I think he will, but there might be a real primary challenge.
I’m leaning towards “no”. His fragile ego will have taken two nasty blows in a row. Plus in four years he’ll be even older and more fragile, and it’s already pretty bad.
If I’m right, I’m sure he’ll endorse some other maga-clown instead.
Considering how many failed businesses he has under his name, I doubt failure is enough to hurt his ego. He’ll just make something up so he can pretend he’s still a success. Like how he claims he won the last election despite it being yet another failure to add to the pile.
Narcissists don’t know how to recognize their own failures
Yeah, while the cluster b two axis graph of opinion of self and opinion of others is useful it’s important to remember that narcissism is often rejection of acknowledgment of personal flaws. They don’t actually like themselves
I like your funny words magic man
Donny Jr hoping for daddy’s approval.
He might have his endorsement, but never his approval.
Jesus Christ, that’s brutal.
Like you’re stabbing a corpse at this point good sir.
I don’t think he’ll endorse anyone except maybe for pay. And I don’t think anyone will want his endorsement. Most of his endorsed primary candidates failed (as I recall, valid to double check that). It may not be a mark of death, but it doesn’t look like it helps.
I can’t be arsed checking/verifying your claim about the endorsement failure, but I do remember something similar, so it’s probably right.
I think he’s really good at compartmentalization and it wouldn’t surprise me if deep down he does think the election was stolen from him. I also don’t think he’ll be satisfied being on the political sidelines so he’ll run as long as he’s able.
Website someone who isn’t him? I doubt it.
He will continue running until he wins or dies.
In other words, until he dies.
Unfortunately for us the worst people live the longest. Just look at henry kissinger
I think there’s a bit of bias there. History’s worst are considered as such because they died “a bad person,” which is of note to us, whereas most of humanity is good or at least complex.
Not only is news more sellable when its negative, but our books record the moments of tragedy more than peace, even the human genome favors “remembering” the negative in order to survive.
I sure hope that he won’t win
I feel like he would continue trying even after his turn limit if he won
No cap 50/50 odds he tries a postmortem run. Can’t put odds on whether it’ll be in spirit or “Weekend at Bernie’s”-style.
I don’t expect his health to last that long. Cholesterol!
Unfortunately he has made a habit of doing unexpected things!
I didn’t expect him to live to 2024, but he’s still here. Kept alive by pure rage.
Only the good die young
Too many hamberders.
Tbh, I hope so. I think the chances of his winning decline with every cycle that is a loss. But, his ability to split a vote is retained to some extent. So:
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if he runs as the GOP candidate again, he’s more likely to lose. If the GOP is split about it, he’s more likely to have a split vote due to another conservative candidate opting into the race on a third ticket (this may not happen, in which case, he’s just less likely to win anyway due to previous losses, increased age, etc).
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if he isn’t the GOP candidate but still runs, he’s extremely unlikely to win but could be a crazy vote split.
I think any sane person would not run again. Trump might, though.
Thing is, the RNC is cleptocratically his now and will be for a while. Other than that I’d hope for similar things as most people are commenting here. It will be bonkers either way until he stops breathing and then some.
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He will absolutely run. But who wants to vote for a two time loser?
What do you mean? Hasn’t lost and never will. /s
But who wants to vote for a two time loser?
…and that’s why (missing) money is going to tell him No.
Hopefully he’ll actually be in prison before then.
I was gonna upvote but your comment has 45 upvotes and that seems appropriate so I’ll leave it there
He eats too many hamburders to survive another four years.
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I thought he was on the Ozempic now?
I think if he loses in 24 and the republicans don’t learn their lesson, then they deserve to have him run again in 28.
Also, he’s very old. He would be 82 in 2028.
As if age would stop anyone trying to run for the government.
Even though I’d like him to drop off the face of the Earth, I kinda hope he does run. He’ll be even less coherent. His insane rambling will be worse. He’ll have to run as an independent, because Republicans won’t bet on a losing horse again - and he definitely would lose. It’ll be a major public humiliation, and he deserves as many of those as possible.
Oo independent and split vote is a possibility.
Just more reason to laugh!
He’ll either be in jail, in a home for dementia treatment, or defaulted on the half billion in Russian loans and accidentally fell out of a window. So my answer is a solid, no.
I’d love for him to. He’d lose even harder, slowly going mad with jealousy and rage
Yeah, if he loses a second time in a row here, I can’t see how someone could think the 3rd time is going to work.
Doubt it, his decline in the last 8 years have been incredible. If he were a family member we would be looking for professional help a long time ago.
Can’t imagine he’d be able to remain aware of his surroundings in 2 more years
I’d be really surprised if he’s still alive
“I still miss my [wife|president] but my aim is improving”
Running is necessary to collect donations so yes
That man has obviously never run in his life.
His views on exercise are indeed bizarre. Apparently the moron thinks all humans have a finite amount of energy like a battery, which is why he never exercises.
