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PALM BEACH, Fla. Former President Donald Trump announced that he is running for the 2024 Republican nomination for president, seeking to stage a dramatic return to the White House after having lost his bid for re-election to Joe Biden in 2020.

Trump, a Republican and the leader of the "Make America Great Again" movement, announced his third presidential bid on Tuesday during a speech at his Mar-a-Lago, Florida, home after having teased a bid since leaving office in 2021.

"In order to make America great and glorious again. I am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the United States," Trump said Tuesday evening to a crowd of supporters.

"But just as I promised in 2016, I am your voice. I am your voice. The Washington establishment wants to silence us, but we will not let them do that. What we have built together over the past six years is the greatest movement in history because it is not about politics. It's about our love for this great country, America, and we're not going to let it fail," said Trump.

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"I am running because I believe the world has not yet seen the true glory of what this nation can be. We have not reached that pinnacle, believe it or not," he continued, blaming President Biden for the current state of the nation. "In fact, we can go very far. We're going to have to go far first. We have to get out of this ditch. And once we're out, you'll see things that nobody imagined for any country. It's called the United States of America. And it's an incredible place."

Former President Donald Trump announced his third presidential bid. (Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Trump first won the presidency in 2016 against former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton. If he is elected again, he would become only the second president to retake the White House after having been ousted, a feat achieved by Grover Cleveland in 1892 after he had lost the presidency to Benjamin Harrison in 1888. A victory would make Trump the 45th and the 47th president.

Since his loss, Trump has challenged the legitimacy of the 2020 election results, repeatedly claiming the race was "rigged," due to the COVID pandemic-era process of mail-in ballots. Trump falsely claimed the election was stolen, and his legal team filed a slew of lawsuits in battleground states across the nation.

Trumps announcement comes one week after the 2022 midterm elections in which Republicans did not obtain an anticipated "red wave" of victories. Democrats kept control of the Senate and if Republicans are able to capture a majority in the House, it is expected to be slight. The former president was heavily involved in the midterms, throwing his support behind Republican candidates across the nation. During the primaries, the majority of Trump-endorsed candidates were victorious, becoming the GOP nominee in their races.

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The economy, which has been a top issue for voters during the 2022 midterm election cycle amid record-high inflation, was strong under Trumps presidencywith an increase in middle-class family income, the lowest unemployment rate in half a century and unprecedented job growth.

The stock market hit record highs, with the Dow closing above 20,000 for the first time in 2017 and topping 30,000 in 2020, and the S&P 500 and NASDAQ also hitting record highs.

Trump also worked to cut red tape and reduce regulations facing American businesses and workers, working to put in place policies to bring back supply chains from overseas, in line with his "Make America Great Again" and "America First" messaging.

As for trade relations, Trump immediately withdrew from the Trans-Pacific Partnership and ended the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) in January 2017, replacing it with the existing United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA), which included new protections for American manufacturers and workers.

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Trump also signed an executive order making it government policy to "Buy American and Hire American," and took action to stop outsourcing of jobs overseas.

Another issue for Americans during the midterm election cycle has been energy and record-high gas prices.

Former President Donald Trump greets supporters before speaking at a rally, Thursday, Nov. 3, 2022, in Sioux City, Iowa. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall) (AP)

Under the Trump administration, Trump ensured that the U.S. was the number one producer of oil and natural gas in the world, but President Biden reversed some of those policies and refocused on clean energy.

Meanwhile, the Trump administrations foreign policy message was one that focused on "peace through strength."

Trump withdrew from the Iran Nuclear Dealwhich the Biden administration began taking steps to re-enter when he took office in 2021.

Trump held a historic summit with Kim Jong Un in June 2018he was the first sitting U.S. president to cross the demilitarized zone into North Korea. ICBM testing was paused during the Trump administration, but North Korea did continue to test for short and medium-range ballistic missiles. North Korea has been ramping up its ballistic missile testing under the Biden administration.

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Regarding the Middle East, the Trump administration brokered the Abraham accords, a "historic peace agreement" between Israel and the United Arab Emirates that normalized relations and created bilateral agreements regarding "investment, tourism, direct flights, security, telecommunications, technology, energy, health care, culture, the environment, the establishment of reciprocal embassies, and other areas of mutual benefit."

