(Axios) Scoop: Trump privately discussing 2024 run
Source: Axios
President Trump has already told advisers he's thinking about running for president again in 2024, two sources familiar with the conversations tell Axios.
Why it matters: This is the clearest indication yet that Trump understands he has lost the 2020 election to Joe Biden even as the president continues to falsely insist that he is the true winner, that there has been election fraud and that his team will fight to the end in the courts.
Presidents are limited to serving two terms but they need not be consecutive.
Officials with the Trump campaign and White House could not immediately be reached for comment.
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vishnura
(247 posts)He won't sneak up or ambush the Country like 2016. Dems would welcome that fight!
BainsBane
(53,031 posts)and certainly not as a presidential candidate.
Hiawatha Pete
(1,797 posts)...then, like a republican party so small that it drowned in a bathtub, no-one would ever have to hear from him again.
onlyadream
(2,166 posts)But one that is more clever and less inclined to bungle just about everything. If I were them, I'd take note of all the attributes that made their voters so enthralled with him, and them repeat it.
Maybe running Trump would be better than some unknown.
not fooled
(5,801 posts)"Don't reveal my 2024 strategy!"
onlyadream
(2,166 posts)No chance.
not fooled
(5,801 posts)but he scares the great Charlie Pierce, who calls him the "bobble-throated slapdick." And he would get a lot of dark money.
Mawspam2
(729 posts)...yes.
See Eugene V Debs, James Traficant.
Angleae
(4,482 posts)birdographer
(1,324 posts)Illumination
(2,458 posts)lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)StaunchDemocrat1957
(66 posts)She's going to lower the boom down on Trump!
Captain Zero
(6,805 posts)Might want to check me on Google/wikipedia.
42bambi
(1,753 posts)announcing his expectations to run for president again in 2024. Open your pocketbooks suckers.
LastLiberal in PalmSprings
(12,583 posts)Roy Rolling
(6,915 posts)He thinks he can still siphon some more cash from the rubes. He depends on their charity to support his overblown, lavish lifestyle.
Without that, there is no gold toilet or private jetthose will belong to the plaintiffs.
Mr.Bill
(24,283 posts)his private jet was leased and he no longer has it.
lagomorph777
(30,613 posts)You are correct.
He has a bigger borrowed jet now: Crazy AF-1
42bambi
(1,753 posts)louis-t
(23,292 posts)When he can't bilk taxpayers anymore, his worshipers will do nicely.
DENVERPOPS
(8,817 posts)The day after his inauguration in 2016 he started collecting donor money for his 2020 election.....I would love to see the accounting for all the money he was collecting. Before that, he had an absolute, all out temper tantrum when they informed him that all the zillions given to his inauguration fund wasn't his, but had to go to the inauguration expenses. Reports were that he was yelling, "but that is MY money".........
A whole big bunch of that money was never accounted for, and the money that was accounted for was paid to his staff for phony shit, and obviously retained by him.........
Word
usaf-vet
(6,181 posts)...... without any legal implications as he is shielded by the protection afforded to a sitting president.
A question can a convicted felon legally run for POTUS?
If the answer is yes Biden and Congress need to fix that.
After all, don't you lose your voting rights until you have served all of the jail time and paid fines, etc?
And it seems to me judges have ruled that criminals cannot ever run for public office again... right?
Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)this administration has allegedly committed.
TryLogic
(1,723 posts)The plan? Trump will delay trials and prosecutions until he can get back into office and become "immune" again. Good luck with that.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,000 posts)Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)The DOJ can work on this while the reinstated Pandemic Team can work on Covid.
aggiesal
(8,914 posts)The Presidential Crimes Commission
Ferrets are Cool
(21,106 posts)RobertDevereaux
(1,857 posts)But WE need to keep his delusion from turning into a reality.
Bernardo de La Paz
(49,000 posts)KS Toronado
(17,213 posts)He's not through milking that cow yet.
Jarqui
(10,123 posts)EJ Carroll DNA ...
Criminal cases waiting for him ...
Civil cases waiting for him ... like the niece he cheated out of her inheritance
Hundreds of millions in bank loans he personally guaranteed coming due ... where it is suspected he doesn't have the dough
Someone honestly running the IRS is going to be looking at his tax fraud Cohen claimed ...
All the stuff Trump hid is about to be exposed by the Biden administration ...
He thinks he's going to be a viable candidate again after the above and more ?
He's delusional
johnnyfins
(819 posts)Bernardo de La Paz
(49,000 posts)LudwigPastorius
(9,137 posts)His drooling followers surely could't read it, but they might buy copies to display in their homes, like they do their bibles.
ashredux
(2,605 posts)NoMoreRepugs
(9,417 posts)padah513
(2,502 posts)ffr
(22,669 posts)You belong in prison!
