Trump Drops The Biggest Hint That He'll Be Running For President In 2024

By Abdul Rafay in News On 20th June 2022
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As a 'theatrical production of partisan political fiction,' the former president is accused of whipping up supporters after losing the 2020 election.

He was his usual bombastic self in his first public appearance since the committee's hearings began.

He still doesn't seem to understand that he lost the last presidential election, and he continues to make baseless claims about electoral fraud.

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Trump said he had done nothing wrong while speaking to religious conservatives at a sprawling resort near the Grand Ole Opry House.

'What you're seeing is a complete lie.’ He told the Faith and Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority conference, "It's a complete and total fraud."

He claimed that the committee's video recordings and testimony, which included first-hand reports from senior aides and his family members, had been improperly edited.

He also downplayed the January 6, 2021 uprising on Capitol Hill as "only a simple protest that got out of hand."

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Trump's attendance at an event that has long served as a proving ground for presidential candidates comes as he mulls over whether or not to run for president again.

According to those acquainted with the deliberations, the argument is about whether to make a formal announcement later this summer or autumn or wait until after the November midterm elections, as is customary.

While Trump's allies believe he hasn't made up his mind about his plans, he has been publicizing them for months and continued to tease them.

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One of the most urgent tasks facing the next Republican president – I wonder who that will be,’ Trump said at one point, prompting a standing ovation and chants of ‘USA!’

‘Would anybody like me to run for president?’ he asked the crowd, unleashing more cheers.

Ralph Reed, chair of the Faith and Freedom Coalition, said: ‘We don’t know whether or not he will run, although certainly given his speech, I think he wanted to let everybody know that that is his plan.”

‘I think a lot of Trump’s plans are directly based on (Joe) Biden, and I think the more Biden continues to stumble on the world stage and the domestic stage, people forget about the downside, the dark side of Trump’s presidency,’ said Bryan Lanza, a GOP strategist, and former Trump campaign official.

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An announcement shortly could make it more difficult for other Republicans to run for office.

Former South Carolina governor Nikki Haley, who was an envoy to the United Nations under Trump, for example, has said she would not run against him.

There are also concerns that a near-term declaration may hurt Republicans as they enter the closing stretch of a midterm congressional campaign that is going in their favor.

A Trump candidacy may bring together previously disgruntled Democratic voters, reviving the enthusiasm that propelled the party to victory in the 2018 and 2020 elections.

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Republicans want the election in November to be portrayed as a referendum on Biden's first two years in office.

They don't want anything, especially Trump, to derail their progress.

A slew of other Republicans has started setting the basis for prospective presidential campaigns.

Some have categorically stated that a Trump candidacy would have no bearing on their own choices.

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Mike Pence, Trump's former vice president, has been praised by the January 6 committee as someone who prioritized the national interest over his political interests.

Pence, who is eyeing a White House bid, is keeping a busy political agenda focused on exposing Democratic flaws.

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But his difficulties were brought into sharp perspective on Friday, as Trump continued to chastise him for refusing to join his plot to reverse the 2020 election results.

'Mike did not dare to act,' Trump said of his former deputy while denying ever labeling him a wimp.

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