Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, has stated that he will not run for president again if he loses the upcoming election.
During an interview on the TV show Full Measure on Sunday, Trump was asked about the possibility of running in 2024 if he loses to Vice President Kamala Harris in November.
“No, I don’t. I think that that will be it. I don’t see it all,” Trump said, adding that he remains confident about winning the election this year.
“I think that hopefully we’re gonna be successful,” he said.
Trump previously declined to participate in another presidential debate with Harris, after CNN announced that the Democrat had accepted an invitation for a debate on October 23. Harris replaced President Joe Biden as the Democratic Party’s candidate due to concerns over Biden’s age and the performance of their 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, explaining that the “voting has already started.” He previously criticized the ABC debate he had with Harris on September 10 as “dishonest” and “totally rigged,” while many allies claimed that the moderators were biased in favor of the Democrat.
Trump argued that Harris only wants a rematch “because she lost” and said that he would only consider another face-to-face debate hosted on a “fair network.”
Trump was elected in 2016 after defeating Hillary Clinton. He lost the presidency to Biden in 2020 and has since maintained that the election was rigged.
While the US Constitution limits a person to two terms as president, Trump had previously suggested the possibility of “negotiating” a third term if he were to be re-elected.