Trump's future plans?
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talkpoliticsTrump privately plots his future — including possibly another presidential bid in 2024
President Trump still falsely claims he won in public, but behind the scenes he has told advisers that he could announce a presidential campaign before the end of this year.
Trump also has been exploring ways to make money for relatively little work, such as paid speeches to corporate groups or selling tickets to rallies. In addition, he may write a score-settling memoir of his time as president and appear on television in some capacity.
I don't expect he will stay out of the limelight. He will probably continue to be a strong influence in and on the Republican party. However... He's old, senile, and grossly obese. Not sure I would count on 4 years.
Besides... When was the last time a single president was in the White House? I just don't see him getting remarried that fast. But then it's like the 70 year old wealthy man who married a 20 year old beauty. When asked if he lied about his age to her he admitted yes, he told her he was 85. So there.
Anyway... I hope he doesn't run again in 2024. He'll be too old (78 years in 2024). Reagan left his second term of office at 77 years old with Alzheimer's. Biden is entering his first term at 78 years old with dementia. I hope America will see that electing people who have reached average life expectancy is a very bad idea, and dangerous to domestic and foreign security, especially when signs of dotage are showing even before being elected.
On the other hand, making big money on books and speaking fees after office is fairly normal. The Clintons, Obamas, and Bidens have done it very successfully. Joe and Jill went from being in debt upon leaving the White House to making over $12 million two years afterward on book and speaking deals. Obama went back to his roots as a community organizer, raising funds for himself and boosting selected Democrats. No reason Trump shouldn't do the same.
I'd be curious to see him start the online streaming "news" organization I've heard he's interested in pursuing. He could be something of a GOP king-maker by promoting younger nationalist candidates, and even help them with promoting huge rallies.
I read where Trump is already forming a super pac to try to retain his influence and hold over the Republican Party.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/us/politics/trump-pac.html
I doubt it will work, but one never knows. Most ex-presidents just fade away and one never hears much about them except perhaps during a campaign season. It's time for new faces to emerge from the Republican party. It is my opinion that for 2024 they'll need a young vibrant candidate. One who knows how to act and behave like an adult. Just a look at the numbers should tell Republicans Trump is finished. They make up approximately 30% of the electorate, they're still the smaller of the two major parties, they must win the Independent vote or lose the election. Independents who elected Trump in 2016 turned against him in 2020. Losing their support is what doomed him last year.
But if the GOP wants to keep Trump front and center and run him again in 2024, that's their problem. I have a feeling these independent voters who fled from Trump in 2020 aren't about to return to support him. His childish behavior turned them off.
Anyway... He's going to keep being a factor of some sorts.
President Trump still falsely claims he won in public, but behind the scenes he has told advisers that he could announce a presidential campaign before the end of this year.
Trump also has been exploring ways to make money for relatively little work, such as paid speeches to corporate groups or selling tickets to rallies. In addition, he may write a score-settling memoir of his time as president and appear on television in some capacity.
I don't expect he will stay out of the limelight. He will probably continue to be a strong influence in and on the Republican party. However... He's old, senile, and grossly obese. Not sure I would count on 4 years.
Besides... When was the last time a single president was in the White House? I just don't see him getting remarried that fast. But then it's like the 70 year old wealthy man who married a 20 year old beauty. When asked if he lied about his age to her he admitted yes, he told her he was 85. So there.
Anyway... I hope he doesn't run again in 2024. He'll be too old (78 years in 2024). Reagan left his second term of office at 77 years old with Alzheimer's. Biden is entering his first term at 78 years old with dementia. I hope America will see that electing people who have reached average life expectancy is a very bad idea, and dangerous to domestic and foreign security, especially when signs of dotage are showing even before being elected.
On the other hand, making big money on books and speaking fees after office is fairly normal. The Clintons, Obamas, and Bidens have done it very successfully. Joe and Jill went from being in debt upon leaving the White House to making over $12 million two years afterward on book and speaking deals. Obama went back to his roots as a community organizer, raising funds for himself and boosting selected Democrats. No reason Trump shouldn't do the same.
I'd be curious to see him start the online streaming "news" organization I've heard he's interested in pursuing. He could be something of a GOP king-maker by promoting younger nationalist candidates, and even help them with promoting huge rallies.
I read where Trump is already forming a super pac to try to retain his influence and hold over the Republican Party.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/11/09/us/politics/trump-pac.html
I doubt it will work, but one never knows. Most ex-presidents just fade away and one never hears much about them except perhaps during a campaign season. It's time for new faces to emerge from the Republican party. It is my opinion that for 2024 they'll need a young vibrant candidate. One who knows how to act and behave like an adult. Just a look at the numbers should tell Republicans Trump is finished. They make up approximately 30% of the electorate, they're still the smaller of the two major parties, they must win the Independent vote or lose the election. Independents who elected Trump in 2016 turned against him in 2020. Losing their support is what doomed him last year.
But if the GOP wants to keep Trump front and center and run him again in 2024, that's their problem. I have a feeling these independent voters who fled from Trump in 2020 aren't about to return to support him. His childish behavior turned them off.
Anyway... He's going to keep being a factor of some sorts.
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Date: 8/5/21 19:30 (UTC)That said, he's already working to purge the Republicans of non-Trumpists completely. He's been on a tear having his cult go after Mitt Romney, Liz Cheney, Lisa Murakowski among many others. We've seen his Arizona loyalists still trying to "audit" - err...discredit - the results in that state. Hell, I'm fully expecting a blast damning Justin Trudeau yet again for alleged "weakness" as my country's prime minister.
It's not that the Republicans want to keep Trump front and centre. It's that he seems determined to keep them bending the knee to him in all things.
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