Donald Trump wins the South Carolina primary, defeating Nikki Haley in her home state. Trump cruises toward a rematch with President Biden.
Trump Wins all 44 South Carolina Delegates
- Donald Trump: Decisive wins in the first major nominating contests have given the former president an air of inevitability. While his legal problems remain a major unknown, Trump said in his victory speech he was confident he’d defeat President Biden in November, “We’re going to say ‘Joe, you’re fired.’”
- VP Talk: Those close to Trump say Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina and Rep. Elise Stefanik of New York are among the contenders to be the vice-presidential candidate.
- Nikki Haley: The former South Carolina governor’s loss heightens pressure for her to drop out of the contest. But Haley has said she will stay in the race until Super Tuesday next month.
- On Voters’ Minds: Most GOP voters in the primary have a favorable view of Trump, while more than half oppose continued aid to Ukraine, according to an AP survey.
Bullet points from the Wall Street Journal.
Trump on Scott
Please note Donald Trump Says Tim Scott Is Better Advocate for Him Than for Himself; Scott Agrees
As part of his speech Saturday, Donald Trump praised Sen. Tim Scott of South Carolina – his former opponent, now outspoken ally and potential future running mate – as a great advocate. Scott endorsed Trump before the New Hampshire primary and has been a top surrogate. Trump again Saturday repeated that Scott had been a poor candidate for himself and improved dramatically when campaigning for the former president. “I said what happened to Tim Scott? What a dynamo… I’m just very happy he didn’t have the same energy, drive because I think I probably would have been out of the race a long time ago.”
Scott, for his part, told the Wall Street Journal this week that Trump’s comments were spot on. He said he had struggled in his own campaign to appear both humble and tout himself. “What you’re witnessing is just a guy who’s been free from the internal struggle on how to promote myself without being braggadocious,” he said.
Trump Victory Speech: ‘Get Out Joe, You’re Fired’
Donald Trump spoke to supporters at a party in Columbia, S.C., minutes after the state’s GOP race was called as another victory for him — not letting Nikki Haley pre-empt him and claim victory from a loss, as she did in some earlier states.
“I have never seen the Republican Party so unified,” he said. “This is a fantastic evening.” He ticked off familiar hard-line sentiments on immigration and the border, and projected confidence of turning to a general election battle rematch with President Biden.
If you are waiting for the fat lady to sing, she already has. Eyes now turn to a VP choice.
Please note Trump Says Tulsi Gabbard Is on His VP Short List, Who Else?
During a Fox News town hall event in Greenville, South Carolina, host Laura Ingraham asked the former president about six potential running mates, including three of his erstwhile GOP primary rivals: Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy and South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott.
She also cited Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem (R) and former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, a 2020 Democratic presidential candidate who left the party in 2022 after aligning herself increasingly with the political right.
“Are they all on your shortlist?” Ingraham asked.
“They are,” Trump said. “Honestly all of those people are good. They’re all good, they’re all solid.” He also singled out Scott, pointing out the senator in the audience, saying “a lot of people are talking about that gentleman right over there.”
I believe Elise Stefanik is on the short list as well but her name did not pop up in that town hall question.
Tulsi Gabbard Gives a Fabulous Speech at CPAC 2024
If you want to hear a great speech you can find it along with my thoughts at Tulsi Gabbard Gives a Fabulous Speech at CPAC 2024, What’s Next?
I doubt Trump will pick Gabbard, but I think she would be a very strong choice.
The election is going to come down to how enthusiastically women, independents, and moderates vote, and for whom.
I think Gabbard is far and away the most likeable and she also offers the most for that group, especially given her moderate stance on abortion.
But I am not the one who gets to decide.
Start with college campuses and boycott all Jewish and zionists companies.
It’s illegal to boycott 15raeLIE products in most US states. Makes you wonder who really runs the country…
Satanic death cult killed 12000 children. Israel are animals. people read the Torah and see what it says of the goy.
The probabilities of Trump serving a second term is low. I’m not unsympathetic towards his many rational thoughts regarding our present situations here in the US and our many entanglements in foreign lands, but our government is so corrupted and evil, that the CIA (or our so called justice system), will do their best to silence him, whether through outright assassination, or widespread manipulation of the vote (see Stalin’s prescient statement). It may be our fate to have 4 more years of an intentional careening into the destruction of our culture.