Botany
(70,501 posts)BTW
2 things:
He will be dead and I want to play QB for both OSU & Browns next year
BusyBeingBest
(8,052 posts)He's old, fat, out of shape, had Covid and may have lingering effects, and can't even hold a glass of water properly or walk down a ramp without help. I just don't see it.
Lonestarblue
(9,980 posts)As others have said, this is just an excuse to bilk his supporters for money to pay his legal fees.
sandensea
(21,626 posts)I don't think that man will make it through 2021, medical basket case that he is.
usaf-vet
(6,181 posts)..... we will all know he is a sick f**ker.
bucolic_frolic
(43,144 posts)CatMor
(6,212 posts)if he's still alive.
I thought. I worry his idiot so don jr. or ivanka might run.
CatMor
(6,212 posts)I'm sure it won't be in New York State because we dislike them immensely. They will try for President later.
hope not. Like you say, it will have to be in some other state because NY wont have them.
LaMouffette
(2,030 posts)I can see Trump being crazy enough (or greedy enough) to run in 2024, and I can definitely see his cult followers being crazy enough to vote for him again.
But the Republicans in Congress are beginning to whiff the sweet smell of freedom after having to kowtow to the Mango Menace for four years. They hate him as much as they fear him. But now, they are FREE! No way will the RNC allow Trump to be the Republican candidate in 2024.
That won't stop Trump, though, so the end result will be splitting the Republican voters between the Republican Party and the MAGA Party, à la Ralph Nader's presidential run, which cost Al Gore the presidency in 2000.
So let's all join in and support Donald's 2024 presidential aspirations!
greenjar_01
(6,477 posts)The contrast between Biden's term and the memories of the Trump term will be our best ads and arguments.
Truth is, he'd never win the primary.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)All the more reason to haul his fat ass into court as soon as possible.
Otherwise, he's going to just keep on sucking up so-called "campaign" donations, pumping up the rage of the deplorables, year after year.
oldsoftie
(12,533 posts)42bambi
(1,753 posts)cult leader in the race.
usaf-vet
(6,181 posts)Without social media, The rubes won't know what he's up to. No free airfare no free bodyguards he should be broke by then from tax evasion charges. And no US treasury piggy bank.
scarletwoman
(31,893 posts)Of course, he'll be collecting campaign contributions all the while.
world wide wally
(21,741 posts)tanyev
(42,552 posts)Theyre the only thing that fill his insatiable black hole of need.
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)C_U_L8R
(45,000 posts)Leave it to Trump to tie himself in a gordian knot, again.
NCDem47
(2,248 posts)Holding rallies that no one will cover. Saying outlandish things. Have to work through a Reopublican primary.
I think he'll be dead by then anyways. Agree with all. One big grift...as it was in 2016.
Oh, and huge middle finger to Ivanka and Don Jr. on their aspirations.
Algernon Moncrieff
(5,790 posts)Either buy a chunk of OANN or start up his own network. His followers are planning a mas exodus from FB and Twitter to a RW/pro-Saudi social media site called "Parler" that offers the promise that they will not be censored.
So in a sense you are right - it'll be his dime. But he also realizes he has millions of followers who'll happily hand over money to hear him speak. He has not yet grasped how much money there is in being ex-President.
oldsoftie
(12,533 posts)And i'm already seeing several people on FB with the "follow me on Parler" crap
Algernon Moncrieff
(5,790 posts)oldsoftie
(12,533 posts)birdographer
(1,324 posts)I just got an email from a friend, who sadly is still on FB (she is otherwise a smart person), saying that the toxic trumpers are all leaving and going to MeWe or Parler. First I heard of it, and now here.
Algernon Moncrieff
(5,790 posts)So my FB has the same issues as yours. There is some mass exodus day that is supposed to take place in the next week when many will go to Parler. If your feed suddenly improves, don't be shocked.
birdographer
(1,324 posts)I left there about a year ago when it became clear they were pro-trump, and also that Zuckerberg is a total dick.
PSPS
(13,593 posts)The media would eat this up. More years of clown show to suck the oxygen out of every news cycle.
PatSeg
(47,418 posts)He'll be making noise until the very end.
NCDem47
(2,248 posts)PatSeg
(47,418 posts)Illumination
(2,458 posts)Warpy
(111,254 posts)never mind his only talent in life has been to con large sums of money out of men who knew better.
His crowds will start to drift away since he's so predictable. He'll be like any other showbiz flash in the pan on the skids.
ritz719
(12 posts)Until she finally fizzled out.
Algernon Moncrieff
(5,790 posts)When I saw the Lindsay Graham quote on this topic, I thought the same thing. We are moving away from the "denial" phase. This allows Trump's followers to support him in the context of democratic principles, and allows for the transition to proceed. Put another way - this allows Trump to save face.
