Melania Trump isn’t keen on Donald running in
2024 – but that won’t stop him
Arwa
Mahdawi
The former president is thinking about standing again.
While I’d love to laugh at the idea of him winning a second time, the polls
offer a heavy note of caution
Tue 7 Sep
2021 12.52 BST
Say what
you like about Melania Trump, the woman is consistent. She displayed zero
interest in being first lady in 2016, and it seems she has zero interest in
being first lady ever again. According to mysterious sources who recently spoke
to CNN about Melania’s mindset, she has no desire to ever return to the White House.
Should her bitter half decide he wants to prove the losers and haters wrong and
run for president in 2024, she won’t be accompanying him on the campaign trail.
Instead, CNN reports, one of his adult sons’ partners will probably do the
honours.
Could
Donald Trump really run for president again? In an April interview with Fox, he
said he was “100% thinking about running again”. In May he told the rightwing
media personality Candace Owens that “people are going to be very, very happy
when I make a certain announcement”. And just last week it was reported that
congressman Jim Jordan said Trump was “ready to announce after all of this
craziness in Afghanistan”.
Say Trump
did run again – could he win? While I’d love to laugh at the idea, it’s not
impossible. He could certainly win the Republican nomination: a poll in
February found 54% of Republican voters would back Trump in the 2024 Republican
presidential primary. Mike Pence was the second-favourite, and he only got 12%
of the vote. If the election were held now, a recent Emerson poll found, Trump
would narrowly beat Biden, whose approval ratings have recently tanked.
But
anything could happen in the next few years. At Trump’s inauguration, Melania
reportedly masterminded “Operation Block Ivanka” to ensure the president’s
daughter didn’t steal her thunder. If Melania’s serious about not wanting a
second go at being first lady, perhaps it’s time for Operation Block Donald.
Arwa Mahdawi is a Guardian columnist
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