Israelis are among the worst animals for their slaughter. The tip of the spear of white colonialism. white converts to Judaism claim they have the right to the land.
david??? From the Mediterranean Sea to Qattara depression a lake to cool u down. Why don’t u buy a villa in Ras El Feckma 120 miles west of Alexandria.
david??? our chromosomes are all over the world for 2000 years.
fake Jews. white Russian Ukrainian polish converts to Judaism and claim they are the tribe of Jacob. There were no honkies in the old and new.testament.
So you intend to claim most of the world as yours? Ridiculous.
i5raeLIES are the ultimate illegal “immigrants” aka terrorist invaders. Can you imagine millions of German Americans, Irish Americans etc trying to forcibly return to the “land” of their ancestors today?
The whites who support i5rael are the same hypocrites complaining about borders. Not only they’ve been financing 15raeLIE terrorism and occupation for 75 years while going bankrupt domestically. Its safe to say America is 15raeL’s b1tch.
maybe we should level Punjab like she wanted to level gaza..
Why don’t you throw yourself into the first wave.
Where is Haley getting her financing from? I’ve seen some pretty big spending numbers quoted. Is it all Koch lackies?
And oops, there today go the Koch Brothers.
Biden has all but wrapped up this election. Republicans are ready to line up behind him once Haley drops out. The crossover vote is going to be historic. Even 60% of Republicans realize Trump is a crazy person and can’t be elected at any cost. Grandpa Joe in a landslide.
CO – Are you trying to prove you are delusional?
If so, you are succeeding.
If Trump is indicted and sent to jail what next for the republican ?
Trump runs and wins from Cellblock B.
Unprotected sex, possible an STD is next. Prison is harsh.
Hillary will introduce Kamala and Joe to her Arkansas healthcare plan before the election.
Agree with you 100%, let’s review some basic facts:
1. Joe Biden built a juggernaut economy with 3.8% unemployment and holding
2. The stock market is breaking all records
3. Inflation is coming down from trump highs
4. Millennials hate republicans and trump
5. Women hate republicans and trump
6. trump voters (boomers) are now dying at 5765 per day and count how many more have dropped dead from 2020 to Nov 4 2024
Trump’s failures:
1. Build a wall – did not deliver
2. Trade wars easy wins – did not deliver
3. Drain the swap – did not deliver
4. War on IVF and abortion has galvanized millennials and women against trump but don’t hold your breath, republicans will come up with more crazy schemes between now and election to piss off women even more, that’s how dumb they are.
I was looking over the 2020 election map and can’t seem to find any state trump could possibly win so how does he even get to 270 votes?
link to 270towin.com
Anyone looking at reality understands democrats have easy wins in 2024 barring any major black swan events like biden getting a stroke or dying.
it’s not going to be close, that’s how far republicans are from reality
The more you post, the more you prove what an utter fu kin moron you are
Karelia hugs St Petersburg. N. Finland spy on the Russian missile bases. She can
block Arkhangale Atlantic fleet. Finland doubled the land border of Russia with NATO, forcing Putin to spread, to dilute his forces in Ukraine. Since her conversion to NATO she has become a radical state. Sibelius is crying.
Our southern border is open and terrorists, thieves, violent criminals. murders are pouring in, our economy is in shambles, health care is unaffordable, country’s debt is increasing yet some bogey man is the problem, no one is falling for it. Those days are over, most of the Americans see the reality not some made up threat faraway.
The invincible swap never stopped expanding. A porous southern border ==> more terrorists and saboteurs to spy on, to listen to. The US is becoming a police state like East Germany Stasi.
The Stasi were worst than the KGB.
Agree that the US is becoming a police state but nothing on the level that were the Stasi were when comparing the volume per capita.
The FBI has a file on most of us.
There is never one crisis at a time and you never have the luxury of solving one and then the other. You have to solve them simultaneously.
Thing is: There are no “crisis.” Certainly none neither Biden nor Trump nor any other illiterate from America’s debasement-and-nothing-but empowered so called “elites,” will ever be able to solve. None of those morons never neither did, nor will, solve anything.All they’ll ever do, is simply being in the way.
