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Donald Trump is said to be considering running for the White House again in 2024, with a campaign launch on the day Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States.
NBC claims that people familiar with the discussions say there is “preliminary planning” underway for a January 20, 2021 event and that President Trump would miss the swearing-in of his successor.
It is also said that he has no plans to invite Joe Biden to the White House beforehand or even to call him. For its part, Biden’s transition team says the lack of contact won’t affect their plans.
Donald Trump at his inauguration in 2017
NBC reports that Trump has told advisers that he wants to announce a campaign for 2024 shortly after the Electoral College meeting on December 14.
It has already started raising funds for future political activity, with a Political Action Committee (PAC) called Save America launched last month.
Leadership PACs can accept donations of up to $ 5,000 (£ 3,725) from individual donors each year. They can also accept money from other political action committees.
Although emails to potential Trump PAC contributors suggest that the donations are for an “electoral defense fund,” PAC rules state that the money raised can be used to fund your own political activity by subscribing to surveys, travel, personnel and other expenses.
Trump’s team has been deciding whether to extend the lease for his 2020 campaign headquarters in Virginia or move the remaining small team elsewhere, said a person familiar with the discussions.
Advisers say Trump has discussed creating a television channel or social media company to stay in the limelight ahead of a possible White House bid in 2024.
It would be a rare, though not unprecedented, violation of the rules for a sitting president not to attend the inauguration of his successor.
John Adams, John Quincy Adams and Andrew Johnson skipped the event while Richard Nixon left the White House after his resignation and did not attend Gerald Ford’s inauguration.
Joe Biden and his team say their plans for January 20 will not be affected
Trump’s effort to reverse his defeat in the November election took a hit Tuesday when U.S. Attorney General William Barr said federal prosecutors have found no evidence of widespread voter fraud.
“To date, we have not seen fraud on a scale that could have affected a different outcome in the election,” Barr told the Associated Press.
Barr’s stance is remarkable because he has been seen as one of the Donald trumpThe most ardent allies.
The Trump campaign responded by saying that the Justice Department did not investigate sufficiently thoroughly.
