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Donald Trump, a former president, declares he will run for president in 2024.

Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who was heavily involved in his bid for
reelection, and Brad Parscale, who handled a portion of his failed 2020
campaign, will not be involved in his 2024 operation.

Former President Donald Trump declared Tuesday night that he will run for the
Republican presidential nomination in 2024. He hopes to become just the second
commander-in-chief to be elected to two non-consecutive terms.

Trump addressed a throng assembled at Mar-a-Lago, his seaside resort in Florida,
where his campaign will be based, “I am launching my candidacy for President of the
United States tonight in order to make America great and magnificent again.”

Trump gave a very understated speech while surrounded by supporters, advisers,
and influential conservatives. The speech was full of untrue and inflated statements
about his four years in power. He repeatedly compared his first-term
accomplishments with the policies of the Biden administration and the present
economic situation in an attempt to arouse nostalgia for his time in office among
Republicans who have begun to exhibit indications of Trump fatigue following the
midterm elections. Many of those perceived successes, such as the stringent
immigration policies, business tax cuts, and religious freedom programmes, continue
to this day to be extremely divisive

Trump claimed the party cannot afford to choose “a politician or conventional
candidate” if it wants to win back the White House as he addressed a roomful of
Republicans who anticipate he will face primary opponents in the coming months.

Trump declared, “This will not be my campaign; this will be our campaign as a whole.
Trump’s much anticipated campaign comes as he attempts to retake the spotlight
following the GOP’s lacklustre midterm election showing, which included the losses
of numerous Trump-endorsed election sceptics, and the attendant blame game that
has developed since Election Day. With only 215 races called in their favour so far
out of the 218 needed, Republicans have failed to win a Senate majority, fallen short
in their attempts to fill several state-wide seats, and have yet to win a majority in the
House. These outcomes have put Trump and other party leaders on the defensive as
they deal with criticism from within their ranks.

Just before making his announcement at Mar-a-Lago, Trump filed the necessary
paperwork with the Federal Election Committee to officially declare his candidacy.

He only spent a small portion of his speech reiterating his lies about the 2020 race,
much to the pleasure of advisers and allies who have long counselled him to wage a
forward-looking campaign. Trump tried at times to broaden his grievances,
lamenting the “massive corruption” and “entrenched interests” that, in his opinion,
have consumed Washington. While he criticised the use of paper ballots and
compared America’s electoral process to that of “third world countries,” Trump also
decried the use of electronic voting. Trump’s closest aides are worried that his
obsession with spreading conspiracies about the 2016 election would make it more
difficult for him to win a national election in 2024.

Trump made it abundantly apparent throughout the hour-long address that he
wants Republicans to view his campaign as a self-sacrificing endeavour.

The legal and emotional toll his administration and post-presidential time has placed
on his family members was described by him at one point. “Anyone who sincerely
attempts to take on this crooked and corrupt system will be greeted with a tempest
of fire that only a handful could fathom,” he added.

Trump has come under fire following last week’s midterm elections for boosting
unqualified candidates who spent too much time repeating his allegations of election
fraud, alienating crucial voters and eventually causing their defeats. On Tuesday, he
made an effort to refute that allegation by highlighting at least one Trump-backed
candidate, Kevin Kiley of California, and emphasising that Republicans seem certain
to regain control of the House. Trump at one point seemed to attribute his party’s
midterm defeat to people not yet understanding “the total effect of the suffering”
brought on by the previous two years of Democratic rule in Washington.

Getting ready for 2024

From the moment Trump left Washington in January 2021, lost and in shame,
he started planning a comeback, spending the majority of his time putting
together a political operation for this occasion. He continued the aggressive
fundraising strategies that had become a hallmark of his 2020 campaign with
help from numerous former advisers and aides, amassing a massive war
chest in advance of the 2022 midterm elections, and diligently worked to
elect steadfast allies in both Congress and state legislatures across the nation.

He kept a home base in Florida, but he also frequently flew around the nation
for campaign rallies, giving him valuable face time with his supporters and
with candidates he thought would make good allies in the US Senate and house

Trump persisted in falsely claiming that the 2020 election was rigged in his
favour throughout the entire process, engaging in far-fetched conspiracy
theories about voter fraud and pressuring Republican leaders throughout the
party’s electoral apparatus to support measures that would restrict voting rights

The gradual shift in the focus of Trump’s remarks at rallies and public
appearances earlier this fall toward issues like immigration, rising crime, and
the economy pleased his advisers because they believe it will help him
establish a strong contrast with Biden as he moves forward. The former
president’s allies have long said that he sees the 2024 election as a chance to
reclaim what he feels is rightfully his: another four years in the White House.

However, there is no assurance that Trump will coast to a second non-
consecutive term. In actuality, it may be pretty challenging.

History only provides one example of such a feat (President Grover Cleveland
was defeated in 1888 after his first term and won reelection in 1892), and no
impeached president has ever ran for office again. Trump was first removed
from office in 2019 on grounds of abuse of authority and obstruction of justice. He was then removed again in 2021 on grounds of inciting the riot at
the US Capitol. Despite being exonerated by the Senate both times, 10 House
Republicans joined Democrats to vote to impeach him the second time
around. At his Senate trial, seven Republican senators voted in favour of
convicting him.

A number of lawsuits and investigations have also been filed against Trump,
including one by the New York state attorney general into the financials of his
company, another by the Manhattan district attorney, one by the Georgia
county attorney general into his attempts to have the state’s election results
overturned, and two by the Justice Department into his campaign’s use of
phoney electors in swing states and his decision to bring sensitive
information to Mar-a-Lago.

Trump has largely expressed interest in a future return to Washington
through his actions since he departed that city. Trump defied convention by
planning his comeback, while the majority of former presidents retire quietly
until reappearing to support their parties during midterm elections or for the
opening of their presidential libraries. Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort has evolved
into a new Republican hub and a base for his political machine despite being
far from Washington. He has hosted several candidate and committee
fundraisers with the help of a small group of hired staff members, and a
revolving cast of party leaders and congressional candidates have passed
through its opulent halls in an effort to win his endorsement or win back his
following

Due to his busy schedule, Trump has been able to develop close ties with
both mainstream and opposition party figures, such as Rep. Marjorie Taylor
Greene of Georgia and House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy of California,
whose backing in a competitive primary could ultimately help him win the
nomination. As the former president and his de facto chief of staff, longtime
Florida GOP strategist Wiles, aim to maintain a lean operation similar to the
early days of his 2016 presidential campaign, many of his aides who have
been with him since he left the White House are anticipated to continue on
as campaign hands. Wiles, Taylor Budowich, Chris LaCivita, Steven Cheung,
Justin Caperole, and Brian Jack are some of the people that are most likely be engaged

Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who was heavily involved in his bid for
reelection, and Brad Parscale, who handled a portion of his failed 2020
campaign, will not be involved in his 2024 operation.

to develop close ties with
both mainstream and opposition party figures, such as Rep. Marjorie Taylor
Greene of Georgia and House GOP leader Kevin McCarthy of California,
whose backing in a competitive primary could ultimately help him win the
nomination. As the former president and his de facto chief of staff, longtime
Florida GOP strategist Wiles, aim to maintain a lean operation similar to the
early days of his 2016 presidential campaign, many of his aides who have
been with him since he left the White House are anticipated to continue on
as campaign hands. Wiles, Taylor Budowich, Chris LaCivita, Steven Cheung,
Justin Caperole, and Brian Jack are some of the people that are most likely to
be engaged. 

  1. Trump’s son-in-law Jared Kushner, who was heavily involved in his
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