Crisis is no more than current slang for what Mencken referred to as Hobgoblins. Which always are, always will be; as per the bard; all imaginary.
Solve how? by borrowing/printing money and then sending it to some non-democratic corrupt country that is thousands of miles away with a sham that it is for protecting America and then launder that money back to defense contractors, lobbyists, corrupt politicians and deep state bureaucrats in the US. People see the corruption, no amount of BS will convince people after repeated lies over the decades. These wars are just for elites to enrich themselves at the expense of American public. Fentanyl, meth and other synthetic drugs pouring from the southern border killing American citizens by thousands is the real national security. Gang violence in our inner cities killing hundreds of kids is the real threat to our national security. Millions of illegal immigrants putting strain on resources (Schools, hospitals/healthcare, housing, insurance, infrastructure) is the real threat to America. Not some cooked up war over some border disputes between countries should be our concern.
James Comey nervously investigating Uruguay real estate.
Mish, here is a set of items mentioned by Lavrov at a recent press conference. These are related to dedollarization which you want to dismiss.
you must not have a.life
Cut and paste. Found the exact same words on several different sites.
Russia is selflessly taking care of the problems of the Global South through the Wagner Group.
“Russia is selflessly taking care of the problems of the Global South through the Wagner Group.”
That’s not the issue. Rather, the issue is that even with a foreign policy built around Wagner Group; Russia is still not even close to screwing up every single spot on the planet, to nearly the extent the current West is.
That is a huge reversal from back in the Cold War days. And Americans now being so singularly indoctrinated they haven’t even caught on to that; despite nearly the entire rest of the world long since having done so; is just plain sad.
These days, in what is quite the reversal from 50 years ago; the leaders of the “Free” (if only in relative terms…) World, are two Communist countries! If that doesn’t spell #DumbAge loud and clear, I don’t know what does.
Sorry, I am slow … the two Communist countries leading the free world are? North Korea and China? Or Iran and Russia? Or some other pair?
China and Russia.
I know: It makes no sense at all…
Imagine how utterly vapid and clueless Lavrov would make both Trump and Biden come across, in a presidential debate……
It’s downright scary: The Kremlin guy; of all people; would win by a landslide if allowed to run, against the best candidates the current American “system” is able to put forth.
Silliness.
link to mishtalk.com
Both parties are converging on the same potential problem: Their candidate may not make it to election day. Ironically the party that runs a different candidate has a better chance of winning.
Haley got 40 % of the vote in South Carolina. 59% of Haley supporters say that they won’t support Trump in the general. Hardly seems like a banner day for the orange stain…
Probably 80% of Halley’s voters were registered Democrats.
Exactly. But don’t expect regime media to report those details.
Ridiculous
There is significant dislike of Trump from within the party simply because Trump is a narcissist ass, to put it politely.
Trump is his own worst enemy.
And with luck, Tulsi will humanize him (or at least humanize the ticket, with spillover effect).
She lost by over 20% lead in a state she once lead as governor in an open primary (Dems can vote), and with massive ad spending to boot. I would say the Dotard had a good day
Similar in NH. Some voters interviewed stated they voted for Haley but would vote for Biden in November.
trump can arrest nimrata for saying level gaza
Neocon Nikki is inciting genocide. What a loathsome creature!
Haley and the majority of American politicians are AIPACs slaves.
this war criminal would be the.next president if not for.trump. this country has down syndrome to elect anyone like her
Haley is so bad even genocide Joe can beat her.
As a small government person, I’m for Vivek for VP. I like the idea of getting rid of the FBI, the Department of Eductaion and a 75% head count reduction in the Federal workforce. Just think of the boon for the coding industry!
The abortion issue is where it should be, at the States level. This is where the Constitution places it. Abortion is one of the stupid wedge issues designed to energize the rubes to vote. It is also a Democratic demographic issue. Abortion is all about culling the Democratic Party herd. In that regard, I’m all in on abortion!
You may need the Department of Eductaion.
Jimmy Carter is the one who started the department of education. Before then, America was doing quite well. Get the Federal government involved in something and it gets destroyed. And yes, I know you were trying to be funny and insult me.
