Trump drops strong hint about 2024 White House run

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US President Donald Trump successful  Iowa successful  October 2021Image source, Getty Images

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"Get ready," Mr Trump told the cheering crowd

US President Donald Trump has dropped 1 of his strongest hints yet that helium whitethorn tally for the White House again.

He told a assemblage successful Sioux City, Iowa, that helium volition "very, very, precise astir apt bash it again" successful 2024.

Mr Trump was speaking astatine the archetypal of 4 rallies successful 5 days arsenic helium campaigns for Republican candidates successful adjacent week's midterm elections.

US President Joe Biden is besides hopscotching crossed the state to get retired the vote.

Neither Mr Biden nor Mr Trump is connected the ballot adjacent Tuesday erstwhile American voters volition determine the equilibrium of powerfulness successful the US Congress and cardinal authorities governorships.

But the midterms volition acceptable the US governmental scenery up of the statesmanlike predetermination successful 2 years' time.

On Thursday night, Mr Trump, a Republican, repeated his unfounded assertion that helium mislaid successful 2020 due to the fact that of wide predetermination fraud.

"I ran twice," helium said. "I won twice, and did overmuch amended the 2nd clip than I did the first, getting millions much votes successful 2020 than I got successful 2016.

"And likewise, getting much votes than immoderate sitting president successful the past of our state by far.

"And present successful bid to marque our state successful, and harmless and glorious. I volition very, very, precise astir apt bash it again."

"Very soon," helium told the cheering crowd. "Get ready."

Mr Trump did triumph the astir votes ever - 72 cardinal - for a sitting president successful 2020, but inactive mislaid to the challenger, Mr Biden, a Democrat, who pulled successful 81 million.

Mr Biden - who campaigned connected Thursday successful New Mexico and California - has reportedly been gathering elder advisers to program his imaginable 2024 re-election campaign, mounting up a imaginable rematch with Mr Trump.

For his part, Mr Trump has teased for months astir a imaginable 3rd run for the White House.

In October, helium told a rally successful Texas: "I volition astir apt person to bash it again." In Pennsylvania successful September, helium said: "I whitethorn conscionable person to bash it again."

Mr Trump's erstwhile elder counsellor, Kellyanne Conway, said earlier connected Thursday astatine an lawsuit successful Washington DC that her erstwhile brag would "announce soon" astir his imaginable statesmanlike plans.

She said she gave Mr Trump recognition for resisting the temptation to state a White House tally already this year, arsenic it would person distracted from Republican candidates successful the midterms.

If helium does tally successful 2024, helium whitethorn not spell unchallenged wrong his party.

Potential Republican rivals see Mr Trump's erstwhile Vice-President Mike Pence and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, among others.

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