Trump hints that he will run for the Presidency in 2024: "I'll see you in four years"
The outgoing US president's comment was recorded on video by one of the White House Christmas party attendees and was leaked to social media
Outgoing US President Donald Trump hinted at a White House Christmas party that he will run for president again in 2024, after losing the November election to Joe Biden. Trump's comment, recorded on video Tuesday by one of the partygoers and circulating on social media Wednesday, is his clearest signal yet that he plans to seek a second term after the first four years are up. in the power of Biden.
"It's been an incredible four years (since I got to the White House). We are trying to have another four years. If that's not possible, I'll see you in four years," Trump said, to cheers from those in attendance.
Trump was thus referring to his frustrated legal strategy to reverse the election result and his refusal to formally recognize Biden's victory, but also to the growing rumors that he will compete for the White House in 2024. .
Asked about it during a press conference, White House spokeswoman Kayleigh McEnany limited herself to indicating that Trump's re-election campaign still has active litigation in Wisconsin and Nevada. "At the moment we are focused on that," she said McEnany, despite the fact that there is no longer any chance of reversing the election result, since Trump would need to win in several states that have already certified Biden's victory.
According to NBC News and The Daily Beast, Trump is thinking of organizing an event on the same day as Biden's inauguration, on January 20, 2021, to promote a possible new presidential campaign in 2024. It is also possible that Trump make the announcement before then, as he has told his advisers that he wants to reveal it soon after the Electoral College certifies Biden's victory on December 14, according to NBC News.
A new presidential campaign would allow Trump to extend and strengthen his dominance of the Republican Party, although it is not clear whether other conservative leaders with aspirations to reach the White House -such as the former ambassador to the UN, Nikki Haley, or the vice president himself, Mike Pence - They would park their desires to leave him free. Trump has not wanted to publicly clarify whether he will attend Biden's inauguration, although according to NBC News, he has no plans to do so.