It is a no-brainer to eliminate the Department of Education. It is the epitome of wasteful spending and no value added for the citizenry. Put education back at the local level where it belongs and average voters have a say on educational issues.
“Get the Federal government involved in something and it gets destroyed.”
Yup. Up to, and including, governing.
The sole exception being the nuke stockpile. Despite the odds and the indoctrination, it does seem there remains enough latent sanity in people once they are handed jobs which are that obviously critical; that they rise to the occasion. For all the thousands of warheads, mounted to semi experimental rockets: Still no “accident.” And that despite guys like Trump and Biden nominally in charge…. And ditto, even in the former Soviet Union, now Russia: Even during the crazy 90s gangster era, no warheads went astray…
That one; highly critical; function, which I have a hard time seeing anyone other than the Federal Government being in a position to handle; they do seem to be able to get right. Thank goodness. But as for the rest of what they’ve currently inserted themselves into: Not so much.
The Dept of Education otherwise referred to as THE dept of indoctrination is NOT one of the 18 enumerated powers laid out in the U.S. Constitution and is therefore illegal/illegitimate…… as I now ponder what percentage of people reading this comment are even aware and or understand what the 18 enumerated powers are…..
Curious that as an alleged “small government” advocate
You like an idiot who proposes bombing Mexico, building a wall on the Canadian border, mandating a civics test (or making young people join the military to vote).
Like New Hampshire, Democrats could vote in the South Carolina Republican primary. Thus, Neocon Nikki’s defeat is more substantial than it appears. She’s a whore for the MIC and for Israel.
I’m highly confident our nation’s premier propaganda outlets will not offer any evidence of this important point.
Is TULSI TOO GOOD for Trump to want her in his Circle?
IF that is true, then I would prefer to see TRUMP as VP and TULSI as Pres.
Trump does NOT want a strong competitor at his side. His style is DOMINANCE. His EGO is TOO HUGE to allow for a LIMELIGHT SHARING situation.
HE WANTS THE FOCUS UPON HIMSELF, primarily. This is also what his electorate expects of him.
My bet is that he chooses a weakling like that Statue Zombie/WALKING DEAD Mike Pence. What a BIDEN LOOK-ALIKE Pence is, with that PERFECT POLITICIAN look that people seem to be drawn to.
Allow me to be perfectly clear here: I DO NOT VOTE, not yet…I have not been to a Voting Booth in over 25 years. I lost complete faith in our Government when the WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION meme came to the forefront and I knew of young men who came back from Iraq, die-hard Soldiers (sons of my Military Friends) and the words I heard from them included “Iraq is a joke” and “Why are we there still?” THESE WERE in some cases RANKING OFFICERS who saw ACTION but we at their screens sending our men to their deaths.
I have lost complete faith in our futures as Americans. We are clearly sinking fast. I am not sure ANY Pres can stop this mess unfolding and we are buying six months of Staples now and working on our Garden.
Good post. get perfectly where you are coming from. American government, whether run by Democrats or Republicans or both, has been catastrophic for a large part of our population. But what I don’t get is why most (but clearly not you) on this site believe that a certified narcissist and inveterate liar like Trump will do ANYTHING for what he likes to call the “suckers and losers” when only John Kelly is within earshot. At best, Trump can make life miserable for the part of the population that has been favored so far. But if that’s their hope, I have several pairs of $399 sneakers to sell to them.
Zero chance of Pence. Trump is still fuming Pence would not back his attempt to invalidate the election.
I suggest it is between Elise Stefanik, South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem, Senator Tim Scott, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.), and Tulsi Gabbard, possibly in that order.
I also suggest that Trump would be wise to not pick an abortion hard-liner
Agree he needs to pick a woman VP
He’ll pick Noem for the simple reason that he thinks she’s good looking and would look good by his side. That is the depth of his thinking.
And, who exactly is pressuring Nicki to drop out? Trump? Clay Travis? Fox and the lesser Foxes (Newsmax, OAN, etc)? She should stay in and see if she can’t change enough Republicans minds over time.
