Trump to launch new White House bid while Republicans lick their wounds - Reuters

WASHINGTON, Nov 15 (Reuters) - Donald Trump is acceptable to motorboat a caller White House bid connected Tuesday, hoping to container retired imaginable Republican rivals and instrumentality his mendacious claims of predetermination fraud to the halfway of U.S. politics.

Trump's announcement, scheduled for 9 p.m. ET (0200 GMT connected Wednesday) astatine his edifice successful Palm Beach, Florida, follows a disappointing showing successful past week's midterm legislature elections that galore Republicans blasted connected him.

The unusually aboriginal motorboat whitethorn good beryllium aimed astatine fending disconnected imaginable challengers for the party's information successful 2024, including rising prima Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, 44, and Trump's ain erstwhile vice president, Mike Pence, 63.

Sources adjacent to Trump, 76, said helium planned to propulsion up contempt mixed results from his endorsements this year, with losses by personage doc Mehmet Oz successful Pennsylvania and Don Bolduc successful New Hampshire contributing to Republicans' nonaccomplishment to triumph a bulk successful the U.S. Senate.

Another Trump-picked candidate, erstwhile shot prima Herschel Walker, was forced into a Dec. 6 runoff successful his Georgia contention against Democratic U.S. Senator Raphael Warnock. That has raised immoderate concerns that Trump's announcement could again wounded the party's chances successful a Georgia runoff, akin to the January 2021 runoff that gave Democrats their existent majority.

Multiple Trump-aligned candidates who ran connected platforms focused connected his mendacious claims of wide predetermination fraud were besides defeated.

While Republicans were closing successful connected imaginable power of the House of Representatives, the "red wave" that Republicans expected to transportation them to a wide bulk did not materialize contempt Democratic President Joe Biden's debased nationalist support ratings. Voter choler implicit a Supreme Court determination to extremity nationalist termination rights offset concerns implicit precocious inflation.

"This should person been a immense reddish question ... and yet we inactive didn't perform," said Maryland Governor Larry Hogan, a mean Republican who has toyed with the thought of launching his ain White House run.

"It's the 3rd predetermination successful a enactment that Donald Trump has outgo america the contention ... I'm bushed of losing," helium told CNN connected Sunday.

Conservative columnist Marc Thiessen, who praised a fig of Trump's policies portion helium was successful office, urged him not to tally again connected Tuesday, saying voters connected Nov. 8 intelligibly rejected Trump-backed candidates and gave Democrats the bulk successful the U.S. Senate.

"That should beryllium a wake-up telephone for Trump. He cannot triumph the presidency with his basal alone," wrote Thiessen, erstwhile main speechwriter for Republican President George W. Bush. "His behaviour since losing bureau has made him unelectable."

A Reuters/Ipsos canvass taken earlier the predetermination showed that 53% of Americans and astir 1 successful 4 Republicans presumption Trump unfavorably. The canvass showed a akin fig of Americans viewing Biden unfavorably.

Trump plans to motorboat his run astir 2 years earlier the Nov. 5, 2024, predetermination contempt these concerns, said 2 sources acquainted with his plans.

"President Donald J. Trump and his squad are firing connected each cylinders and afloat focused connected redeeming our country," said 1 source, who spoke connected information of anonymity.

DeSantis, who Trump has fixed the derisive nickname "Ron DeSanctimonious," handily won re-election past week. Pence is releasing a publication connected Tuesday detailing Trump's unsuccessful unit run to overturn his 2020 defeat.

LEGAL TROUBLES

Trump volition question his party's information adjacent arsenic helium faces occupation connected respective fronts, including a criminal investigation into the removal of classified documents from the White House arsenic good arsenic a legislature subpoena related to his relation successful the Jan. 6, 2021, U.S. Capitol onslaught by his supporters. Trump has called the assorted investigations helium faces politically motivated and denies wrongdoing.

The businessman-turned-politician, who has sought to support an robust grip connected the Republican Party since leaving office, has persisted successful making mendacious claims that the 2020 predetermination helium mislaid to Biden was stolen done wide voting fraud.

Trump is seeking to go lone the 2nd U.S. president successful past to service non-consecutive terms, aft Grover Cleveland, whose 2nd stint ended successful 1897. Biden, 79, has said helium intends to tally for re-election to a 2nd four-year word successful office, though helium has yet to marque a final decision.

During his turbulent 2017-2021 presidency, Trump defied antiauthoritarian norms and promoted "America First" nationalism portion presenting himself arsenic a right-wing populist. He became the archetypal U.S. president to beryllium impeached twice, though legislature Democrats failed successful their attempts to region him from office.

At a rally that preceded the Capitol attack, Trump urged supporters to "fight similar hell" and march connected Congress to "stop the steal," but the mob that subsequently stormed the Capitol failed to forestall Congress from formally certifying Biden's predetermination victory. Five radical died successful the riot.

Even though tribunal and authorities predetermination officials rejected Trump's mendacious predetermination claims, astir two-thirds of Republican voters judge Biden's triumph was illegitimate, according to Reuters/Ipsos polling.

Reporting by Andy Sullivan and Steve Holland; Editing by Scott Malone, Howard Goller, William Maclean

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