US presidential candidate Donald Trump visited Capitol Hill in Washington on Thursday 13 June. This is the first time he has been there since his supporters stormed Congress on January 6, 2021 to try to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. But in this new visit, the former president wanted to show the unity of the Republican electorate behind his presidential candidacy .
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Thaw weeks after his conviction, Donald Trump went to Washington on Thursday for a major charm offensive with Republican parliamentarians and business owners. The former president very rarely visits the US federal capital, a city he loathes and where a new trial awaits him.
All morning his convoy of large black vehicles roamed the Capitol Hill neighborhood, from one meeting to another. Sometimes under the eyes of a few protesters. Like Bill, a resident of the region, present in front of the former president’s meeting places with elected Republican officials: “ It is interesting. All these people ran away from their building to avoid being killed when he sent his followers to try to take the building. And now they’re here licking his boots. And I tell them “Boot lickers, don’t just swallow anything.” »
Mitch McConnell, once very critical of Donald Trump, supports him
Inside the National Republican Senate Committee, the mood is good: everything seems to have been forgotten. Even the leader of the Republican minority in the Senate, Mitch McConnell, once a critic of Donald Trump. In January 2021, the senator had very strong words for Donald Trump, accusing the leader of being ” responsible » of the assault.
” I said three years ago, right after the attack on the Capitol, that I would support our candidate (Republican)whoever he is, including him (Donald Trump) “, justified the eight-year-old on Wednesday after shaking hands with the Republican candidate.
The latter seems happy: ” It’s an incredible group of people, I’m with them 1000% and they’re with me 1000%. %declared Donald Trump, delighted by the welcome. We agree on almost everything, and when we don’t, we work on it. I have a good relationship with almost everyone here, actually with everyone. »
Surrounded by parliamentarians, the storming septuagenarian spoke at length about his legal problemsaccording to a Republican leader, but also spoke out on abortion, a highly sensitive issue in the middle of the election campaign.
From now on, the union is therefore made to restore the country’s greatness, explains Donald Trump. The latter was wildly applauded by those who on January 6, 2021 had to run out of Congress under pressure from his supporters.
Meeting with the heads of the largest companies
Between two meetings with parliamentarians, Donald Trump also met with the leaders of the largest American companies, members of the Business Roundtable organization.
The press group, which represents the bosses of Amazon, Apple and McDonald’s, regularly takes a stand on issues of direct concern to members, such as taxation or international trade agreements, but also on wider social issues.
Joe Biden was also invited to an exchange with the group, but was unable to attend due to the G7, organized in Italy.
In front of these heads of big business, Donald Trump had to detail how his program ” will deliver tax cuts, record deregulation, fair trade, abundant energy and low inflation “, confirmed those around him.
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