With 2024 rapidly approaching, will Donald Trump return to politics? – Bulletin

Former President Donald Trump has been teasing another presidential run since he left office but hasn't officially confirmed his plans. Instead, Trump has maintained an interest in his decision by telling reporters people will be "very happy" with his choice, that he would be able to turn the country around and pointing to his strong polling numbers.

Despite being voted out of office in November 2020, Trump still remains the strongest candidate for the Republican presidential nomination in 2024, according to polls. He regularly comes out as the top choice and some polls have found he has double the support as any other potential candidate.'

In many ways, Trump is already campaigning. At a rally in Iowa in October, the former president told supporters: "We're going to take America back." He is endorsing federal and state candidates and sends out fundraising appeals almost daily for his political action committee, "Save America," which had amassed $90 million when it last made a disclosure to the Federal Election Commission in June.

Trumps body language is designed to convince people hes running, and his power is such that the GOP nomination is his for the asking, said Fox News columnist Howard Kurtz on Nov. 24.

Trump told Fox News on Nov. 8 that he would "probably" wait until after the 2022 midterm to announce whether he will run again in 2024.

"I am certainly thinking about it and well see," Trump said. "I think a lot of people will be very happy, frankly, with the decision, and I probably will announce that after the midterms."

His Thanksgiving statement also teased a possible bid, drawing on his 2016 campaign slogan Make America Great Again.

"A very interesting time in our Country, but do not worry, we will be great again and we will all do it together," Trump said.

A long list of Republicans could potentially take a shot at a presidential run, including names like Ted Cruz, Josh Hawley, Marco Rubio and Ron DeSantis, but it was thought unlikely any of them would take on Trump.

If Donald Trump decides to run in 2024 again, hes going to be the Republican nominee, said Rubio, the Florida senator in April.

Now what is the impact of Trump running again would be interesting to see but its hard to tell what all the cards are on Trump and President Joe Biden. As with the way things are going for the Biden Administration, Trump's running could be the Democrats' only chance to win the presidential election and not get trounced for House and Senate seats.

Even that might not be enough; Trump could have a decent chance at victory for the presidency. Aside from the botched Afghanistan withdrawal, perception of support for open borders, the administration wanting to pay undocumented immigrants $450,000 instead of vigorously contesting the ACLU (over journalistic mistreatment) lawsuits, and perception that the Democrats support race consciousness indoctrination in the schools, Biden has a developing huge inflation-driven economic crisis to deal with, and the economy is usually the most important issue. And on top of that, the Rittenhouse verdict has left voters disproving as Bidens approval has dropped significantly to 41%.

This will hurt Democrats even more as they will be perceived as being sympathetic to criminal unrest, and if they are not sympathetic to the BLM rioters and come out in support of arresting and prosecuting them, they could lose votes from the far Left.

The combination of all of the above could bury the Democrats for the 2022 and 2024 elections. But Trump's odious presence and legal problems could still help the Democrats win if they play their cards right.

Daniel Fortin is a staff writer.

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With 2024 rapidly approaching, will Donald Trump return to politics? - Bulletin