In 2018, the Trump administration moved the U.S. embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem a relocation long debated in Washington and one that showed the U.S. officially recognizing Jerusalem as the capital of Israel.

Trumps administration also rebuilt the military, with more than $2.2 trillion in defense spending, delivering pay raises for service members and their families. Trump's administration also created a new branch of the military the Space Force.

Trump appointed and had three conservative justices confirmed to the Supreme Court during his presidency Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett.

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Meanwhile, Trumps administration worked to make communities safer, signing the First Step Act into law--the first landmark criminal justice reform legislation passed to reduce recidivism and help former inmates successfully rejoin society.

A law-and-order president, Trump delivered support for law-enforcement and put a major focus on protecting and securing the U.S.-Mexico southern border. (James Devaney/GC Images)

A law-and-order president, Trump delivered support for law enforcement and put a major focus on protecting and securing the U.S.-Mexico southern border.

Trump's presidency, from 2017 to 2021, was clouded by investigationsseveral into whether he colluded with Russia to influence the 2016 election, some focused on his finances and others that led to impeachment, making him the first president in United States history to have been impeached twice.

Trumps post-presidential life has been reminiscent of his days in the Oval Office, marred by probes, which the former president and his allies said were just part of an effort by his political opponents to prevent him from running for re-election in 2024.

The former president is currently under federal investigation by the Justice Department for allegedly mishandling classified documents under the Presidential Records Act. A federal judge appointed Judge Raymond Dearie to serve as special master and review the thousands of records seized by the FBI. Trump and his legal team have argued that none of the documents taken from his Mar-a-Lago home were classified.

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The FBI conducted an unprecedented pre-dawn raid of his private residence at Mar-a-Lago in August, alleging that the former president had classified national security information.

The investigation comes amid a criminal investigation into Trump and his familys business practices by New York Attorney General Letitia James.

Trump raised $10.2 million in August after the FBIs unprecedented raidthe most Save America PAC had raised in a month since Trump was in office. As of mid-October, Trumps Save America PAC had just under $100 million cash-on-hand.

The FBI has been criticized for raiding former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago home. (Fox News)

Also this summer, a federal appeals court paved the way for the House Ways and Means Committee to finally obtain Trumps tax returns from the Internal Revenue Servicesomething the panel has been trying to obtain since 2019, under a law that permits the disclosure of an individual's tax returns to the congressional committee.

Trump may seek emergency intervention measures from the Supreme Court in an attempt to temporarily block any release of these tax recordswhich likely will come under renewed scrutiny now that he decided to run for a third time.

When Trump first took office in January 2017, the FBI was in the middle of conducting a counterintelligence investigation into whether candidate Donald Trump and members of his campaign were colluding or coordinating with Russia to influence the 2016 election. That investigation was referred to inside the bureau as "Crossfire Hurricane," and began on July 31, 2016.

That investigation was opened, despite then-CIA Director John Brennan briefing then-President Obama on July 28, 2016 about a purported proposal from one of Hillary Clinton's campaign foreign policy advisers "to vilify Donald Trump by stirring up a scandal claiming interference by the Russian security service."

Special Counsel Robert Mueller ultimately was appointed to take over the investigation, but, after nearly two years, Muellers investigation, which concluded in March 2019, yielded no evidence of criminal conspiracy or coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian officials during the 2016 presidential election.

Special Counsel John Durham is currently investigating the origins of the FBI's Trump-Russia probe.

Mueller's investigation yielded no evidence of criminal conspiracy or coordination between the Trump campaign and Russian officials during the 2016 presidential election.

Weeks after Muellers probe was complete, Trump had a phone call with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy during which he pressed Zelenskyy to launch investigations into the Biden familys actions and business dealings in Ukrainespecifically Hunter Bidens ventures with Ukrainian natural gas firm Burisma Holdings. Hunter Biden, at the time, was, and still is, under federal criminal investigation for his tax affairs, prompted by suspicious foreign transactions.

The presidents request came after millions in U.S. military aid to Ukraine had been frozen, which Democrats and some witnesses have cited as a quid pro quo arrangement. Democrats also claimed Trump was meddling in the next presidential election by asking a foreign leader to look into a Democratic political opponent.

Trumps conversation with Zelenskyy prompted a whistleblower complaint, which led to the House impeachment inquiry, and ultimately, impeachment proceedings in the Senate.

