US elections, Trump changes his mind on timing of next candidacy announcement

Published on: 12/21/2020 1:37 PM

Donald Trump has changed his mind and no longer wants to announce his new presidential bid for 2024 before Joe Biden’s inauguration on January 20. This is revealed by three sources close to the president on the Axios site, explaining that now Trump no longer likes the idea, with which he had instead played in recent weeks, because his candidacy would now give the idea to his electoral base that has resigned. fight to reverse the election result.

What the president absolutely does not intend to do, as evidenced by the fact that yesterday his campaign filed a new appeal with the Supreme Court, while continuing to pressure Republican senators to support the Republican deputy’s appeal against ratification. of Biden’s victory on January 6 in Congress.

So while Trump certainly wants to keep the possibility of running for president open again, sources cited by the generally well-informed site do not believe he intends to officially begin the short-term path.