新罕布什尔州达勒姆新罕布什尔州达勒姆(美联社)——唐纳德·特朗普(Donald Trump)希望新罕布什尔州帮助他在2024年竞选的首场比赛中找到立足点之前获得共和党总统候选人提名。

他周六在达勒姆的出现是这位前总统通过早期提名州的摇摆的一部分，因为他引用了他在共和党候选人日益减少的领域中的广泛民调领先。他们试图阻止他的政治复出，因为特朗普面临多项起诉，并期待与2020年输给民主党人乔·拜登总统的潜在复赛。

“我们将赢得新罕布什尔州的初选，然后我们将在明年11月击败不诚实的乔·拜登，”特朗普说，并提醒支持者，他确保他们的州将在爱荷华州启动党团会议后继续举办全国首场初选。

“新罕布什尔州将清除不真诚的里诺...共和党只是名义上的，”特朗普说，指的是竞争对手罗恩·德桑蒂斯2018年获得特朗普支持的佛罗里达州州长妮基·黑利和特朗普前驻联合国大使。特朗普警告说，他的盟友变成的对手“将背叛你，就像他们背叛我一样。”

新罕布什尔州的初选将于1月23日举行，这是爱荷华州1月15日开始提名程序的八天之后。内华达州和南卡罗来纳州在早期阶段紧随其后，在3月5日的超级星期二之前，届时将有最多的累计代表人数可供争夺选举日历。特朗普竞选团队认为，他有可能在超级星期二投票开始前获得提名。

 

“从我们的角度来看，真正重要的是能够赢得早期的州，”高级竞选顾问克里斯·拉西维塔在特朗普上台前几分钟告诉右侧广播。“赢得爱荷华州，赢得新罕布什尔州，赢得内华达州，赢得南卡罗来纳州——一切都结束了。这是我们的目标。”

特朗普承诺“立即停止对我们南部边境的入侵”，并希望重新实施他的第一个任期旅行禁令，该禁令最初针对七个穆斯林占多数的国家，他在谈到进入美国的移民人数不断增加时使用了严厉的措辞。“他们正在毒害我们国家的血液，”他在竞选活动中再次说道，呼应了阿道夫·希特勒在他自己的政治宣言中的语言。

特朗普在2024年竞选中最著名的批评者之一、前新泽西州长克里斯·克里斯蒂周日对美国有线电视新闻网(CNN)的“国情咨文”表示，特朗普是“对那些因经济和世界各地的冲突而感到绝对压力和紧张的美国人吹口哨”。他吹着口哨把责任归咎于那些来自与我们长相不同地区的人。”

对...的关注移居此时，拜登政府和国会正试图就共和党要求的边境安全协议进行谈判，这是总统要求为乌克兰和以色列提供战时援助的一部分。拜登一直因边境移民人数创纪录而受到批评，并试图在与特朗普可能再次较量之前解决政治弱点。

在集会之前，特朗普的竞选团队宣布了前州参议院主席查克·莫尔斯(Chuck Morse)的支持，他现在正在竞选州长。莫尔斯去年竞选美国参议员，但在初选中输给了一位与特朗普关系更密切的候选人，他告诉人群，现在是共和党人“团结在一位不仅能获胜，而且能为我们国家完成任务的候选人周围的时候了。”

“他做过一次，还会再做一次，”莫尔斯说。

州长克里斯·苏努努(Chris Sununu)周二支持哈利，他正在与德桑蒂斯竞争，以成为特朗普的合理替代者。经常批评特朗普的苏努努(Sununu)放弃了2024年的白宫竞选，他认为，“没有胜利之路的共和党人必须有勇气走出”他们的党内初选，以阻止特朗普。

特朗普称苏努努是一个自私的“被宠坏的孩子”，他错过了在2022年赢得美国参议院席位的机会，然后放纵了他的总统愿望，但没有找到牵引力。

美国有线电视新闻网(CNN)和新罕布什尔大学(University of New Hampshire)去年11月在新罕布什尔州进行的一项民意调查发现，海利位居第二，远远落后于川普，但略微领先于其他候选人德桑蒂斯和前新泽西州长克里斯·克里斯蒂。

特朗普曾两次赢得新罕布什尔州共和党初选，但在两次大选中都输掉了该州。他对自己在共和党的统治地位足够自信，以至于周六花了更多的时间来对抗拜登。

“在特朗普政府的领导下，你过得更好，你的家庭更好，你的邻居更好，你的社区更好，我们的国家更好。特朗普说:“有我在椭圆形办公室的办公桌后，美国比以往任何时候都更强大、更富有、更安全、更自信。

与此同时，德桑蒂斯周六在爱荷华州停留期间没有回避提及特朗普，批评他没有完成南部边境墙，并增加了数万亿美元的国债。

特朗普在新罕布什尔州的辩论引起了25岁的布兰登·塞韦(Brandon Sevey)等选民的共鸣，他从附近的多佛参加了他的第一次特朗普活动。Sevey说，他做过各种零售和快餐工作，发现特朗普担任总统时更容易找到工作。另外，他喜欢特朗普的鲁莽。

“他又吵又讨厌，让人讨厌，”塞韦说。“但这就是我喜欢他的地方。”

___ Barrow在亚特兰大报道。爱荷华州约翰斯顿的美联社作家汉娜·芬格胡特对此报道有贡献。

Trump wants New Hampshire to put him on a path to the nomination before rivals find their footing

DURHAM, N.H. --DURHAM, N.H. (AP) — Donald Trump wants New Hampshire to help him pocket the Republican presidential nomination before any rivals find their footing with the 2024 campaign's opening contest just weeks away.