The House voted to impeach Trump in December 2019 on two counts abuse of power and obstruction of Congress. The Senate voted for acquittal in February 2020.

Meanwhile, on Jan. 6, 2021, pro-Trump rioters breached the U.S. Capitol during a joint session of Congress to certify the Electoral College results in favor of President Biden. Trump was permanently banned from Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, Snapchat and YouTube after the riot.

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The House of Representatives then drafted articles of impeachment against him again, and ultimately voted to impeach him on a charge of inciting an insurrection for the Jan. 6 Capitol riotmaking him the first and only president to be impeached, and ultimately acquitted, twice in history.

Trump's legal team denounced the proceedings as an unconstitutional "sham impeachment" against a private citizen, driven by Democrats' "hatred" for Trump and desire to silence a political opponent.

The Senate voted to acquit, but had Trump been convicted, the Senate would have moved to bar the 45th president from holding federal office ever again, preventing a 2024 White House run.

Fox News' Kelly Laco contributed to this report.

Brooke Singman is a Fox News Digital politics reporter. You can reach her at Brooke.Singman@Fox.com or @BrookeSingman on Twitter.

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Donald Trump probably scheduled an appearance at Mar-a-Lago on Tuesday with certain expectations. Like much of his party, the former president had spent recent weeks expressing great confidence about dramatic Republican gains in the midterm elections, and the watch party at his glorified country club was supposed to be a celebration.

That is, until attendees started taking stock of the election results as they came in.

Trump unconvincingly described the night as an interesting evening, before wrapping up his appearance quickly.

It was just as well. After all, there wasnt much else he could say. As a Washington Post report summarized:

Midterms are inevitably a referendum on the party in power, but Trump made this years about him, as well. Though not on the ballot himself, the Trump ticket was, as he called his slate of endorsed candidates in key states.

While its not yet clear how all of the Trump-backed candidates have fared in high-profile, statewide contests, some of his candidates including Mehmet Oz in Pennsylvania have already lost, and as the political world takes stock of the results, its hard not to notice that Republicans were burdened by weak and failed candidates chosen directly by the former president.

One GOP insider told Fox News, If it wasnt clear before, it should be now: We have a Trump problem. The network ran this report Wednesday morning:

Many conservatives put the blame on former President Donald Trump for the GOPs underwhelming midterm election results, which saw Trump candidates across the country failing to gain office. Many conservative commentators took the election results as a sign it was time for the GOP to move on from Trump. Commentators argued that Trump had endorsed outlandish candidates who turned easy victories into close races, and close races into losses. Others compared Trumps failure to secure wins across the country with the huge wave of support for Republicans in Gov. Ron DeSantis Florida.

Im starting to think putting the partys direction in the hands of a twice-impeached, corrupt former president who lost the popular vote twice was unwise.

Indeed, the current circumstances couldnt be much worse for the former president. On the legal front, Trump is currently facing criminal investigations that might lead to his indictment. On the polling front, the Republican remains broadly unpopular. And on the electoral front, he went out of his way to insert himself into the midterm elections, which were supposed to be a great success for the GOP and mightve been far better if he hadnt prioritized loyalty to himself above all other considerations.

He expected to wake up on Wednesday as his partys ultimate kingmaker. Instead, as the dust settles on Election Day, Trump has never been politically weaker than he is right now.

The former president wasnt on the ballot, but he managed to lose anyway.

Steve Benen is a producer for "The Rachel Maddow Show," the editor of MaddowBlog and an MSNBC political contributor. He's also the bestselling author of "The Impostors: How Republicans Quit Governing and Seized American Politics."

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Donald Trump campaigned for candidates in Iowa, including Kim Reynolds, Chuck Grassley

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SIOUX CITY As he stumped for Iowa Republicans Thursday night, Donald Trump told his huddled, chilly fans that next weeks midterm elections are the first step toward a greater victory one, he hinted strongly, with him at the center.

In order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, the former Republican president said, I will very, very, very probably do it again.

Everyone understood what "it" was run for president.

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Outside the Sioux Gateway Airport, where frigid winds carried a strong stench of manure, the crowd cheered louder than it had all evening. They chanted his name.

Get ready, he said. Thats all Im telling you. Get ready.

