In the year 2022, there are fewer scarier English-language phrases than “Donald Trump has kicked off his third bid for the White House,” except maybe “…and Marjorie Taylor Greene is his running mate” and also “…and they plan to do their first joint rally dressed as Sonny & Cher.” Unfortunately 2022 is a scary place, and we may be hearing one of those phrases sooner rather than later.
On Thursday, Kellyanne Conway, who ran Trump’s 2016 campaign and served as the top spin-master in his White House, said that we “can expect him to announce [his 2024 candidacy] soon.” Conway made the claim at a Christian Science Monitor breakfast event, where she also praised Trump for apparently taking her advice and not announcing before the midterms. Noting that she told Trump to delay doing so as not to distract from the Republican candidates trying to retake Congress, she said: “I give him a ton of credit for not announcing this year, for not stepping in the way of the midterm candidates, which a lot of people around him, who frankly need him for their next meal and their next gig and their next center of power” may not have done.
Trump was previously rumored to be considering kicking off a third run this summer, when he reportedly “surprised some advisers by saying he might declare his candidacy on social media without warning even his own team,” according to The New York Times. At the time, the outlet noted aides were “scrambling to build out basic campaign infrastructure in time for an announcement” as early as July.
Obviously, that did not happen, though, as Rolling Stone has reported, Trump has made it clear to his inner circle that if and when he does run, it will be in part because he thinks the many criminal investigations into his conduct—and threats of indictments and jail time—will go away if he returns to the White House, having “spoken about how when you are the president of the United States, it is tough for politically motivated prosecutors to ‘get to you.’” In related news, George Conway predicted last month that Trump will be “convicted of multiple felonies.”
Trump countersues NY attorney general, says her lawsuit threatens to ruin his reputation
Anyone want to tell him that ship sailed probably around the time of his sixth bankruptcy? Or when he started talking about dating his daughter? Or when his fake university was shut down? Anyone? Per The Guardian:
Last month, Trump and Eric were finally served with the lawsuit after apparently trying to dodge receipt of it for three weeks.
Bess Levin
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