Trump teases ‘big announcement’ coming next week

Former President Donald Trump on Monday hinted at a third presidential run while campaigning in Ohio, ahead of the final voting day in this year’s midterm elections, and said he would make a “big announcement” in Florida next week.

“I’m going to make a very big announcement on Tuesday, November 15th in Mar-a-Lago,” midseason reinforcing Senate candidate JD Vance.

“We want nothing to detract from the importance of tomorrow.”

Trump has been more and more clear about his plans to start a third presidential election, and in recent days he’s “very, very, probably” rerunning and “very soon” his intentions. will be formally declared.

“I’ll probably have to do it again, but I’m looking forward to it,” he said Sunday night in Miami.

Republican officials and some people around Trump were urging him to wait until after the midterm elections to start his campaign.

But Trump is eager to move forward and has privately said for weeks that he may announce his plans at one of his homestretch rallies.

At a rally in Pennsylvania over the weekend, he told the audience, “In the next very, very, very short period of time, you’re going to be very happy, aren’t you?”

“You’d be surprised how fast it is, but first we need a historic Republican victory on November 8,” he said.

In both 2016 and 2020, Trump won Ohio, once considered the frontrunner, by 8 points. The state is also an early test of his endorsement when his decision to endorse Mr. Vance in the highly competitive state’s Senate primary election led the political newcomer to victory in his 2020 election. proved. A crowded Republican field.

Writer, venture capitalist, and former Trump critic, Vance is the voice of a new generation that has embraced Trump’s “America First” stance, including its isolationist foreign policy and focus on immigration. One of the leaders of the Republican Party.