Will he or won’t he? That had been the question on the minds of Donald Trump’s most loyal supporters for months now, as the former President continued to make not-so-subtle hints about a potential 2024 reelection campaign.
In fact, the most recent bits of speculation about Trump’s future political plans didn’t revolved around the question of whether or not he would run, but rather when he’d be announcing his campaign.
Now, with the media vultures swirling around him after the midterm elections, Trump is making his play.
Former President Donald Trump announced that he is running for the 2024 Republican nomination for president, seeking to stage a dramatic return to the White House after having lost his bid for re-election to Joe Biden in 2020.
Trump, a Republican and the leader of the “Make America Great Again” movement, announced his third presidential bid on Tuesday during a speech at his Mar-a-Lago, Florida, home after having teased a bid since leaving office in 2021.
“In order to make America great and glorious again. I am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the United States,” Trump said Tuesday evening to a crowd of supporters.
“But just as I promised in 2016, I am your voice. I am your voice. The Washington establishment wants to silence us, but we will not let them do that. What we have built together over the past six years is the greatest movement in history because it is not about politics. It’s about our love for this great country, America, and we’re not going to let it fail,” said Trump.
And also:
“I am running because I believe the world has not yet seen the true glory of what this nation can be. We have not reached that pinnacle, believe it or not,” he continued, blaming President Biden for the current state of the nation. “In fact, we can go very far. We’re going to have to go far first. We have to get out of this ditch. And once we’re out, you’ll see things that nobody imagined for any country. It’s called the United States of America. And it’s an incredible place.”
Trump’s return to the American political scene could signal the floodgates to be open, setting us up for yet another barnburner of a contest.