Ostensibly, Trump came to deep red northwest Iowa Thursday night to stump for states Republicans, headlined by Gov. Kim Reynolds and U.S. Sen. Chuck Grassley. But his speech quickly shifted and fixated on Trump himself.

He spent a few minutes trumpeting what he described as wins for Iowa farmers, including negotiated trade deals with Canada, China and Mexico. He also complimented the candidates, making a point on how tough Grassley was.

But those comments were sandwiched among many claims about himself, launching into unproven accusations of voter fraud and debunked claims of rigged elections, endorsing same-day-only voting and paper ballots that he said would "save a lot of money" and promising to "make America great again."

He wrapped up the speech by connecting next weeks midterm election results to larger victories in 2024.

This is the year were going to take back the House, he said. Were going to take back the Senate. Were going to take back America. And in 2024 most importantly were going to take back our magnificent White House. Were going to take it back. We should have never left.

Trump has coyly suggested at recent events that he will run for president again in 2024, though he hasn't made any official declarations.

Thursdays visit comes as he is reportedly preparing to launch a new presidential campaign in 2024. Associates of Trump said they expect the former president to announce his candidacy shortly after Election Day but cautioned that the timing is up to him,USA TODAY reported.

Iowa will once again lead off the presidential nominating process with its Republican caucus in 2024, and potential challengers have already made stops in the state.

Iowa Republicans hope Trump's visit will fire up the partys base and drive turnout in critical midterm elections next week. Outside the event, the parking lot lawn featured the usual Trump-centric merchandise, with vendors hawking hats and flags and hoodies dedicated to the former president.

U.S. Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, a firebrand Republican from Georgia, warmed up the crowd, taking the stage to hail her party's "one true leader" Trump.

"Republicans are going to have to be the new Republican Party," she said, urging on the crowd. "We can no longer be the party of Mitch McConnell, John McCain, Dick Cheney, George Bush and Mitt Romney or any other sell-out, weak Republican."

There were plenty of Iowans eager to hear that message. By 2:30 p.m., lines of people had already formed.

Bob Witchey arrived at the Sioux Gateway Airport at 10 a.m. Thursday, nine hours before Trump was scheduled to take the stage.

Witchey, a 61-year-old cattle rancher from ONeill, Nebraska, stopped by a vendors tent, bought a camouflage Trump 2024 hat and got in line with his fellow conservative diehards. They talked about the need for Republicans to take control of the U.S. House and Senate during next weeks elections, decrease government spending and arrest more immigrants at the Mexican border.

Witchey said he drove two hours to Sioux City on Thursday morning because the event was a once in a lifetime opportunity to stand with like-minded thinkers and see Trump up close.

I didnt wait for eight hours just to stand here, he said, shaking the green paper bracelet on his wrist that put him in a gated-off section near the stage. I want to be up front. Its kind of a trophy to me.

In fact, at Trumps urging, security let others into the gated-off section up front about halfway through the speech. Trump told the crowd it was a shame that the fake news media had a better view of them than they did. The event was also less crowded than some of his others, including his appearance in Des Moines last year.

Republicans were banking on Trump's Iowa visit to help stoke a red wave of enthusiasm and discontent that could help them wipe the board of Democrats, lifting lesser-known down-ballot candidates such as Republicanattorney general candidate Brenna Birdandauditor candidate Todd Halbur.

An October Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll showsReynolds handily leadingher Democratic opponent, businesswoman Deidre DeJear. The same pollshows Grassley with his narrowest leadsince he was first elected to the U.S. Senate andsqueaky tight contestsin two of four U.S. House districts.

We're all fired up tonight," Reynolds told the crowd. "We're five days out, and we talk an awful lot about a red wave. And the only way that red wave is going to happen is if we build it. And in order to build it, we need you to show up.

Please help me get my own attorney general in Brenna Bird! Reynolds said to cheers. Bird is challenging longtime Iowa Democratic Attorney General Tom Miller.

Grassley also tossed some political red meat for the crowd.

"Im not going to give up on trying to get political bias out of the FBI," he said, drawing his biggest cheer of the night. "And Im not going to give up on my investigation of Hunter Biden and other Bidens."

Iowa Democrats were critical of Trump and Iowa Republicans who appeared with him.

