“That Will Be It”: Donald Trump Says He Won’t Run In 2028 If He Loses In 2024
Donald Trump said that he won’t run for president if he loses to Kamala Harris this cycle.
“No I don’t,” Trump told Full Measure host Sharyl Attkisson, who asked him whether he would wage another White House bid if he is not successful.
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“That will be it. I don’t see that at all. Hopefully we are going to be successful,” Trump said.
At 78, Trump is the oldest major party nominee to seek the White House after President Joe Biden, who is 81, ended his presidential bid. If he were to run, Trump would be 82 on Election Day in 2028.
Trump was the oldest person elected to the White House in 2016, a record that was broken four years later when Biden, then 77, defeated him.
Trump already has won the Republican nomination for three successive cycles. The last politician to win a party nomination three times was Richard Nixon, who was the Republican nominee in 1960, 1968 and 1972.
Trump is seeking to become the first person since Grover Cleveland to win a non-consecutive term. If he is victorious, Trump will be barred from running again in 2028.
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