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President Donald Trump speaks during his re-election kickoff rally at the Amway Center, Tuesday, June 18, 2019, in Orlando, Fla.  - Sputnik International

LIVE UPDATES: Trump Officially Kicks Off 2020 Presidential Campaign at Rally in Florida

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US President Donald Trump at a rally in Orlando, Florida on Tuesday officially launched his 2020 re-election campaign, as Democratic rivals prepare for their first primary debate amid inter-party clashes over possible impeachment.

A Quinnipiac University Poll revealed on Tuesday that voters in the US state of Florida would choose any of the top six Democratic presidential candidates rather than give the 45th US president another term in office.

Trump has rejected early survey results, however, noting that in 2016 almost every poll picked Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton to win, stressing that "our polls show us leading in all 17 Swing States".

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Trump made Tuesday an issue of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's probe into alleged Russian interference in the 2016 election.

"We went through the biggest witch hunt in political history", Trump said. "It was all an illegal attempt to overturn the results of the election".

The Mueller investigation concluded that Trump's campaign team did not collude with Russia, but described 10 instances that may constitute possible obstruction of justice. However, US Attorney General William Barr concluded that the evidence against Trump in the Mueller report did not constitute obstruction of justice.

Russia has repeatedly denied accusations of interference in the US political system, saying the allegations were made up to excuse the election loss of Trump's 2016 opponent Hillary Clinton, as well as deflect public attention from actual instances of election fraud and corruption.

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"Tonight I stand before you to officially launch my campaign for a second term as president of the United States", Trump said. "I promise you I will never ever let you down".

"We are going to keep America great again", Trump told the rally. "Oh we will keep it so great. Better than ever before".

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Trump said he has taken on the "political machine" during his presidency and "that is why the swamp is fighting back so viciously and violently".

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"Our country is now thriving, prosperous and booming and it's soaring to incredible new heights [...] "Our economy is the envy of the world. Perhaps the greatest economy we've had in the history of our country", Trump told the rally.

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"Our radical Democrat opponents are driven by hatred, prejudice and rage. They want to destroy you and they want to destroy our country as we know it. Not acceptable [...] Democrats want to splinter us into factions and tribes [...] It's not going to happen", Trump said.

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"That is a lot of fake news back there", Trump said, pointing a finger to the riser packed with television cameras from national news outlets.

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Trump told the rally that together they had formed "a great political movement" that had "stared down a broken and corrupt political establishment".

"As long as you keep this team in place, we have a tremendous way to go. Our future has never looked brighter or sharper".

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