BREAKING: Trump, Biden Set For Rematch After Securing Party Nominations For US 2024 Election

• Donald Trump and his successor, President Joe Biden, are set for a rematch of the 2020 presidential election in November
• Biden and Trump have been elected at their parties' primaries, and their nomination will be officially announced at the Democrat and Republican congresses
• The 81-year-old Biden thanked the voters for supporting his re-election bid, while Trump, 77, had remained popular among the Republican voters

US - Joe Biden, the United States president and his predecessor, Donald Trump, have again been elected by members of their parties to contest the November presidential election in America.

The primaries were conducted in the four states of one American territory and democrats living abroad on Tuesday, March 12.

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According to the BBC, the outcome of the primaries simply means that voters in the US will be facing a rematch of the 2020 presidential election in the next eight months.

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The nominations of Trump and Biden will be made official at their parties' conventions this summer.

On Tuesday evening, Biden, 81, said he was honoured for the voters' support in his re-election bid at a time "when the threat Trump poses is greater than ever".

Joe Biden's speech after democrat's nomination

The president cited positive economic trends, adding that the US was "in the middle of a comeback", but there are challenges ahead of it as a democracy. This especially, he said, came from those seeking for the abort*ion restriction to be passed and cut social programmes.

Biden is equipped with the power of incumbency, which naturally gave him the advantage of no serious challengers for the nomination of the Democrats.

There have been concerns from voters about his age and ability to perform presidential duties, but the party's machinery supported him.

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Donald Trump's 2024 election campaigns

On the other hand, the 77-year-old Trump had been popular with the republican voter base, which aided his victory in the primary, well-funded primary.

He has campaigned for a return to the White House with stricter immigration laws, which included the vow to "seal the border" and implement groundbreaking deportations.

The former US president promised to fight crime, boost domestic energy production, increase import tax, end the war in Ukraine, and take the "America First" campaign to the global stage.

US citizens angry over Biden's economy gamble

Earlier, YEN.com.gh reported that anger over rising prices and wages that don't stretch far enough had brought thousands of casino workers onto the streets of Las Vegas.

The Culinary Workers Union, which represents some 60,000 workers in Sin City, told AFP that it had reached a last-minute agreement with casinos to avert a large-scale walk-out, securing pay raises for its members.

Source: Legit.ng