On one issue there was unanimity: Donald would be re-elected in 2020, most likely by a landslide.
But for supporters of the president attending a typically high-energy rally in Las Vegas, on the question of who would be the toughest opponent to Mr in November, there was some disagreement.
Stephanie Isquiero, a professor of psychology, said there were similarities between the “movement” of Bernie Sanders, and the campaign of the president.
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“One is a red wave, the other a blue tsunami. I suppose independents represent the shore where those waves will crash.” Having voted for Mr in 2016, she planned to do the same again. She liked the way he was handling the economy, she said.
Mike Teague, 65, a retired oil worker, said he had come to support the president because the nation was at a pivotal moment.
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Trump styles his ‘You’re fired!’ pose in his Tower office in June 2012. At the time he was known as a reality TV star on The Apprentice
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He was also well known as the patron of the Miss Universe competition
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Early signs of’s ambition for the presidency can be found everywhere. Not least in his 2011 book ‘Time to get tough: Making America #1 again’
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Trump with Piers Morgan in November 2010. Piers Morgan has long held that he and are good friends
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Trump appeared on Fox & Friends, his favourite show, in August 2011
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Trump considered running in the 2012 election, where he would have faced Barack Obama. He is speaking here at an event for a Republican women’s group
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Trump was subject to a Comedy Central roast in 2011. He is pictured here being roasted by rapper Snoop Dogg
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Given that this store is in the lobby of Tower, it can be said that sells merchandise of himself out of his own home
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Trump held meetings with prominent Republicans when considering his 2012 bid. He is pictured here with Alaska governor Sarah Palin
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He didn’t end up running in 2012 afterall, instead endorsing Republican candidate Mitt Romney
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Trump’s golf course in Aberdeen proved controversial in 2012 when he began lobbying the Scottish government against wind power in order that they wouldn’t install turbines off the shore by his new course
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He even gave eence to a Scottish parliamentary committee discouraging wind energy
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He still found time for a round of course
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On 16 June 2015, announced that he would run for the presidency of the United States in the 2016 election as a Republican
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His campaign was divisive, courting controversy wherever he went. Ultimately he was declared the Republican candidate in June 2016
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Trump took part in the TV debate against opponent Hillary Clinton on 9 October
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Trump and wife Melania vote in the presidential election on 8 November 2016
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Hillary Clinton conceded defeat at 2:50am on 9 November and president-elect swiftly delivered his victory speech to a crowd of supporters
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News coverage around the world focused on the huge political upset that’s victory spelled
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Trump met with president Obama to discusss transition planning on 10 November.
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Donald and Nigel Farage pose in the golden elevator at Tower on 12 November 2016. Farage was the first British politician to meet with after the election
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The inauguration of Donald took place on 20 January 2017.’s press secretary Sean Spicer boasted that the crowd was the ‘largest ever’ to witness an inauguration, a claim that was proved not to be true
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In his first 100 days as leader, signed 24 executve orders, the most of any president
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One of’s most memorable election pledges was to build a wall between the US and Mexico. He is standing here in front of a prototype for a section of the wall
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Trump’s meetings with other world leaders have proed no short supply of photo opportunities
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Trump was welcomed to the UK by the Queen and a state banquet was held at Buckingham Palace in his honour
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Not everyone welcomed the president. Mass protests were held in London throughout his visits in both 2018 and 2019
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One of the most significant meetings has held with another leader was with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. In June 2019, became the first sitting president to set foot in North Korea
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2020 will see president fight for a second term in office, who knows what the next decade will bring?
