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Former President Donald Trump is apparently eyeing an early 2024 announcement in an attempt to win back the White House — and it could come in the next few days.
Behind the scenes, Trump is mulling an early entry into the 2024 fray to capitalize on lackluster polling for President Joe Biden and deter any stiff GOP primary competition, prompting concerns from Republicans that he could overshadow their midterm efforts, CNN reported. The announcement could come as soon as July.
“Every day is different. We get told he’s going to announce imminently, and by the afternoon, that has changed,” one source told the outlet.
Fueling Trump’s reported ambitions are the House select Jan. 6 committee’s public hearings that have focused on his behavior during his waning White House days and his efforts to challenge the 2020 election results. An early announcement could stem the political bloodletting from the scathing hearings by giving him a stronger bully pulpit to rival them, he reportedly believes.
His close advisers have been purportedly informing his allies that a campaign launch may come soon.
“He’s sounding a lot more committed lately,” another source told the outlet.
Earlier this week, controversial Infowars host Alex Jones, who has been known to peddle conspiracy theories but has connections in Trumpworld, claimed a source told him that Trump could announce Monday on the Fourth of July.
Some in his orbit fear that he does not yet have the necessary campaign infrastructure to mount a third bid for the White House just yet. At one point, his advisers considered a July event in Michigan to launch the campaign, but the plans were canned, per CNN.
Trump has consistently trampled his top hypothetical GOP primary competition in polling, with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis routinely surfacing as his top threat. If he were to make an early announcement, Trump wants to ma… (Read more)
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