{"id":32523,"date":"2024-09-22T15:51:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-22T20:51:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=32523"},"modified":"2024-09-22T19:56:46","modified_gmt":"2024-09-23T00:56:46","slug":"trump-says-he-will-not-run-again-if-he-loses-in-november-that-will-be-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ustower.net\/?p=32523","title":{"rendered":"Trump says he will not run again if he loses in November, &#8216;that will be it&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) &#8211; Republican&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/topic\/person\/donald-trump\/\"><u>Donald Trump<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;said that he will not make a fourth consecutive run for the U.S. presidency if he loses&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/topic\/event\/us-elections\/\"><u>the Nov. 5 election<\/u><\/a>, saying &#8220;that will be it&#8221; in an interview released on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Asked if he saw himself running again in four years if he is not successful in his third consecutive bid for the White House, the 78-year-old former president told Sharyl Attkisson&#8217;s &#8220;Full Measure&#8221; program: &#8220;No I don&#8217;t. I think that will be \u2014 that will be it. I don&#8217;t see that at all. Hopefully, we will be successful.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Trump faces a tight race against Democratic U.S. Vice President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/kamala-harris\/\"><u>Kamala Harris<\/u><\/a>, with polls showing the two neck-and-neck in key battleground states that are likely to be decisive in determining the winner, even as Harris has begun to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/nbc-cbs-polls-show-harris-gaining-ground-trump-views-brighten-2024-09-22\/\"><u>edge up\u2002<\/u><\/a>in nationwide polls.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Trump launched his first reelection bid for the 2020 election the same day he was inaugurated in 2017 and announced his&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trump-launch-new-white-house-bid-while-his-party-licks-its-wounds-2022-11-15\/\"><u>latest White House bid<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;two years ago in November 2022.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Trump has continued to falsely blame his 2020 loss to Democratic President&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/topic\/person\/joe-biden\/\"><u>Joe Biden<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;on widespread voter fraud and faces&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/legal\/government\/legal-troubles-former-us-president-donald-trump-2023-10-02\/\"><u>federal and state criminal charges<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;over efforts to overturn the election results. He denies any wrongdoing and has cast his indictments as a political attack against him while embracing&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trump-predicts-end-us-democracy-if-he-loses-2024-election-2024-03-17\/\"><u>increasingly dystopian rhetoric<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;if he were to lose in 2024.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">He has also launched a number of businesses ventures amid his latest campaign, including&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/business\/media-telecom\/trump-media-slides-lock-up-expires-2024-09-20\/\"><u>Trump Media<\/u><\/a>&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/markets\/companies\/DJT.O\"><u>(DJT.O), opens new tab<\/u><\/a>, NFTs, and Trump branded sneakers, coins and&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trump-offers-little-detail-crypto-business-unveiling-2024-09-17\/\"><u>crypto<\/u><\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Harris, 59, meanwhile, has cast the race as a critical moment for U.S. democracy even as she seeks to focus on kitchen-table issues such as costs for families and housing.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Asked whether the four year break helped him regroup and figure out who he could trust as allies, Trump said: &#8220;It would have been easier if I did it &#8230; contiguous.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">&#8220;But the benefit is more than anything else, it shows how bad they were,&#8221; he added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">Trump, who spoke with Attkisson at his Florida resort, also said it was &#8220;too early&#8221; to make deals with people for any position in his White House cabinet should he win in November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/us\/trump-says-he-will-not-run-again-if-he-loses-november-that-will-be-it-2024-09-22\/\">reuters<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>WASHINGTON, Sept 22 (Reuters) &#8211; Republican&nbsp;Donald Trump&nbsp;said that he will not make a fourth consecutive run for the U.S. presidency if he loses&nbsp;the Nov. 5 election, saying &#8220;that will be it&#8221; in an interview released on Sunday. 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