Former President Donald Trump stated on Sunday that he doesn’t “think” he’d run once more for president in 2028 if he falls quick in his bid to return to the White Home in 2024.
“No, I don’t. I think that will be, that will be it,” Trump stated when journalist Sharyl Attkisson requested him if he’d run once more.
The remark was notable each as a result of Trump appeared to rule out a fourth bid for the White Home and since he hardly ever admits the likelihood he might legitimately lose an election. Trump usually insists that would solely occur if there have been widespread dishonest, a false allegation he made in 2020 and he’s preemptively made once more throughout his 2024 presidential marketing campaign.
Trump can be 82 in 2028, a yr older than President Joe Biden is now. Biden bowed out of the race in July following his disastrous debate efficiency and months of being hammered by Trump and different conservatives as being too previous and erratic for the job.
Attkisson interviewed Trump for her present “Full Measure.” Additionally throughout the 22-minute interview, Trump defended his document on the coronavirus pandemic. He took credit score for the event of the COVID-19 vaccines developed throughout his presidency whereas additionally saying “they’re doing studies on the vaccines and we’re going to find out” if they’re protected.
Trump stated Republicans have change into skeptical concerning the vaccines at the same time as Democrats belief them.
The assertion about 2028 got here on the very finish of the interview, which additionally included a query about how Trump stays in good well being. “I try and eat properly,” the previous president stated, drawing an incredulous response from Attkisson, who famous that Trump has change into notorious for his fondness for hamburgers.
“Proper hamburgers,” Trump stated.
