Former President Donald Trump is mulling when, exactly, he should announce a presidential run for 2024 — a decision that has become even more pressing following revelations by the House select committee investigating his role in the Jan. 6, 2021 insurrection.
Over the past week, Trump told associates he is eager to launch another presidential campaign as early as this month to capitalize on President Joe Biden’s increasingly dismal poll numbers and put his potential GOP rivals on notice.
Committee testimony about Trump’s fight to overturn the 2020 election have exposed growing political vulnerabilities just as he eyes another presidential bid.
A former White House aide this week described Trump as an unhinged leader with no regard for the safety of elected officials in either party as he clung to power on Jan. 6, 2021. The testimony from the congressional panel investigating the Capitol attack provided a roadmap for prosecutors to potentially charge Trump with a crime, some legal experts say.
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Typically, candidates would wait at least until after the November midterm elections. But aides say Trump is eager to push forward because the House committee’s public hearings have targeted him in a sharply unflattering light.
Trump is battling investigations of his post-election team’s activities in battleground states as well. And business regulators continue to scrutinize his dealings.
Biden shows vulnerability, too. His poll numbers continue to plunge:
24 possible Republican presidential candidates in 2024
Donald Trump
Mike Pence
Gov. Ron DeSantis
Gov. Larry Hogan
Gov. Greg Abbott
Gov. Kristi Noem
Gov. Chris Sununu
Gov. Asa Hutchinson
Chris Christie
Nikki Haley
Sen. Josh Hawley
Sen. Ted Cruz
Sen. Tom Cotton
Sen. Ben Sasse
Sen. Marco Rubio
Sen. Rick Scott
Sen. Tim Scott
Rep. Liz Cheney
Rep. Adam Kinzinger
Rep. Dan Crenshaw
Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene
Rep. Elise Stefanik
Mike Pompeo
Donald Trump Jr.
Photos: Donald Trump through the years