Will Pence run in 2024

Surfer Joe · Dec 2, 2020

Quantum Nerd said: ↑

Trump:
"It's been an amazing four years," Trump told the room, filled with many people not wearing masks despite public health officials' guidance amid the Covid-19 pandemic. "We are trying to do another four years. Otherwise, I'll see you in four years."

Well, looks like Trump is inching closer to declaring a run in 2024. Say goodbye to Pence's prospects.
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You guys, I think you’re wrong.
I can’t see the repubs playing second banana to a loser like trump for 4 years.
They know he’s damaged goods and are waiting to knife him in the back the first chance they get.
He’s exhausted the American people and nobody wants a rerun of the malignant narcissism they endured in the past 4 years.
His behavior since losing the election has only made things worse for him with voters and with the repub establishment.

Quantum Nerd · Dec 2, 2020

Surfer Joe said: ↑

You guys, I think you’re wrong.
I can’t see the repubs playing second banana to a loser like trump for 4 years.
They know he’s damaged goods and are waiting to knife him in the back the first chance they get.
He’s exhausted the American people and nobody wants a rerun of the malignant narcissism they endured in the past 4 years.
His behavior since losing the election has only made things worse for him with voters and with the repub establishment.
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He still has his base fully in his camp. Anyone else who wants to run in 2024 needs the Trump base as voters. That's why I wouldn't be surprised if he would keep his stranglehold of the GOP for another four years.

Surfer Joe · Dec 2, 2020

I like this opinion.

Why Trump Might Just Fade Away

Trump could prove to have as dominant an influence on politics in the 2020s as he did in the 2010s. The obstacles he must overcome to do so, however, are very daunting.

Theories abound for how Trump rose to power in 2016. According to some, he spoke for the economically dispossessed. According to others, bigoted voters were attracted to his racist dog whistles.
But while both explanations shed some light on his appeal, I believe the truth is much simpler: Millions of Americans who don’t think very much about politics thought of Trump as a winner who knows how to get things done.

Since his first bouts with local fame in New York City, Trump has carefully curated his public image to emphasize how much power he has and how successful he is.

Manhattan insiders know that the city’s real elite has always looked down on Trump.
But readers of The Art of the Deal think of him as the embodiment of a powerful negotiator who knows how to flex his financial muscles.

Business journalists know that many of Trump’s ventures quickly went bankrupt, and that he would now be much richer if he had simply invested his inheritance in the S&P 500.
But to most Americans, the host of The Apprentice is an entrepreneur who built a grand empire thanks to his incredible business sense.

Now, however, Trump’s veneer of invincibility is fading. He lost his bid for reelection, and staged the most incompetent coup attempt since Woody Allen’s Bananas.
He can rant and rave about what happened in November, but he can’t keep his followers from seeing Joe Biden inaugurated in January.
Fear of what he might attempt next is giving way to laughter.
He looks more weak and scared by the day.

No one can say for sure what Trump’s life will look like in four years.
By 2024, he could be bankrupt, sitting in prison, or in very poor health.
But even if he is in a position to run for the Republican nomination, he won’t necessarily win.

As long as Trump remains in the White House, he is the indisputable leader of the party.
Even Republicans who would much rather see a leader in the traditions of Bush, Romney, or McCain at the party’s helm stand by Trump (at least publicly).
But this does not mean that they will cheer on his bid for a second term when the party holds an open primary. After all, some of the prominent Republicans now backing Trump want to be president themselves someday.
They have every incentive to get in Trump’s way.
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https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2020/12/trump-will-fade-into-obscurity/617271/

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