# Would ex-President Trump run in 2024? **URL:** \ **Category:** Politics & Elections\ **Created:** [September 17, 2019, 1:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-ex-president-trump-run-in-2024/840373 "2019-09-17T13:29:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 8
**Author:** ![Dr\_Paprika](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dr_paprika/32/3042_2.png) [@Dr\_Paprika](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dr_Paprika)\ **Post date:** [August 27, 2021, 5:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-ex-president-trump-run-in-2024/840373/141 "2021-08-27T17:27:50Z")
Keep this your little secret, but I kind of think Trump likes to seek attention by saying crazy things. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 3:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-ex-president-trump-run-in-2024/840373/142 "2022-01-18T15:01:17Z")
For all the good this’ll do: > **[Former Trump administration officials hold call to strategize against former...](https://www.cnn.com/2022/01/18/politics/trump-administration-officials-against-former-boss-2022/index.html)** > > Around three dozen former Trump administration officials, disillusioned with their former boss and concerned about his impact on the GOP and the nation, held a conference call last Monday to discuss efforts to fend off his efforts to, in their view,... ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 4:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-ex-president-trump-run-in-2024/840373/143 "2022-01-18T16:12:22Z")
Right. Meetings are the best way to fix important issues. 👍🏽 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![squeegee](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/squeegee/32/14537_2.png) [@squeegee](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/squeegee)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 4:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-ex-president-trump-run-in-2024/840373/144 "2022-01-18T16:24:14Z")
Hey, Anthony Scaramucci was on the zoom. We’re saved! ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Lendervedder](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/happy_lendervedder/32/8488_2.png) [@Happy\_Lendervedder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Lendervedder)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-ex-president-trump-run-in-2024/840373/145 "2022-01-18T17:01:22Z")
How else should people coordinate their efforts and plan? Should we all just sit back and hold for the best in 2024? ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-ex-president-trump-run-in-2024/840373/146 "2022-01-18T17:07:48Z")
Meetings are necessary but not sufficient in the quest to fix important issues. Yeah, I’ve become cynical. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [January 18, 2022, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-ex-president-trump-run-in-2024/840373/147 "2022-01-18T17:13:44Z")
“No matter how cynical I get, it’s impossible to keep up.” - Lily Tomlin ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 2:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-ex-president-trump-run-in-2024/840373/148 "2022-03-17T14:14:52Z")
Color me _not_ surprised: > **[Trump signals he won't run with Pence in 2024](https://www.aol.com/news/trump-signals-wont-run-pence-163328164.html)** > > In an interview with the Washington Examiner, Trump said he didn't think "people would accept" the ticket that won the 2016 presidential election. ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-ex-president-trump-run-in-2024/840373/149 "2022-03-17T14:52:32Z")
He doesn’t want Pence, but if that fly is available… ---
**Author:** ![BobLibDem](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/boblibdem/32/3149_2.png) [@BobLibDem](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BobLibDem)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 5:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-ex-president-trump-run-in-2024/840373/150 "2022-03-17T17:08:59Z")
If he runs, no matter who he chooses to run with, his running mate in everyone’s mind will be Putin. I don’t see how he is a viable candidate now with this ongoing humanitarian disaster at the hands of his bestie Vlad (sorry Kim Jong Un, he was seeing someone else) ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 6:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-ex-president-trump-run-in-2024/840373/151 "2022-03-17T18:48:43Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > I don’t see how he is a viable candidate now with this ongoing humanitarian disaster at the hands of his bestie Vlad (sorry Kim Jong Un, he was seeing someone else) His best hope is that the Ukraine crisis is out of the headlines by 2023. If he can get his potential supporters to forget about it or retroactively declare it was “much ado about nothing” then he might have a chance. As long as folks remember Trump as the one who cheered for the dictator who bombed civilians as a flex, even many people on the right aren’t okay with it. ---
**Author:** ![Northern\_Piper](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/northern_piper/32/5304_2.png) [@Northern\_Piper](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Northern_Piper)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 6:50pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-ex-president-trump-run-in-2024/840373/152 "2022-03-17T18:50:17Z")
and tried to make sending miltiary aid contingent on Zelenskyy doing him “a favour”… ---
**Author:** ![chappachula](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/d2c977/32.png) [@chappachula](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/chappachula)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 9:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-ex-president-trump-run-in-2024/840373/153 "2022-03-17T21:40:16Z")
> [@Atamasama](#): > > As long as folks remember But they won’t remember. The war will end within a few weeks, and the election is three years away. Once Ukraine is off the TV screens, nobody will remember why gas costs $5 a gallon. But they will blame Biden for it. The election will be decided by domestic American issues. Which means race. Democratic turnout will be 5% ( or maybe even10 % ) lower , due to the new restrictive voting laws.(which cause the most inconvenience in larger urban precincts) The Dems will continue to push progressive issues, which will backfire by giving Foxnews plenty of fuel to stoke the fears of white people , who will turnout in the same numbers as before… I expect Trump to win… ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [March 17, 2022, 11:14pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-ex-president-trump-run-in-2024/840373/154 "2022-03-17T23:14:48Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > The war will end within a few weeks I wouldn’t consider this a certainty. And it’s not just a matter of the conflict, it’s a matter of the talk about the conflict. ---
