Posted on 07/20/2021 8:51:58 AM PDT by Red Badger
"I have three friends who've had dinner with him in the last couple of months. All three reported that his current plans are to run for president in 2024," the former RNC official said.
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Former commander-in-chief Donald Trump plans to run for president again, according to dinner conversations in recent months relayed by an inside source. Trump has been touting the potential 2024 bid to at least three dining buddies, a former senior official at the Republican National Committee told Rolling Stone.
"I have three friends who've had dinner with him in the last couple of months. All three reported that his current plans are to run for president in 2024," the former RNC official said to Rolling Stone. "Now, whether he does or not is a different issue. We've still got three years to go. But he's telling people that."
The ex-RNC official stated that the first two dinners took place in late spring. But the third dinner happened in the last two weeks, the source said. The prior two dinner companions walked away from the discussions convinced Trump was serious, the official added. The third said he left the dinner "not 100% sure Trump wants to run but he likes being in the conversation, he wants to freeze the field, and he wants his name out there," according to the ex-RNC official. A former Trump adviser who spoke with members of Trump's inner circle noted that he had been briefed on similar conversations that reflect the former president's current thinking. The ex-adviser said that Trump started to signal indications in private back in May that he was leaning towards running again. "All the people I talk to who deal with him directly think as of now he is running," the ex-adviser said, adding that more recent signs suggest he wants to run.
Trump has teased the possible 2024 run before. At the Fox News town hall in late June, host Sean Hannity raised the subject of Trump's political ambitions for the foreseeable future. "You're not going to answer, but I have to ask," Hannity said. "Without giving the answer … have you made up your mind?"
"Yes," Trump said, provoking cheers from the Fox crowd. In an interview with Newsmax, he hinted the same sentiments the day before his first campaign-style rally sponsored by Save America held in Wellington, Ohio. Trump said he'd be making an announcement "in the not too distant future."
June's conservative assembly in the swing state marked the first post-presidential rally since Trump left the Oval Office and one of many expected appearances in support of causes that further the Make America Great Again - Keep America Great agenda as well as the numerous accomplishments of the Trump administration. "We won the election a second time and it's possible we'll have to win it a third time," Trump said at the event followed by applause and chants of "USA! USA!"
Former President Donald Trump: "We won the election twice, and it's possible we'll have to win it a third time." pic.twitter.com/7IlbAqIq3h— The Post Millennial (@TPostMillennial) June 27, 2021 Trump's popularity within the Republican Party remains strong despite leaving the White House. A recent survey by veteran pollster Tony Fabrizio demonstrates that half of the respondents said they'd support Trump in a GOP primary. Conservative darling Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, a Trump ally, finished in a distant second place, claiming 19 percent of the respondents. Without the former president in the race, DeSantis is slated to dominate among right-wing White House hopefuls. Trump remains "the king of the GOP" while DeSantis is "looking like the crown prince," Politico worded the disparity. Everyone else, including former Vice President Mike Pence, would be in single digits, leaving Trump the clear leader. If his candidacy became official, Big Tech companies might have to reverse course on the handful of suspensions Trump received in the aftermath of the Jan. 6 riot.
Social media oligarchs Facebook and Twitter would be pressured even more by Trump's campaign and supporters alike to unban the exiled presidential candidate.
"Facebook's ruling is an insult to the record-setting 75M people, plus many others," Trump said in response to the two-year Facebook ban, "who voted for us in the 2020 Rigged Presidential Election. They shouldn't be allowed to get away with this censoring and silencing, and ultimately, we will win." The former leader of the free world remains suspended for two years, effective from the date of the initial suspension on Jan. 7, 2021. At the end of the period, Facebook will decide whether the "risk to public safety has receded." White House press secretary Jen Psaki took the free market approach to justify Facebook's censorious actions.
"As always, it's a decision for the company to make and any platform to make..." said Psaki, arguing that any social media site that is disseminating information to millions of Americans online "has a responsibility to crack down on disinformation, to crack down on false information, whether it's about the election or even about the vaccine as we're trying to keep the American public safe and return to normal out in society."
"Feels pretty unlikely that the zebra's gonna change its stripes over the next two years," Psaki said of the Biden administration's snooty stance on Trump.
If they don’t get a check on computer algorithm counting systems then fair elections in America are a thing from the past.
I don’t think he will...He’ll pass it to DeSantis....but the Dems will go into Frenzy mode.
Unless Trump is showing age related issues by then, he has my vote.
According to a former RNC official that they never name. Whatever. He needs to wait and see what happens in 2022. If we don’t get a super majority on both houses, don’t even bother running. It will be the same thing as before. Tweak some regulations and write a bunch of EOs, all of which would be undone in a few months as soon as a dem becomes president.
A lot can happen between now and 2024, I like DeSantis, and probably do prefer him over Trump as of now. But he's going to be severely tested in 2022, we'll see then if he really has the stuff.
“Unless Trump is showing age-related issues”
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I agree. But I think that Trump loves America too much to run again if he is having problems. He is nothing if not a realist.
Trump will be President of the United States of Nothing Left
Even if he goes full senile, I’d rather have senile Trump instead of senile Biden :)
Show me an RNC official referring to DJT in '24, and I'll show you a Deep State Swamp Creature.
Trump and DeSantis the perfect team both with outstanding records.
All eyes will be on the cheat team this time.
MAGA
Unnamed source.
It could also be a headfake, so as to take the press’ attention away from DeSantis.
I thought about that. But the MSM is already trying to destroy DeSantis, regardless of whether he runs or not...........................
If the Press throws everything against DeSantis in 2022, and he still prevails, what could they possibly do to him after that, unless they choose to hold back?
He gets my vote no matter what his condition.
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If President Trump truly told people at various dinner engagements that he’s running………..
1) He knows it will leak.
2) He could be planning to run but he could also be messing with the Leftist and poking at them.
3) President Trump is aware of the total focus the Left will have on him as the election nears. This will take lots of the media hype and lies off of DeSantis.
So I still think it’s up in the air. Only President Trump knows for sure.
Trump will be President of the United States of Nothing Left
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I’m afraid you’re right. The country is already an absolute mess — and getting worse. The Left has destroyed every one of our institutions and corrupted the national culture. The liberal cyclone is leaving a wake of devastation across our once great land.
It takes a very long time to build things but very little time to destroy them. There is precious little left of what made this country great.
If he succeeds in getting elected the GOP will once again resist his agenda and just wait out his term. The GOP/RNC does not want Trump back under any circumstances.
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