Donald Trump has once again suggested he intends to run for president again in 2024.
The former head of state also said he regrets not joining the storming of the US Capitol building during last year’s insurrection.
According to Trump, US law enforcement was to blame for his absence at the Capitol riots.
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On 6 January 2021, Trump delivered a speech to supporters in Washington and around 15 minutes in, urged supporters to march into the Capitol to refuse the ‘brazen and outrageous election theft’.
The march turned fatal - with five people dying and over 140 police officers injured.
In a lengthy interview with the Washington Post published on Thursday (7 April), Trump hinted at his 2024 presidential run, but stopped short of confirming it, pointing to uncertainty around his health.
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In the blockbuster interview, Trump insisted he ‘didn’t want to comment on running in the 2024 election’ but promised people would be ‘happy’ with his decision when it’s announced, as the US political landscape is currently ‘a little boring’.
Touching upon the issue of health, he told the outlet: “You always have to talk about health. You look like you're in good health, but tomorrow, you get a letter from a doctor saying come see me again [and] that's not good when they use the word ‘again’.”
The Republican also insisted he had every intention of joining his supporters at the Capitol riots, but was told by Secret Service agents that he ‘wasn’t allowed’.
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“Secret Service said I couldn’t go,” he said, adding: “I would have gone there in a minute.”
The newly-published interview comes days after Trump seemingly accepted he had in fact been defeated by Joe Biden in 2020’s election.
It took Trump several months to concede defeat following his loss to Biden, and even then, he's continued to push false claims that he was the true winner, alleging without evidence that he was the victim of widespread election fraud.
But during The Atlantic's panel interview with a group of presidential historians - published on Monday (4 April) - Trump said he ‘didn’t win the election', suggesting he's finally prepared to move on.
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The comments came as Trump spoke about his tough stance on foreign leaders, ranking a number of countries by who was 'happiest' to see him no longer in office, singling out South Korean president Moon Jae-in and saying he would have charged the country more for US military aid.
He said: "By not winning the election [Moon Jae-in] was the happiest man – I would say, in order, China was – no, Iran was the happiest.
"[Moon] was going to pay $5bn, $5bn a year. But when I didn’t win the election, he had to be the happiest – I would rate, probably, South Korea third- or fourth-happiest."
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Topics: Donald Trump
Aisha Nozari