Former U.S. President Donald Trump.聽 聽(Getty Images via AFP)
WASHINGTON -Donald Trump will announce next week that he is taking another shot at the presidency with a White House run in 2024, his longtime advisor Jason Miller said Friday.
The divisive former president, who will be 78 when the next election is held, has been hinting at another presidential run while campaigning for Republican candidates ahead of this week鈥檚 midterm elections, and has said he will make a 鈥渧ery big announcement鈥� on Tuesday.
鈥淧resident Trump is going to announce on Tuesday that he is running for president,鈥� Miller told former Trump aide Steve Bannon on his popular 鈥淲ar Room鈥� podcast.
鈥淚t鈥檚 gonna be a very professional, very buttoned-up announcement,鈥� he added.
Miller said Trump told him, 鈥渢here doesn鈥檛 need to be any question, of course I am running.鈥�
Trump鈥檚 big announcement in Florida comes after a disappointing run for several candidates he backed in the midterms.
A hoped-for Republican 鈥渞ed wave鈥� failed to materialize, and the party achieved a much smaller victory than had been predicted.
With 211 seats so far, Republicans appear poised to secure a slim majority in the 435-seat House of Representatives. However, control of the Senate may come down to an early December runoff in the southern state of Georgia.
The former president鈥檚 major media ally 鈥� the powerful media empire of conservative billionaire Rupert Murdoch 鈥� turned on him in the wake of the polls.
Pointing to the party鈥檚 disappointing midterms showing, The Wall Street Journal, the flagship of Murdoch鈥檚 黑料社 Corp, declared in an editorial on Thursday that 鈥淭rump Is the Republican Party鈥檚 Biggest Loser.鈥�
The cover of the tabloid New York Post depicted Trump on a precarious wall as 鈥淭rumpty Dumpty鈥� who 鈥渉ad a great fall.鈥�
Trump鈥檚 early entry into the race would appear designed in part to fend off possible criminal charges over taking top secret documents from the White House, his efforts to overturn the 2020 election and the attack on the US Capitol by his supporters on January 6 last year.
It may also be intended to undercut his chief potential rival for the Republican presidential nomination, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who emerged as one of the biggest winners from Tuesday鈥檚 midterms.