Trump 2024 Campaign Lays Out Promises for Potential Second Term

Former President Donald Trump officially kicked off his campaign for president Saturday with a pair of intimate rallies in the early voting states of New Hampshire and South Carolina, representing an early effort to coalesce support from key players he will need to secure his party's nomination in 2024.

Appearing at a meeting of the New Hampshire Republican Party Saturday, Trump announced he would be appointing outgoing New Hampshire Republican Party Chairman Stephen Stepanek to oversee his campaign in the Granite State, securing him a high-profile surrogate in the first-in-the-nation primary state he lost by 7 points just two years earlier.

Hours later in South Carolina, the former president unveiled a leadership team in the crucial primary state that included figures like current Gov. Henry McMaster, freshman Republican Congressman Russell Fry, former Lt. Gov. Andre Bauer, and U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham; a show of force intended to hold other prospective candidates—including former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley and Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis—at-bay as they weigh their own White House bids…