US Presidential: Can Donald Trump run in 2024?
The US Constitution prohibits serving more than two terms, but making two non-consecutive is a possibility.
Defeated in his re-election as President of the United States, will Donald Trump return more vengeful than ever in 2024 to reconquer the White House. Unlike his three predecessors, Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton, Donald Trump failed to obtain a second term.
However, he did not suffer the rout in the polls that some predicted him and could therefore be tempted to stay at the heart of the debates. In theory, nothing prevents him from trying his luck again in four years. The US Constitution prohibits serving more than two terms, but making two non-consecutive is a possibility.
Only one man succeeded in this bet: Grover Cleveland, at the end of the 19th century. Elected in 1884, he was defeated in 1888, then re-elected in 1892. He is, in the history books, both the 22nd and the 24th President of the United States. The question of age could nevertheless arise. Grover Cleveland was 56 at the start of his second term. Donald Trump would have 78.
Mick Mulvaney, one of his former chiefs of staff, now the United States' special envoy to Northern Ireland, openly mentioned the idea on Thursday. "I clearly expect the president to stay involved in politics and I think he will be among the people who are likely to be candidates in 2024," he said.
