Trump rallies supporters in Waco for "final battle" in 2024 election.

Former US President Donald Trump used the first rally of his 2024 election campaign to rail against prosecutors weighing a criminal charge against him. He played a song featuring a choir of men imprisoned for their role in the January 6 insurrection singing the national anthem intercut with Trump reciting the Pledge of Allegiance. Trump called the prosecutors investigating him ‘absolute human scum’ and used increasingly racist rhetoric as he launched ever more personal attacks against Alvin Bragg, the Manhattan district attorney. He also launched his most sweeping attack yet on one-time Republican ally Ron DeSantis, the governor of Florida, seen as his strongest challenger for the Republican presidential nomination.