Former US President Donald Trump has apparently shown signs of running a third-party campaign if more and more Republican leaders do not side with him in the 2024 presidential election.
Trump hinted at the possibility with a cryptic post on his Truth Social social media platform, sharing an article, ‘The Coming Split’, in a right-wing magazine called American Greatness where author Dan Gelernter touted the idea.
“Do I think Trump can win as a third party candidate? No. Would he vote for him as a third party candidate? Yes,” Gelernter wrote in the article. He said the “Republican machine” has no intention of allowing voters to re-elect Trump as president. “He’s not a one-party team player.”
“They would rather lose an election to the Democrats, their brothers in crime, than win with Trump,” he wrote.
According to a Newsweek report, Republicans were more interested in endorsing Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who has yet to announce his intentions, even as Trump continues to enjoy strong support among conservatives.
Meanwhile, a HuffPost article reported that this is not the first time Trump has floated the idea of running a third-party campaign. ABC’s White House correspondent Jonathan Karl wrote in his book “Betrayal: The Final Act of the Trump Show” that the former president once told Republican National Committee chairwoman Ronna McDaniel that he was “over ” with the Republican Party and that he was starting his own party.
“This is what the Republicans get for not standing up for me,” Trump is quoted as telling McDaniel, in the book.
In November, Trump announced his highly anticipated run for the White House, hoping to deter rivals from challenging him in 2024. Other hopefuls, however, stepped up public events following the midterm election cycle as Trump fights for keep your followers.
