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I'm leaning towards "no". His fragile ego will have taken two nasty blows in a row. Plus in four years he'll be even older and more fragile, and it's already pretty bad.

If I'm right, I'm sure he'll endorse some other maga-clown instead.

He will continue running until he wins or dies.

I don’t expect his health to last that long. Cholesterol!

Tbh, I hope so. I think the chances of his winning decline with every cycle that is a loss. But, his ability to split a vote is retained to some extent. So:

• if he runs as the GOP candidate again, he's more likely to lose. If the GOP is split about it, he's more likely to have a split vote due to another conservative candidate opting into the race on a third ticket (this may not happen, in which case, he's just less likely to win anyway due to previous losses, increased age, etc).

• if he isn't the GOP candidate but still runs, he's extremely unlikely to win but could be a crazy vote split.

I think any sane person would not run again. Trump might, though.

He will absolutely run. But who wants to vote for a two time loser?

Hopefully he'll actually be in prison before then.

He eats too many hamburders to survive another four years.

I think if he loses in 24 and the republicans don’t learn their lesson, then they deserve to have him run again in 28.

Also, he’s very old. He would be 82 in 2028.

Even though I’d like him to drop off the face of the Earth, I kinda hope he does run. He’ll be even less coherent. His insane rambling will be worse. He’ll have to run as an independent, because Republicans won’t bet on a losing horse again - and he definitely would lose. It’ll be a major public humiliation, and he deserves as many of those as possible.

He'll either be in jail, in a home for dementia treatment, or defaulted on the half billion in Russian loans and accidentally fell out of a window. So my answer is a solid, no.

I'd love for him to. He'd lose even harder, slowly going mad with jealousy and rage

Doubt it, his decline in the last 8 years have been incredible. If he were a family member we would be looking for professional help a long time ago.

Can't imagine he'd be able to remain aware of his surroundings in 2 more years

I don't see him running a lot already.

He'll be dead by then. His father lived to 95 or something but Trump proudly admits he doesn't exercise and he eats like shit. The best healthcare in the world can only keep a guy like that alive for so long before a lifetime of bad habits catch up to him.

Between his unhealthy lifestyle and increasing cognitive decline I'm not sure he's going to be alive in 2028.

I’d be really surprised if he’s still alive

Running is necessary to collect donations so yes

That man has obviously never run in his life.

I hope so. He'll likely run against Harris again, and assuming she doesn't tank the economy I don't see how he manages a win.

The longer he clings to power, the longer the GOP go without legitimate representation that isn't MAGA grifters. Looking at right-wing populism elsewhere across the world, you'll see that when the figurehead loses power they often don't have a successor lined up - and those that do end up in the shadow of the person that won't stop clinging to the idea that they are the "chosen one".

I don’t think so. Republicans are both spineless cowards and vicious bullies. When the Trump fever finally breaks from losing again as well as his legal troubles, expect the backlash to be swift and bloody.

I mean, it's quite possible he'll be dead by then

Yes.

His ability to make a career out of running for president is too lucrative to give up, sadly.

He is going to need a lot of money to stay out of jail, so yes, he will keep running to fleece until the last cent out the cultists.

Will he be alive? Lol

I feel like he'd just keep running until he wins and becomes a dictator or he dies.

If he loses he’ll be weaker than he’s been in a long time. I don’t see how he staves off the legal and political challenges he’ll be quickly inundated with. I think this election really means his survival or ruin.

Whether he runs again is not the right question. The council for national policy, an extreme right organization, is behind trumpism, supreme court justices trump nominated, and project 2025 which has been around since Reagan era but with different names. They will choose a different candidate as their wrecking ball who is younger and as fiery, unethical, without principles and an "outsider" as trump represent. Whether it's JD Vance or someone else.