Trump rules out running for president again
US Republican candidate Donald Trump has said he will not run for the White House again if he loses to Vice President Kamala Harris in the November election.
In an interview on the TV show Full Measure on Sunday, Trump was asked whether a 2028 campaign could happen.
“No, I don’t. I think that that will be it. I don’t see it all,” the former president replied, adding that he remains optimistic about winning the election this year.
“I think that hopefully we’re gonna be successful,” he said.
Trump earlier ruled out participating in another presidential debate with Harris, after CNN announced that the Democrat had accepted an invitation for a showdown on October 23. Harris replaced President Joe Biden as the Democratic Party’s nominee in July, amid concerns over Biden’s electability given his age and a disastrous televised debate with Trump in June.
“The problem with another debate is that it’s just too late,” Trump told supporters at a rally in Wilmington, North Carolina, noting that “voting has already started.” He previously slammed the ABC debate he had with Harris on September 10 as “dishonest” and “totally rigged,” accusing the moderators of being biased in favor of the Democrat.
Trump argued that Harris only wants a rematch “because she lost” and said he would only consider another face-to-face hosted on a “fair network.”
Trump was elected in 2016, when he defeated Hillary Clinton. He lost the presidency to Biden in 2020 and has since insisted that the election was rigged.
While the US Constitution bans a person from serving as president for more than two terms, Trump had floated the idea of somehow “negotiating” a third term if he gets re-elected.
