The New York Post put Donald Trump's declaration of his candidacy for president on page 26 of this morning's edition, just hours before the announcement was made on the front page.
Trump told a crowd of supporters at his Mar-a-Lago estate that he would seek the Republican nomination for the third time.
When he left office, the world was at peace, the country was prospering and we were on a path for an amazing future, he said.
We were a great country under our leadership. We were a free nation. We are in decline now. He said that the nation was a failing one.
The Post said that some of Trump's audience began speaking among themselves and ignoring his words towards the end of the event.
The blurb is short and to the point.
With just 720 days to go before the next election, a Florida retiree made the surprise announcement that he was running for president. In a move no political pundit saw coming, avid golfer Donald J. Trump kicked things off at Mar-a-Lago, his resort and classified-documents library. Trump, famous for gold-plated lobbies and for firing people on realtity television, will be 78 in 2024. If elected, Trump would tie Joe Biden as the oldest president to take office. His cholesterol levels are unknown, but his favorite food is a charred steak with ketchup. He has stated that his qualifications for office include being a “stable genius.” Trump also served as the 45th president.
The Post was supportive of Trump during his first term, but was critical of his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election, and labeled him "Trumpty Dumpty." One day after the Post dedicated its front page to declaring Florida governor Ron DeSantis "De Future", there was an attack on the president.
The New York tabloid has been joined in its recent, more vigorous criticisms of Trump by other parts of the Murdoch media empire, including the Wall Street Journal and Fox News.
Fresh state-level surveys of Republicans in Florida, Georgia, Texas, Iowa, and New Hampshire show that Trump leads in some polls, but trails in others.
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