**Author:** ![PhillyGuy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/p/ed655f/32.png) [@PhillyGuy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/PhillyGuy)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 12:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-ex-president-trump-run-in-2024/840373/155 "2022-03-18T00:04:11Z")
> [@BobLibDem](#): > > If he runs, no matter who he chooses to run with, his running mate in everyone’s mind will be Putin. I don’t see how he is a viable candidate now with this ongoing humanitarian disaster at the hands of his bestie Vlad (sorry Kim Jong Un, he was seeing someone else) So you predict Biden [will reverse this in a couple weeks](https://www.realclearpolitics.com/epolls/2024/president/us/general-election-trump-vs-biden-7383.html)? I doubt it, although Biden and Trump are tied in the [one post-invasion poll](https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/597823-biden-trump-tied-in-hypothetical-2024-matchup-poll). In any normal situation, war in Europe should help the American incumbent. But in this polarized environment — no. As to how to turn it around, I’ve been a pessimist. Donald Trump is simply the front-runner to be next POTUS. When Biden repeatedly said “fund the police,” he was on the right track, but I doubt swing voters believed him. Hopeless? Certainly not. Putin is losing. But liberalism isn’t doing well overall. ---
**Author:** ![dtilque](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/d6d6ee/32.png) [@dtilque](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dtilque)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-ex-president-trump-run-in-2024/840373/156 "2022-03-18T01:33:44Z")
> [@PhillyGuy](#): > > In any normal situation, war in Europe should help the American incumbent. But in this polarized environment — no. In a [Marist poll](https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/596890-bidens-approval-rating-jumps-to-47-percent-after-state-of-the-union-address), Biden jumped 8 percentage points after the State of the Union address. That’s 8 points above the same poll last month. Absolutely huge jump. Looks like his response to the war helped a lot. ---
**Author:** ![Senegoid](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/senegoid/32/6606_2.png) [@Senegoid](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Senegoid)\ **Post date:** [March 18, 2022, 4:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-ex-president-trump-run-in-2024/840373/157 "2022-03-18T04:18:15Z")
> [@Northern\_Piper](#): > > and tried to make sending miltiary aid contingent on Zelenskyy doing him “a favour”… That and more. WaPo has a compendium: > **[Opinion | Five vile things Trump did to Zelensky and Ukraine that you forgot...](https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/03/01/vindman-zelensky-ukraine-putin/)** > > Don't let them memory-hole the awful things Trump did as president to Ukraine. tl;dr: 1. Accused Ukraine of interfering in 2016 election. 2. Purged well-respected Ambassador Marie Yovanovitch. 3. Froze military assistance to Ukraine. 4. Refused meeting with Zelensky at White House 5. Turned Ukraine policy over to Giuliani. If you find the article is pay-walled, just google the words: - Five vile things Trump did to Ukraine to find a bunch of other similar-looking articles. ---
**Author:** ![Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/7cd45c/32.png) [@Elendil\_s\_Heir](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elendil_s_Heir)\ **Post date:** [March 27, 2023, 7:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-ex-president-trump-run-in-2024/840373/158 "2023-03-27T19:07:52Z")
This is fun: > **[Trump rally goes silent after he attempts to mock DeSantis](https://www.aol.com/news/trump-rally-goes-silent-attempts-182258829.html)** > > Former President Donald Trump was critical of Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis during a weekend rally in Texas, but some of the speech fell flat on the audience in Waco. ---
**Author:** ![Thing.Fish](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thing.fish/32/9168_2.png) [@Thing.Fish](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Thing.Fish)\ **Post date:** [March 29, 2023, 11:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-ex-president-trump-run-in-2024/840373/159 "2023-03-29T23:24:54Z")
> [@chappachula](#): > > The Dems will continue to push progressive issues, which will backfire by giving Foxnews plenty of fuel to stoke the fears of white people , who will turnout in the same numbers as before… > > I expect Trump to win… So your strategy is “White Democrats should throw the blacks and gays under the bus and save ourselves?”. Fuck to the no. If we wanted a candidate who isn’t going to speak out against white supremacy and homophobia, we could just vote for Trump. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [March 30, 2023, 2:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-ex-president-trump-run-in-2024/840373/160 "2023-03-30T02:46:00Z")
I’m not the least bit surprised by this, and its why the 2024 Primary campaign is going to be interesting. As far as rallying the troop Trump is at his best when he is attacking and belittling. So far his opponents have been people his base don’t like, (e.g Democrats, RINO Republicans, the media, Mexicans) or people the base don’t have a preconceived notion about but are perfectly willing to hate because Trump tells them to (e.g. Fauci). But they actually like DeSantis. They may or may not like him as much as Trump, but they certainly view him as one of the good guys. Having one friend bad mouth another friend make people uncomfortable and generally lowers the opinion of the first friend more than the second. If Trump was smart he would play relatively nice with DeSantis, with maybe a bit of a patronizing vibe, and leave the attacks to his subordinates, while he coasts to victory. But I’m not sure he knows how to do anything else but attack. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-ex-president-trump-run-in-2024/840373.md?page=7) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/would-ex-president-trump-run-in-2024/840373.md?page=9)