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Trump styles his ‘You’re fired!’ pose in his Tower office in June 2012. At the time he was known as a reality TV star on The Apprentice
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He was also well known as the patron of the Miss Universe competition
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Early signs of’s ambition for the presidency can be found everywhere. Not least in his 2011 book ‘Time to get tough: Making America #1 again’
Getty
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Trump with Piers Morgan in November 2010. Piers Morgan has long held that he and are good friends
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Trump appeared on Fox & Friends, his favourite show, in August 2011
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Trump considered running in the 2012 election, where he would have faced Barack Obama. He is speaking here at an event for a Republican women’s group
Getty
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Trump was subject to a Comedy Central roast in 2011. He is pictured here being roasted by rapper Snoop Dogg
Getty
8/29
Given that this store is in the lobby of Tower, it can be said that sells merchandise of himself out of his own home
Getty
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Trump held meetings with prominent Republicans when considering his 2012 bid. He is pictured here with Alaska governor Sarah Palin
Getty
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He didn’t end up running in 2012 afterall, instead endorsing Republican candidate Mitt Romney
AFP/Getty
11/29
Trump’s golf course in Aberdeen proved controversial in 2012 when he began lobbying the Scottish government against wind power in order that they wouldn’t install turbines off the shore by his new course
Getty
12/29
He even gave eence to a Scottish parliamentary committee discouraging wind energy
AFP/Getty
13/29
He still found time for a round of course
AFP/Getty
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On 16 June 2015, announced that he would run for the presidency of the United States in the 2016 election as a Republican
Getty
15/29
His campaign was divisive, courting controversy wherever he went. Ultimately he was declared the Republican candidate in June 2016
Getty
16/29
Trump took part in the TV debate against opponent Hillary Clinton on 9 October
Getty
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Trump and wife Melania vote in the presidential election on 8 November 2016
AFP/Getty
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Hillary Clinton conceded defeat at 2:50am on 9 November and president-elect swiftly delivered his victory speech to a crowd of supporters
Getty
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News coverage around the world focused on the huge political upset that’s victory spelled
AFP/Getty
20/29
Trump met with president Obama to discusss transition planning on 10 November.
AFP/Getty
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Donald and Nigel Farage pose in the golden elevator at Tower on 12 November 2016. Farage was the first British politician to meet with after the election
LeaveEUOffical/Twitter
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The inauguration of Donald took place on 20 January 2017.’s press secretary Sean Spicer boasted that the crowd was the ‘largest ever’ to witness an inauguration, a claim that was proved not to be true
Getty
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In his first 100 days as leader, signed 24 executve orders, the most of any president
AFP/Getty
24/29
One of’s most memorable election pledges was to build a wall between the US and Mexico. He is standing here in front of a prototype for a section of the wall
Getty
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Trump’s meetings with other world leaders have proed no short supply of photo opportunities
Getty
26/29
Trump was welcomed to the UK by the Queen and a state banquet was held at Buckingham Palace in his honour
Reuters
27/29
Not everyone welcomed the president. Mass protests were held in London throughout his visits in both 2018 and 2019
EPA
28/29
One of the most significant meetings has held with another leader was with North Korea’s Kim Jong Un. In June 2019, became the first sitting president to set foot in North Korea
Getty
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2020 will see president fight for a second term in office, who knows what the next decade will bring?
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“The only one among the Democrats who has the intelligence to do it is Amy Klobuchar,” he said. “She is the most moderate.”
Matthew Castrillo, a 28-year-old coffee shop worker who had flown in from California to see Mr, said he supported the president because he had strongly backed Israel, and recognised Jerusalem as the capital, something his mother had told him was important when he was a child.
As to the Democrats? “The only one is [Michael] Bloomberg, and that is just because of his money.”
Mr has been similarly dismissive of the various candidates, claiming he would beat any of them. Yet some political commentators have suggested the recent Twitter attacks leveled at Mr Bloomberg by the president and his eldest son, might indicate he is somewhat wary of the former New York’s mayor war chest.
Mr Bloomberg has already spent around $400m (£311.6m) of his own money to self-fund his non-traditional campaign and has said he will spend billions to try and defeat the president.
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Lou Ann Buss, a farmer of soy, wheat and cattle farmer, said she had travelled from Wichita, Kansas, to see the president. She said Mr’s trade war with China and the resulting tariffs had hurt people such as her, yet she said she supported the president’s actions.
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“In the long run, we will be better off,” she said. “He stood up.”
She also felt none of the Democrats competing to take on the president could beat him. She added: “Maybe [the strongest challenger] is Bernie Sanders. But would blow him away.”
Eddie Sosa, originally from Mexico, said he supported the president because of the strong economy. He said he also supported his hardline immigration policy. “If you are coming into the country you have to come here legally,” said the 54-year-old father of three.
He also suggested Mr Sanders, the 78-year-old Vermont senator, might be the strongest challenger.
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Vilate Barlow, from Utah, was wearing a large red, white and blue cowboy hat, bearing the president’s name, said she supported him because of his support for pro-life policies. She said she believed the president has repented his sins, and deserved a chance at redemption.
She laughed at the question of who might challenge the president most strongly in November.
In the end she settled for Mr Sanders, who was named by four of the 10 Trump supporters asked the question, with Mr Bloomberg being mentioned by three people, with one each for Ms Klobuchar, one for Elizabeth Warren and one for Tulsi Gabbard.
The person who named the congresswoman from Hawaii did not do so with much enthusiasm. Martin Molinero, 31, an autoworker from Las Vegas, said Ms Gabbard had military experience.
Also, he said: “She is the one who seems most independent of the Democratic Party.”
