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OPINION | Trump, president 2024? It is something that could happen | CNN

2020-11-29T05:32:08.946Z


According to The Washington Post, the powerless president is considering a campaign to retake the White House in 2024. Investment experts are betting that Trump will at least make a gesture toward 2024 very soon. Opinion | CNN


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Author's Note:

Michael D'Antonio is the author of the book "Never Enough: Donald Trump and the Pursuit of Success" and co-author, with Peter Eisner, of the upcoming book "High Crimes: The Corruption, Impunity, and Impeachment of Donald Trump."

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Will it or won't it?

The question is about Donald Trump.

The question concerns his plans for the 2024 election. According to The Washington Post, the powerless president is considering a campaign to retake the White House in 2024. Given the number of Republicans who would no doubt like the idea - even The most surprising element of the Post's report is that Trump could announce his candidacy at the end of this year - it cannot be ruled out immediately.

Investor pundits are betting that Trump will at least make a gesture toward 2024 soon.

The reasons for this, beyond the poll numbers, must include the mood reflected in his refusal to admit defeat in 2020 and his devotion to the insane notion that he was somehow stripped of a second term.

Beyond mere stubbornness, Trump's sinking-with-the-ship pose aligns with his political brand, which emphasizes the notion that he is unconventional, combative and ruthless.

It also allows him to go from a powerful mythical native, like the

"Mr. Smith Goes to Washington"

outsider

"draining the swamp" of politics, to a new one who would make him a noble victim who, like the protagonist of the movie

Rocky,

bravely returns to the ring.

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The movie comparisons are fitting because the president is, among other things, a talented playwright who spoke of cabinet selections as a "

central casting

" and reportedly considered wearing a Superman shirt when he left Walter Reed Medical Center. after being treated for covid-19.

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How likely is Trump to be a candidate in 2024?

If he chooses to pose as a defeated fighter who fights again, Trump could also tap into a potentially huge amount of two things he craves: attention and money.

The attention would come from the media as he roams the country holding campaign-style rallies that would draw crowds eager to hear his old insults - "Crooked Hillary" and "Socialist Democrats" - and new material aimed at both.

President-elect Joe Biden and anyone who can challenge Trump in a possible Republican primary.

Money could flow to Trump if he sells tickets to his rallies and makes a profit from the sale of official merchandise.

More resources could come in the form of donations to the political action committees that he would control.

The president has already sent numerous text messages and emails to raise funds for a committee called Save America.

While some of the money has been used to fund Trump's legal battle over the 2020 vote, most of it now goes to future political activities.

But a word of caution: While Trump would find many financial and ego-stimulating reasons to run, he could risk a civil war within the Republican Party sparked by those Republicans who have paid their dues and patiently awaited their turn in a presidential race.

Who would inspire a second non-consecutive term for Trump?

One thing is certain: An overloaded Trump would offer the country a spectacle never seen before and for which we do not have a model.

Now a member of the very small club of presidents who failed to win reelection, Trump needs a new predecessor to emulate.

In the past, Trump has indicated that his role model in the Oval Office was Andrew Jackson, the populist who served two successive terms and whose cruel treatment of Native tribes found an echo in Trump's treatment of undocumented immigrants.

But perhaps the only facsimile available for a possible future presidency is Grover Cleveland, who served two non-consecutive terms, as president number 22 and president 24, although this is not a good option.

Unlike Trump, Cleveland had a long political apprenticeship as sheriff, mayor, and governor.

Additionally, Cleveland won the popular vote in each of the three elections in which it participated.

(The one in the middle lost it in the Electoral College).

Trump lost the popular vote to Hillary Clinton by nearly three million and to Biden by twice that number.

Would Trump risk the ignominy of a third presidential campaign in which the majority would reject him?

This answer would be moot if you used a 2024 effort to distract yourself from future events (like your legal troubles), or if health issues make your effort untenable.

Either way, the notion of Trump '24 could well confer short-term rewards on your wallet and ego, which your track record suggests you can't resist.

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