He’s dropping very, very, very big hints.
Former President Donald Trump fired up an enormous audience of supporters in Iowa late Thursday by coming the closest to this point to confirming he plans to run again in 2024.
“And now, so as to make our country successful and secure and glorious, I’ll very, very, very probably do it again, OK,” Trump told a rally in Sioux City.
“Very, very, very probably — VERY, very, very probably,” he repeated, pausing to take heed to huge cheers and a chant of “Trump! Trump!”
“Prepare, that’s all I’m telling you. Very soon. Prepare,” he added, later sharing a clip to his Truth Social account.
Still, the news is just not surprising on condition that the forty fifth commander-in-chief has for months been hinting at plans for a 3rd run for the White House.
It’s a step up from last month, when he similarly told a rally he “will probably must do it again” — without the string of “very”s.
As for his tease that an announcement will come “very soon,” aides have suggested that it could come as early as next week, after the midterm elections.
Trump was speed-dialing confidantes to hash out possible scenarios as he looks to learn from expected Republican wins in Tuesday’s midterms, his advisers said.
“I believe like a moth to a flame, Trump will run in 2024,” one senior adviser told Reuters, speaking on condition of anonymity.
“I believe that he desires to run and announcing before Thanksgiving gives him an incredible advantage over his opponents and he understands that.”
Reince Priebus, Trump’s former White House chief of staff, put the likelihood at “like 95% he’s going to run.”
But when he does, Priebus predicted, “he shall be very difficult for any Republican to defeat.”
With Post wires