‘Get ready’: Trump says he will ‘very probably’ run again for president in 2024
Donald Trump last night told a rally crowd in Sioux City, Iowa, that he is likelier than ever to run for president in 2024 – but stopped short of making a cast-iron commitment to do so.
“In order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, I will very, very, very probably do it again,” he said. “Get ready, that’s all I’m telling you – very soon. Get ready.”
Among those warming up the crowd before the former president spoke was extremist Georgia Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene who goaded the crowd into booing Paul Pelosi saying he should have been armed and shot the man who assaulted him. Mr Pelosi was released from the hospital earlier on Thursday.
Meanwhile the judge handling New York Attorney General Letitia James’ fraud lawsuit against the Trump Organization and the Trump family has ruled an independent monitor will oversee the company, restricting its ability to conduct business.
In addition, CNN reports that as a Trump 2024 run looks likely, Justice Department officials have discussed the potential need for a special counsel for the January 6 and Mar-a-Lago documents investigations. A flurry of activity is expected after the midterms.
Trump on running for president again
One-time president Donald Trump has dropped the strongest hint yet that he may run for the White House for the third time in 2024 after months of speculation.
Addressing an election rally in Sioux City, Iowa on Thursday night, Mr Trump said he will “very, very, very probably” make another bid for the president’s office.
“And now, in order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, I will very, very, very probably do it again,” Mr Trump said at an event for supporting Republican senator Chuck Grassley.
“Get ready, that’s all I’m telling you — very soon. Get ready,” Mr Trump added as the crowd chanted his name.
The 45th president also reiterated the false claim of having won the 2020 presidential election.
Alisha Rahaman Sarkar reports.
Andrew Naughtie4 November 2022 11:30
Police called to trespass complaint at Mar-a-Lago
Palm Beach police officers were called to Mar-a-Lago on Thursday morning after a report of a man who was refusing to leave the grounds of Donald Trump’s Florida resort.
Captain Will Rothrock told Fox News that they were contacted by Secret Service agents about a “routine trespass complaint”.
Andrew Naughtie4 November 2022 10:30
Ted Cruz complains Trump isn’t spending $100m war chest on GOP candidates
The Texas senator called out the one-term president during Tuesday’s episode of his podcast The Verdict, claiming that he is sitting on “a hundred million dollars” instead of using it to support pro-Trump candidates on ballots across the country.
Johanna Chisholm reports.
Oliver O’Connell4 November 2022 09:15
Trump calls for Mitch McConnell to be impeached
On Thursday morning Donald Trump called for Mitch McConnell to be impeached: “They ought to impeach Mitch McConnell .. they have something on him.”
Oliver O’Connell4 November 2022 08:00
Could Kash Patel immunity deal carry ‘grave legal peril’ for Trump?
The immunity deal granted to Donald Trump’s aide Kash Patel could plunge the former president into legal peril, experts said.
Mr Patel already appeared before the grand jury in October when he invoked his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination.
Sravasti Dasgupta reports.
Oliver O’Connell4 November 2022 06:30
What could stop Trump running in 2024?
But while losing to Joe Biden in November 2020 may have dented the one-term president’s pride and fuelled 18 months of lies about rigged ballot boxes, it now seems almost certain that Mr Trump will run…