President Trump will announce this week that he plans to run for reelection in 2020.
Conservative news aggregator Matt Drudge made the announcement Tuesday on his website.
The president plans to tap former digital adviser Brad Parscale, who is presently spearheading a pro-Trump outside group called America First Policies, as his campaign manager, Drudge reported.
According to Drudge, Trump plans to “stun the political” world by announcing his reelection bid only 13 months into his presidency, but Trump’s decision to run for reelection is not a surprise.
He has repeatedly talked about being president for eight years, and he filed paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission in January of last year for his reelection committee — the same month he was inaugurated.
But the decision to leak the news to Drudge and to formally announce a campaign suggests the White House wants to rally Trump’s base at a time when Republicans are facing difficult prospects in the fall midterm elections, and when Trump himself is dealing with a series of news stories related to special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation into Russia.
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JUST IN: Trump to announce 2020 reelection run, tap digital strategist to be campaign manager https://t.co/dTzlQstSHQ pic.twitter.com/tQQf0AE4hg
— The Hill (@thehill) February 27, 2018
I am kind of amazed that this exchange hasn't gotten more attention:
Top officials from both the Trump and Clinton campaigns agreeing that Facebook's ad-pricing algorithm charged Clinton 100 to 200 TIMES as much for its ads as it charged Trump. pic.twitter.com/ZToqXZp9bf
— Joshua Benton (@jbenton) February 26, 2018
After some discussion we've decided to share the CPM comparison on Trump campaign ads vs. Clinton campaign ads. This chart shows that during general election period, Trump campaign paid slightly higher CPM prices on most days rather than lower as has been reported. pic.twitter.com/u0qgUQ02qM
— Boz (@boztank) February 27, 2018
So what’s Trump going to do if the Republicans lose both the House and the Senate before 2020 — a very likely scenario?
My guess is it won’t matter. Trump will simply revert to his Democrat roots. He will have completely wrecked the Republican Party — which was his mission in the first place.
Not that the Republican Party needed any help swirling the bowl.
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