I think Haley would lose to a write-in vote for anybody else but her. She can’t even beat herself, she is so awful. The Deep State, RINO’s and Democrats want her more than anything, but the Country can’t stand her.
The few votes that she does manage to muster up, are simply throw away votes, and not meaningful in any way. She may have a core base of 2%, but that won’t get her more than a Meet & Greet at a nearby Starbucks perhaps. She’s toast, and I feel sort of bad for her being such a miserable person, and such a poor spokesperson, but she sucks, so what can you do…
Disagree,
Trump needs to win over those Republican voters, instead he mocks them.
If Biden jail Trump, Navaly #2, will his proxies Epstein him ??
The dem tried to impeach Trump. Now, possibly, to Navalny him. If Trump wins, with a criminal record, while rotting in jail, what next.
I think you; and perhaps Trump; may be on to something…..:
Imagine how much better this country would be today, if whomever won the Presidential election was immediately carted off to jail. Instead of being able to cause the sort of harm they have been doing for the past century and a half….
Than, all we’d have to do was to extend the policy to apply to congress critters as well. Along with department-, and central bank-, -heads…..
Talk about Making America Great Again!
Poor Nikki. She deluded herself into thinking she had a shot after the New Hampshire result, likely with great encouragement from her rich Wall Street donors who just want to expend as much of Trump’s resources as possible. It became clear after she lost to None of the Above in Nevada that she has no chance, but she has already spent all her political capital & will likely be remembered as a failure in the 2028 elections so might as well stay on. She is probably counting on a Trump conviction at this point but that will unfortunately for her likely come after the republican convention so it would be too late.
I rather doubt she thinks she can win. She isn’t that stupid.
I think she wants to run on no-labels ticket.
Nominate Trump. Help the Republicans finally self-destruct their party!
Jojo, they do not need our help.
I thought u were a zionist. trump would help Israel even more.
This seems to be a sad truth for all political candidates. It goes to the influence AIPAC and the wider Israeli lobby on US elections. But as Col. MacGregor states, giving Israel carte blanche in its Gaza crimes is actually damaging Israel and making its future less certain. If Israel is to have a future, it needs to be protected from its baser instincts. Unfortunately these base instincts are ruling the roost.
They just need to get rid of the rabid Arabs once and for all. They can coexist with civilized people, but uncivilized people don’t have a right to exist and the world is better off without them. Islamic civilization has been a net negative for a millennia now.
He would but Trump is a clear and present danger to the whole world.
Don’t forget NIKKIE HALEY IS C.I.A/F.B.I. managed. And includes the 450k dead UKRAINIANS That Boris Johnson subverted thought denying the peace deal brought by Valdimir Putin, of Russia. And the NATO Terrorist organzation that is the united stated of america.
In France (and probably also throughout Europe), Haley is described in the mainstream media as the “moderate” candidate facing Trump. As if being in favor of wars everywhere on the planet was a form of moderation.
You need to stop being scared and clarify you opinions.This is why the world is at war now. Take responsibility.<period.<
Exactly. 100% Orwellian. War is Peace!
The French always have preferences for American presidents but Americans couldn’t care less who is the president of France.
Since the death of Pompidou (1974) the French presidents are the same (maybe not Mitterrand in his first two years) so the Americans are right to ignore which one is ultimately elected
Haley is supported by country club Republicans and the so-called Establishment of both parties otherwise she would’ve dropped out after New Hampshire.The aforementioned groups are still waiting on Trump to go to jail before the convention is the only reason they continue to bankroll her.
Totally agree that Trump has the GOP nomination locked up and Gabbard should be the nominee. Her selection politically will soften Trump’s misogynistic perception amongst moderate and conservative women that have deep reservations about Trump.
Biden will not be the Democratic nominee. Their convention will be determined by their Establishment wing and the power brokers within the party itself. Biden will resign before the convention due to health concerns.
She’s a neocon-RINO-swamp-creature-Democrat-lite-Beltway-establishment-globalist running on fumes with the help of registered Democrats and regime media to try and damage Trump. She’s everything grassroots conservatives and libertarians find truly repulsive and damaging to the Republic.
Don’t forget, C.I.A/F.B.I. managed.
Jerk that knee. Trot out the cliches!
