Trump opens 2024 campaign with salvo on Biden: ‘Put America on the fast track to ruin’

Former President Donald Trump on Saturday slammed President Joe Biden's handling of the presidency, vowing to take back the White House in 2024 and reverse what he said was a precipitous decline in the United States since the Democrat took office. 

Trump was speaking to a crowd at the South Carolina state capitol, his second campaign event of the day after appearing before the New Hampshire Republican party earlier. 

South Carolina is a traditional Republican stronghold and a longtime bastion of conservative U.S. politics. The former president won the state resoundingly in both the 2016 and 2020 election; addressing the crowd, he vowed to win it by an even larger margin in 2024.