Will Donald Trump run in 2024? The US press takes it for granted
The Republican President would have told his advisers that he would announce his plan to run for the White House as soon as Joe Biden's victory in the last election is officially certified.
The Axios portal first reported on Monday that Donald Trump was considering running for the White House again in 2024. The news came just two days after the main US media awarded Joe Biden the victory in the presidential election on November 3. Since then, the Republican President has refused to acknowledge the triumph of his Democratic rival.
"Instead of talking about a second term, Trump has been casually speaking about a possible 2024 campaign, an indication that he knows his time as President is coming to an end, at least for now," stated The Washington Post. . A version similar to the one delivered by The New York Times. According to the newspaper, the president would have told some of his advisers that, if Biden is officially certified as the winner of the election, he could announce his plan to run for the White House in 2024 shortly after.
The Times reported Thursday that in a meeting at the White House on Wednesday, Trump spoke with several advisers, many of whom told the President that his chances of changing the outcome of the 2020 election through a legal battle in various states are extremely low. "He knows it's over," an adviser told the newspaper.
Under this scenario, the president could run again for the White House, since in the US it is possible for a President to serve for two terms, without necessarily being consecutive, Axios reported. "Constitutionally, there is nothing to prevent Trump from running again," John Zogby, an American analyst and pollster, told La Tercera.
According to the 22nd Amendment of the United States Constitution, "no person may be elected to the office of President more than twice." But it does not stipulate that these two terms must be held consecutively, so the Republican could run for a second term without any problem. In fact, if he is victorious, he would be the second President in the country's history to regain the White House after losing it in re-election. Grover Cleveland ruled the United States from 1885 to 1889, then lost re-election to Benjamin Harrison. However, he managed to recover the presidential chair for the period 1893-1897.
"The era of Trump is not over"
"For all those who are celebrating the end of the Trump era, a word of caution: The era of Trump is not over," columnist Marc A. Thiessen said in The Washington Post, who said the Republican could hold the title. having been the 45th and 47th President of the United States.
And, despite his defeat with Biden, Trump has greatly increased his constituency base compared to 2016 and this year he got - so far - more than 72.6 million votes. In addition, his re-election campaign has a database of phone numbers and email addresses that would be a great asset. According to Thiessen, that voter base would give him the 2024 nomination by the Republican Party if he so chooses.
“He has the most loyal base of any president in modern history and an army of millions of voters. No Republican in their right mind would challenge him. But if Trump wants to make another career in the White House, the way he handles the next few months will be decisive, "says the columnist, who assures that the president will have a limited time to continue with his complaints of fraud in the elections, on the that he has not presented any evidence, and to assist in the transition of power for Biden.
