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Former President Donald Trump’s aides have discussed the third week of November as an ideal starting point for the 2024 presidential election if Republicans do well in next week’s midterm elections, sources familiar with the matter said on CNN. told to
Trump’s team specifically discussed Nov. 14 as an announcement date, according to two sources. An announcement before Monday is unlikely to avoid overshadowing the wedding in Maralago on Sunday, and because they don’t want to share the news cycle with interim results, the sources said.
These sources also say that no date has been fixed and that if control of the Senate remains undetermined after Election Day, or if Republicans see overwhelming gains in the House election, Trump will postpone it. Debate has been going on about where Trump will launch his next White House bid, but a person familiar with the matter said his team has yet to decide on a location. He said he hasn’t and is still tinkering with the announcement in Palm Beach, Fla., near his home. Since leaving Washington, he has made his political campaign headquarters in battlegrounds in the Rust Belt like Ohio and Pennsylvania.
In a statement to CNN, Trump spokesperson Taylor Gravitch declined to comment “on the endless speculation and rumors.”
Former presidents have long looked to the post-midterm period before Thanksgiving as a window of opportunity to launch their next political move. And if his predictions are correct, especially if his handpicked senator candidates win the major races in Ohio, Pennsylvania and Arizona, it will go out Tuesday. We want to take advantage of the momentum that is coming. Ohio and Georgia. Trump has also expressed interest in announcing that he will notify potential rivals for 2024 before the end of the year. He plans to publish a book about his tenure, and recently stated that “there may be other people I would prefer more” as the Republican nominee for president, and he intends to challenge his former boss.
At a rally in Iowa on Thursday, Trump said he was on the presidential trail when it came to running for the White House, noting that he would “very, very, very likely do it again.” This is his latest attempt to draw attention to Republicans without overtly announcing a third campaign ahead of Election Day. House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy and other top Republicans had previously advised Trump to hold off on this.
“He’s a big achievement that he didn’t announce this year.” [and] In order not to get in the way of intermediate candidates. I’m glad he didn’t. That was certainly my advice from the beginning,” former White House counselor Kellyanne Conway told reporters at an event Thursday morning.
News that Trump could make an announcement on November 14 was first reported by Axios.
President Trump’s announcement comes later this month as the Justice Department ends its traditional period of silence leading up to Election Day and continues to navigate several high-profile investigations that could heat up again after Election Day. is scheduled to be held on It was involved in efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The former president continues to come under investigation for bringing classified government documents to Mar-a-Lago at the end of his presidency, and has recently released testimony and documents related to the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol. Trump has also been subpoenaed by the House Select Committee for the investigation into an ongoing investigation by Fulton County prosecutors into his attempt to overturn the 2020 election results in Georgia. I’m facing
Justice Department officials have discussed whether Trump’s candidacy would require a special counsel to oversee two sprawling federal investigations involving the former president, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.
