Trump is confiding in allies that he intends to run again in 2024 with one contingency: That he still has a clean bill of health, two sources close to the ex-president have told me. Trump is going to dangle his potential bid over the GOP like a water balloon over a freshly styled head of hair.
Graham told "Axios on HBO" that a Trump comeback would be difficult because of his advancing age and eating habits."“I think for him, everything will depend on his health at that time. If he still has energy and strength like he does. I don't.""You know the guy does not eat well, you know, and it's amazing the energy that he has.""He's lost weight, fifteen pounds, Maybe. So he might be in good health and in good shape. I don't know."
Trump is already backing away from 2024. He won't do it explicitly. He'll do it because of his "health," that intangible, invisible factor that he can only confirm or deny, but never prove. He won't wind up in a wheelchair (likely), or confined to bed; short of that, as long as he's upright and not wheezing with every step, his health is "good."
Although comparisons with Trump barely able to swing a golf club v. Biden on a bicycle are hardly in Trump's favor.
Trump would be 78 in 2024, the same age as Joe Biden in 2020.
Yeah, he's already looking down the road, and whether that road includes incarceration or just one civil trial after another, he's tired of this. He wants to play kingmaker because it requires so little of him. He wants to campaign without actually running because the grift goes on.
But he's already lookin for the exit ramp.
He's going to want to stay in states that he believes will give him cover from getting sent to NY to answer charges. I don't think he's going to wander far from his source of chocolate cake.
ReplyDeleteHe’s in New Jersey now, by all accounts. He’s going to find someway to say he’s healthy as a horse but not healthy enough to run for office.
ReplyDeleteI'm surprised he'd risk going to NJ, but he's always wanted what he wants and he's always gotten away with it, the legal system spoiling him as much as daddy did. Maybe if he suddenly flees to FL we'll get a heads up that he thinks an indictment is imminent.
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