Former White House chief of staff Mick Mulvaney says Donald Trump’s commanding lead among Republican candidates continues to get “larger and larger”. The former US president has surpassed Joe Biden as preferred leader in a recent Wall Street Journal poll, with Mr Trump leading 47 per cent to 43 per cent.

With amped-up rhetoric and an almost singular focus, President Biden and his campaign have been going after Donald Trump far more aggressively the past several weeks before any Republican primary votes even have been cast.

Former President Donald Trump narrowly leads President Joe Biden in a hypothetical 2024 presidential rematch, a new national Wall Street Journal poll found, with Biden weighed down by relatively soft support among “disaffected Democrats.