- Trump has invited reporters to a ‘Special Announcement’ at his Mar-a-Lago club tomorrow at 9 p.m
- Some advisers have urged him to delay his planned announcement until after the December 6 Senate runoff
- But among his most ardent supporters, excitement is building that he will announced a 2024 White House bid
Despite Republican leaders branding him a ‘disaster’ after the party’s woeful midterm election results last week, Donald Trump‘s supporters remain desperate for him to announce his plans to run for president again in 2024.
Trump has invited reporters to a ‘Special Announcement’ at his Mar-a-Lago club tomorrow at 9 p.m., with many expecting the former president to announce that he will enter the race for a second term in the Oval Office.
Some advisers have urged Trump to delay his planned announcement until after the December 6 Senate runoff election in Georgia that to avoid turning the race into a referendum on him.
But among his most ardent supporters in America’s south – including North and South Carolina (where Trump-endorsed senators Ted Budd and Tim Scott were elected in the Midterms), and in Virginia – excitement is building that Trump will make the big announcement.
Two hours south of Washington DC, Trump’s faltering bid to return to the White House is marked by a mobile home festooned with flags that scream ‘Trump 2024: Save America Again’. Renamed the Trump Train by its residents David and Jennifer Sumner, the garishly decorated RV is a magnet for supporters of the former president.
Its location in an otherwise empty McDonald’s parking lot in Staunton, Virginia, is incongruous, but this somewhat tatty landmark signals the beginning of the Trump heartlands.
Even though the promised ‘red wave’ of Republican victories for candidates backed by the real estate tycoon failed to happen in last week’s midterms with the Democrats surprisingly retaining control of the Senate and the House of Representatives still undeclared – his support base is very much intact.
And while the world’s most divisive politician continues to battle multiple court actions, people in staunchly Republican southern states are desperate for their hero to confirm a new run for the presidency in 2024 this week.
