Either way, he says 2024 will be Donald Trump’s last presidential campaign.
The former president and Republican presidential candidate said in an interview on the television show “Full Measure” that aired on Sunday that he would not run again in 2028 if he loses this November.
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“No, I haven’t thought about it,” Trump said when asked by host Sharyl Atkisson if he thought a fourth campaign was possible. “I think so. I think there will be a fourth. I don’t think so at all.”
Trump’s political success began with defeating former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in 2016. He then lost reelection in 2020 and is now facing Vice President Kamala Harris in a bid to retake the White House.
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Trump will turn 82 in November 2028.
Age was a major issue in the upcoming presidential election, in which Trump, 78, was set to face off against President Joe Biden, 81. But Biden dropped out of the race in July at the urging of Democratic lawmakers who were concerned about the competency of the octogenarian.