Crowman2009
(2,494 posts)Maybe even in prison.
CaptainTruth
(6,589 posts)KayF
(1,345 posts)and Tom Cotton.
No GOPer can support anyone but Trump, or else the base will destroy them. GOP wants to move beyond Trump, but he won't let them.
marble falls
(57,079 posts)cilla4progress
(24,728 posts)reacting to every piece of shit that he splats out.
This is their MO. It's all they care about. Remember those bullies in middle school?
andym
(5,443 posts)and would remain a dangerous candidate, more so, since people's memories fade if they are not rabidly for or against someone/something. Those who voted against him, but do not hate him could be vulnerable.
rocktivity
(44,576 posts)Maybe it's an indication that he believes he can still win, and running in 2024 is merely his first step toward The House of Trump's president for life campaign...
rocktivity
BlueNProud
(1,048 posts)ResistantAmerican17
(3,804 posts)You gotta keep a candle burning.
LiberalArkie
(15,715 posts)still_one
(92,183 posts)SayItLoud
(1,702 posts)--selling MAggot shit
--grifting
--It's all bullshit he will be either in jail or house arrest (most likely since even he is an x potus* and "we" don't do such things to the exs.
About time we found out how deeply he betrayed America. And HOLD HIM FULLY ACCOUNTABLE....and all his enablers.
lunasun
(21,646 posts)Why not prison for a criminal POTUS ? But I know what you mean..
I do not see how jail or house arrest would interfere with fund raising though, his main aim imo
They wont quit trump easily.
The whole family has found a grifters goldmine of sicko suckers
C Moon
(12,212 posts)Illumination
(2,458 posts)what planet does his mind reside on? Him & his clan like the idea of using the U.S. for their own personal piggy bank! What a scrounge & American embarrassment!
ehrnst
(32,640 posts)Turbineguy
(37,322 posts)even crazier. And a bridge to hold off criminal trials.
abakan
(1,819 posts)He can run for anything from prison, except for bitch of someone called bubba.
Marthe48
(16,946 posts)Since they obviously haven't learned (greene-r-qanon-ga; boebert-r-qanon-colorado), not holding my breath.
Or impeached traitor has moved on to Hell.
steampunk
(80 posts)jayschool2013
(2,312 posts)one needs to run for president of Russia. But have at it, Fucko!
Cosmocat
(14,564 posts)I have been saying this is what he will do, and make no mistake, IF he is still alive and able to do ti, he will be incredibly formidable ...
TexasTowelie
(112,144 posts)And if for some reason he managed to win that election, will we have a Fourth Lady in the White House? The current one has a lot of mileage under the plastic surgeries.
42bambi
(1,753 posts)Historic NY
(37,449 posts)Initech
(100,068 posts)yuiyoshida
(41,831 posts)n/t
OverBurn
(950 posts)Splitting the RePuke vote would be awesome for the Dems.
LudwigPastorius
(9,137 posts)there will be a 10 year long waiting list of people wanting to piss on his grave.
usaf-vet
(6,181 posts)..... homes for habitat for humanity.
What do you think?
LudwigPastorius
(9,137 posts)He would sooner renounce all material possessions and wander the country with a begging bowl.
rocktivity
(44,576 posts)Or his third?
rocktivity
bucolic_frolic
(43,144 posts)4 more years of hamberders? He's huffing and puffing now. Out of shape. Ripe for a variety of cardiovascular problems. He's not made an effort to get in shape. We live in a world where doing all the wrong things does eventually catch up with you. Donald Trump is not immune.
maxsolomon
(33,323 posts)4 years of stochastic terrorism.
4 years of making America ungovernable.
4 years of dishonorable, substance-free lies.
He will never stop until he sheds this mortal coil.
iluvtennis
(19,852 posts)warmfeet
(3,321 posts)Me thinks there is no running, for him, in four years.
apnu
(8,756 posts)Would love to see that.
Mike Nelson
(9,953 posts)... 2024: the Old Republican Party and the Trump Republican Party vs Biden/Harris...
Proceed!
disalitervisum
(470 posts)In his syphilitic twisted mind, he is figuring that since he will continue to be president for the next four years, a third consecutive term will be his right in 2024, since many people are saying he should have a third term because everyone has been so mean to him.
Zing Zing Zingbah
(6,496 posts)We'll see how things are after a four year cool down period. Trump may decide he'd rather retire and play as much golf as he can before he's gone.
Billytee
(106 posts)He's a heart attack waiting to happen. He's obviously scamming money from the republicons for all the legal fees he will have.
Skittles
(153,150 posts)NOT