most concerned with criticizing incumbent President Joe Biden. Trump addressed striking workers at a Michigan auto plant. Photo: MATTHEW HATCHER / AFP Only half an hour into the speech did he mention his main challenger Ron DeSantis. – He wanted to destroy Social Security, now he’s backing down, Trump said, before the focus returned to Biden. Who can challenge Trump? The list of Republican presidential candidates for 2024 is shrinking, while the requirements to be able to stand in the debate are constantly increasing. Of the eight candidates who stood in the last debate, only former governor of Arkansas, Asa Hutchinson, is no longer in the race to become the Republican presidential candidate. The night’s debate consisted of the following presidential candidates: Florida Governor Ron DeSantis Former South Carolina Governor Nikki Haley South Carolina Senator Tim Scott Entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy Former Vice President Mike Pence Former New Jersey Governor Chris Christie North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum The debate finds place at the iconic Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, in Simi Valley, California Photo: ROBYN BECK / AFP A new poll from American NBC showed that 59 percent would still vote for Trump. It was clear ahead of the next man on the list, Ron DeSantis with 16 percent of the vote. While it is very even between the other candidates, we are to believe NBC’s poll. With such a superior Trump, there is therefore great tension as to who can take second place and challenge the former president. Ron DeSantis has been seen as Trump’s main challenger as the Republican presidential nominee. Photo: Pontus Höök Economy, inflation and immigration The night’s debate took place at the iconic Ronald Reagan Presidential Library, in Simi Valley, California. The library of the 40th President of the United States also hosted Republican presidential debates in 2008, 2012 and 2016. The candidates addressed a number of topics, such as the economy and inflation, immigration and the situation along the Mexican border, as well as relations with China. The danger of a shutdown of the American state apparatus was also on the agenda. Chris Christie believes that voters should blame everyone in Washington, DC if they do not agree on the budget by the deadline. Photo: ROBYN BECK / AFP – Voters should blame everyone in Washington, DC Candidate Chris Christie was asked directly who he thinks voters should blame, if Congress does not reach an agreement on the budget by October 1, and the state has to shut down. “The voters should blame everybody in Washington, D.C. They were sent down there to do a job and they have failed to do the job,” he said. If the House of Representatives does not agree on the Senate’s funding plan by October 1, government agencies in the United States risk running out of funding and therefore having to close. This has happened several times in the past. The Council to Strike for the White House Also on the stage in California, workers in the car industry’s situation were discussed. Both businessman and billionaire Vivek Ramaswamy and former Vice President Mike Pence also expressed their sympathy for the striking auto workers. Ramaswamy advised them to strike in front of the White House in Washington, DC and added that the problem stems from a disastrous economic policy. – We must ensure economic growth. We do that by harnessing American energy – drilling, shipping, burning coal and embracing nuclear power, he said. While Pence thinks Biden’s car policy with a focus on the transition to electric cars is good for China and bad for Detroit. Vivek Ramaswamy, Tim Scott and Mike Pence. Photo: ROBYN BECK / AFP – No more racism in the USA Many voters are curious about newcomer Vivek Ramaswamy. He is the candidate with the least experience, and has neither been a senator, governor nor vice president before. Ramaswamy has moved up in the opinion polls recently and in the night’s debate he frustrated his opponents. “I feel stupid when you talk,” said former governor Nikki Haley. Senator Tim Scott had a slightly different and more positive approach to the debate than the others. Among other things, Scott said that there is no longer racism in the United States and highlighted the country as the world’s best nation. This was opposed by several opposing candidates, who drew a darker picture of the US situation while blaming the Democrats and President Joe Biden.
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