His appearance Saturday in Durham was part of a swing taking the former president through early nominating states as he cites his wide polling lead over a dwindling field of GOP hopefuls. They are trying to block his political comeback as Trump navigates multiple indictments and looks ahead to a potential rematch with President Joe Biden, the Democrat he lost to in 2020.

“We are going to win the New Hampshire primary, then we are going to crush crooked Joe Biden next November,” Trump said, reminding supporters that he ensured their state would continue to host the nation's first primary after Iowa's kickoff caucuses.

“New Hampshire is going to weed out the insincere RINOs ... Republicans in name only," Trump said, referring to rivalsRon DeSantis, the Florida governor who was endorsed by Trump in 2018, and Nikki Haley, Trump's former U.N. ambassador. Trump warned that his allies-turned-opponents “will betray you just like they betrayed me.”

The New Hampshire primary is Jan. 23, eight days after Iowa begins the nominating process on Jan. 15. Nevada and South Carolina come next in the early stages, before Super Tuesday on March 5, when the highest cumulative number of delegates are up for grabs on any single day on theelectioncalendar. The Trump campaign sees a path for him to secure the nomination before the Super Tuesday polls open.

“What’s really important from our standpoint is being able to win the early states,” senior campaign adviser Chris LaCivita told Right Side Broadcasting minutes before Trump stepped on stage. “Winning Iowa, winning New Hampshire, winning Nevada, winning South Carolina – it’s over. That’s our goal.”

Trump, who has pledged to “immediately stop the invasion of our southern border” and wants to reimpose his first-term travel ban that originally targeted seven Muslim-majority countries, used harsh rhetoric in saying “we got a lot of work to do” about the rising number of migrants entering the United States. “They’re poisoning the blood of our country," he said once more on the campaign trail, echoing Adolf Hitler's language in his own political manifesto.

One of Trump's most prominent critics in the 2024 race, former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie, told CNN's “State of the Union” on Sunday that Trump was “dog-whistling to Americans who feel absolutely under stress and strain from the economy and from the conflicts around the world. And he’s dog-whistling to blame it on people from areas that don’t look like us.”

The focus onimmigrationcomes as the Biden administration and Congress are trying to negotiate a border security deal demanded by Republicans as part of the president's request for wartime aid for Ukraine and Israel. Biden has been criticized about the record numbers of migrants at the border and is trying address a political weakness before a potential rematch with Trump.

Before the rally, Trump's campaign announced an endorsement from former state Senate President Chuck Morse, who is now running for governor. Morse, who ran for U.S. Senate last year but lost the primary to a candidate more closely aligned with Trump, told the crowd it’s time for Republicans to “rally around a candidate who can not only win but get the job done for our country.”

“He’s done it once, and he’ll do it again,” Morse said.

Gov. Chris Sununu on Tuesday endorsed Haley, who is battling DeSantis to become a plausible alternative to Trump. Sununu, a frequent Trump critic who passed on the 2024 White House race, has argued that Republicans with “no path to victory must have the courage to get out” of their party’s primary in order to stop Trump.

Trump called Sununu a selfish “spoiled brat” who passed up a chance to win a U.S. Senate seat in 2022, then indulged his presidential aspirations but found no traction.

A New Hampshire poll conducted in November by CNN and the University of New Hampshire found that Haley was in second place, well behind Trump, but slightly ahead of fellow candidates DeSantis and former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie.

Trump has won New Hampshire’s GOP primary twice but lost the state in both of his general elections. He is confident enough in his domination of the Republican Party that he spent more time Saturday angling against Biden.

"Under the Trump administration, you were better off, your family was better off, your neighbors were better off, your communities were better off, and our country was better off. America was stronger, richer, safer, and more confident than ever when you had me behind that desk in the Oval Office,” Trump said.

DeSantis, meanwhile, didn’t shy away from mentioning Trump during stops in Iowa Saturday, criticizing him for not finishing the southern border wall and adding trillions of dollars to the national debt.

Trump's argument in New Hampshire resonated with voters like Brandon Sevey, 25, who was attending his first Trump event from nearby Dover. Sevey said he has worked a variety of retail and fast-food jobs and found it easier to find work when Trump was president. Plus, he likes Trump’s brashness.

“He’s loud and obnoxious and annoys people,” Sevey said. “But that’s what I like about him.”

___ Barrow reported from Atlanta. Associated Press writer Hannah Fingerhut in Johnston, Iowa, contributed to this report.