Trump confirms he will run again for US presidency in 2024

Former President Donald Trump declared Tuesday he will mount a third run for the White House, telling a crowd at his Mar-a-Lago estate, “In order to make America great and glorious again, I am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the United States.”

The announcement comes just a week after a disappointing midterm showing for Republicans and will force the party to decide whether to embrace a candidate whose refusal to accept defeat in 2020 sparked an insurrection and pushed American democracy to the brink.

“I am running because I believe the world has not yet seen the true glory of what this nation can be,” Trump said to an audience of several hundred supporters, club members and gathered press in a chandeliered ballroom at his Palm Beach club.

“We will again put America first,” he added.