Despite dominating the Super Tuesday nominating contests, former President Donald J. Trump gave a victory speech short on celebration or exultation and long on sinister evocations of what he portrayed as a grim fate for the country if President Biden is re-elected.
“We’ve watched our country take a great beating over the last three years,” Mr. Trump told supporters on Tuesday night at Mar-a-Lago, his private club and residence in Palm Beach, Fla. “And nobody thought a thing like this would be possible.”He made no mention of his lone Republican rival, Nikki Haley, his former United Nations ambassador, whose victory in the Vermont primary — the first state she has carried — was called by The Associated Press just as he finished speaking.
A somber Mr. Trump recited a meandering list of grievances, insisting that the nation was descending toward chaos under Mr. Biden’s leadership.
He railed against a lack of border security, China policy and the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, at one point spinning off to complain about “brand-new beautiful equipment left behind.”
Persons:
Donald J, Trump, Biden, “ We’ve, ” Mr, Nikki Haley, ”
Organizations:
Mar, Republican, United Nations, The Associated Press
Locations:
Palm Beach, Fla, Vermont, China, Afghanistan