Good Lord, Tulsi is anti-war and a moderate (not a liberal) on abortion.
Being anti-war makes her decidedly NOT a NEOCON.
Why should she drop out? The rapist, fraud, and criminal suspect got only 60%. Anything can happen until November. Nikki may well prove to be the only chance to keep Trump out of prison. If I would be Trump, I would ask her to keep going.
Don’t panic.<
The rapist, fraud and criminal suspect? I didn’t know Bill Clinton was running.
In the case of Trump, those are legal facts established in the legal system. In the case of Bill Clinton, those are right-wing fantasies built on thin air.
That’s so funny I’m not even going to downvote you, like everyone else.
But we already knew she gets a charge out of wasting other people’s money.
Great point!
Thank you. Campaign funds are NOT tracked too carefully, so she has suitcases full of 100 dollar bills, just like my buddy JOHN saw his Dad carrying around (his Dad was a Farm lobbyists and took cash from Farmers to hand to Lobbying Firms in Wa DC).
JOHN SAW the money get handed over outside the Corn Silo in Mo.
war criminal nimrata isn’t doing good.
The Palestinian state lie didn’t work. Hamas is losing.
“15raeL” is a te440415t entity propped by America, it’s time is running out fast. The whole world sees it for the evil monster that it is.
Israel was created by Stalin.
False.
Hamas is beating the IDF on the battlefield and in recruitment. Israel is winning the war against the unarmed civilian population. The IDF is bravely dropping 2000 lb bombs on hospitals and other infrastructure and bravely shooting kids in the back.
link to youtu.be
Mish needs to ban these Iranian sponsored posters. Maybe in some fantasy world Hamas is winning militarily, these Arab militias always get crushed by Western combined arms.
False. “Iranian sponsored posters” aka anyone who isn’t a supporter of Z10n15t 15raeLIE terrorism. Hmas doesn’t have to win militarily, the 15raeLIES, and their economy is in shambles and the normalization process is dead. What Arab militias being “crushed” by Western combined arms? Just like the Russians being crushed in Ukraine? You must be higher then kite. It’s not 2003 anymore, joker.
You’re more then welcome to take up the arse by Netenyahoo but don’t expect normal people to.
Nikki will stay in the race for as long as Soros keeps paying her to.
your bs soros stuff
agree. it was the Rothschild bs until Soros.
Any evidence? The schizophrenic voices inside your head don’t count.
TY, Steve. The money is pouring in and that Smile on her Mug says it ALL, doesn’t it?
My god the number of stupid comments with huge likes is staggering.
Soros has nothing to do with this.
“I will keep fighting” says Haley.
She has no problem wasting everyone’s time, including her own. Or perhaps she’s delusional. Or narcissistic. Or both.
It isn’t her. She is controlled by printed money/C.I.A/F.B.I. managed. etc and FYI
Or perhaps she is hoping that if Trump gets sentenced to jail, and doesn’t get nominated, she can be the lady in waiting?
Unfortunately, the Dems whiled away their time in bringing Trump court cases forward. Had they recognized the urgency necessary, he would already be in jail. Leave it to the Dems to screw up a slam dunk opportunity to remove Trump from the picture.
What was ever slam dunk about it? The Democrats are showing just how corrupt they are.
It’s called democracy. Staying on that topic, Putin would have won South Carolina with 90 percent plus. Shows what a WEAK candidate Trump is.
“Shows what a WEAK candidate Trump is.”
Well….
Just as surviving a bear attack does not require outrunning the bear, but only outrunning your hunting mate……
Trump doesn’t have to be a strong candidate. All he has to be able to do, is beat Biden…….
Ive watched a lot of movies and TV shows, and every day that goes by I see this national psychosis little by little disappear as we figure out truly what he is and what we think we want to be. He’s gonna be ruined by these civil judgments (he’ll never see jail). He’s becoming as befuddled as Biden himself. But the big question is, are there gonna be enough 60something aggrieved national socialist life-has-run-them-over white men and their wives to vote this guy into his dictatorship before they all deflate? Landline polls said Hillary was gonna win .. till she didnt …
Trump needs a Jack Ruby moment. That would be a fitting exit.