Former President of the United States Donald J. Trump delivers remarks at a Save America rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania on September 3, 2022.
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Trump will likely launch another presidential bid, The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman said.
But he might not see out the campaign, Haberman told CBS News.
Haberman was discussing her new Trump biography, “Confidence Man.”
Former President Donald Trump will likely run for office again in 2024, but might not see out the entire campaign, The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman said.
Haberman, who is promoting “Confidence Man,” her biography of Trump, in an interview on CBS News Sunday discussed the former president’s political future, amid a series of ongoing investigations into his businesses and presidency.
Host John Dickerson asked Haberman about longstanding rumors that Trump is considering launching another bid for the presidency in 2024, possibly just after the November 8 midterms.
“I don’t know,” said Haberman. “I think he’s backed himself into a corner where he has to run.”
“I think that he needs the protections that running for president [he thinks] would afford him in combating investigations that he calls a ‘witch hunt,'” Haberman said. “And it is the way that he fundraises and makes money. So much of his identity now is about being a politician. So, I expect that he will run. That doesn’t mean that even if he declares a candidacy, he will stay in the whole time.”
Trump is facing multiple investigations, including an FBI probe into his retention of government records after leaving office, and a New York attorney general’s office civil investigation into his business practices.
The former president had dismissed the investigations as plots by his political enemies. He reportedly believes that running for office again may provide him with a measure of protection against the investigations.
Haberman, who is known for her extensive contacts in Trump’s circle, revealed behind-the-scenes details of Trump’s political career in her book. In excerpts, she wrote that Trump considered refusing to leave the White House after his defeat in 2020.
Trump also apparently admitted to taking letters from North Korean dictator Kim Jong-un to Mar-a-Lago after leaving office, though later backtracked on the claim.
Trump criticized Haberman in a post on his Truth Social network last week, describing her book as “fake.”