While Kim Reynolds and Chuck Grassley pal around with a defeated former president who continues to attack our democracy, Iowa Democrats are busy knocking doors, meeting Iowans where they are and mobilizing voters," Iowa Democratic Party Chair Ross Wilburn said in a statement. Kim Reynolds, Chuck Grassley and the Iowa GOP take orders from their corporate donors, billionaire buddies and MAGA Republicans at the expense of Iowas working families.

In a counter-rally in Des Moines at the same time Thursday night, Democratic U.S. Senate candidate Mike Franken indirectly took aim at Trump and Grassley, emphasizing the importance of "country over party."

"Our campaign centers around country over party," Franken said. "But you know, I believe at the center of every campaign, every leader, every elected office must be the basic sense that its country over yourself. Even when theres money to be made, favors to be curried, its you second to the objective."

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The former president has been on the road throughout October, holding rallies for Republicans across the country. But he remains a polarizing figure, and hes focused his attention on races where he can help drive his MAGA base without alienating potential swing voters.

Though he lost the 2020 election to Democrat Joe Biden, Trump carried Iowa in both 2016 and 2020.

When he led the ticket as a presidential candidate in 2020, Iowa Republicans credited him with helping to drive a surge of voters that lifted GOP candidates across the board.

There is no question, (Trump) was a real force in the turnout of Republicans, Republican strategist David Kochel told the Des Moines Register at the time. Without the base being as galvanized as they were, none of our candidates would have been successful.

The Registers latest Iowa Poll shows that most Iowans hold unfavorable views of Trump, but most Republicans view him favorably.

The poll found 52% of Iowans say their feelings toward Trump are very or mostly unfavorable up from 45% who said so in September 2021. The number of Iowans who say their feelings toward Trump are very or mostly favorable has dropped to 46% from 53% in September 2021. Yet Trump earns favorable ratings from 83% of Republicans.

During Thursdays appearance, Trump largely stumped on his usual talking points about the countrys problems under Biden. He told the crowd that too many immigrants were entering the country, that cities like Atlanta and Chicago are too dangerous and that New York taxes people too much.

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He attacked communist Democrats for expanding the times when people can vote. He said the liberal party should not allow transgender girls to compete in girls' athletics, echoing a statement Reynolds made.

Trump also lashed out about the criminal probes against him.

They even raided Mar-a-Lago, he said. Can you believe it? They raided Mar-a-Lago. Spying on their political rivals. Silencing dissent and using the full force of government, law enforcement, and the media to try and defeat the greatest movement in the history of our country. MAGA! MAGA!

Trump again declared Democrats rigged the election against him an accusation that court after court has rejected.

"This is a very unfair thing to your favorite president," Trump said. "But what the hell? Ive been treated so unfairly. What the hell difference does it make? Your favorite president got screwed.

If Trump does officially run for president, he could have competition within his own party.

Other potential candidates have already begun flooding Iowa, which will hold its traditional first-in-the-nation Republican caucuses in 2024 to launch the presidential nominating process. They include former Vice President Mike Pence, former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley and U.S. Sen. Tom Cotton.

Sisters Brenda Vodensteine, Barb Kreber and Julie Phillips came to Sioux City Thursday to feel energized before the election. They said they hope Trump runs again in 2024.

He has the guts to stand up, said 67-year-old Bob Phillips, Julies husband.

Hes the only one whos fearless enough, added Vodensteine.

Hes got common sense, Kreber said.

We had prosperity (when he was in office), Vodensteine said. We had safety.

And we had common sense, Kreber said.

Bill Wood, 70, of Galva, said he wasnt so sure about a 2024 run for Trump. He wants to see how a primary shakes out, and he's interested in Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis.

Wood, a retired manager at the Tyson Foods pork processing plant in Storm Lake, said Republicans need to take control of Congress, force government officials to patrol the border more intensely and spend less money.

Greene, a Republican U.S. representative known for espousing right-wing conspiracy theories, helped rally the crowd before Trump's arrival. She decried rising inflation and high rates of crime.

But the only crime victim you hear about from Democrats and the media is Paul Pelosi," she said, drawing boos from the crowd.

Paul Pelosi, the husband of U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, was brutally assaulted by a man who broke into his San Francisco home looking for his wife.

"Paul Pelosi should have been a gun owner and shot his attacker," Greene continued. "But Democrats in the media completely ignore horrific crimes against Americans every day.

Greene also called for a "new Republican Party" in order to "truly save America" and called out Republicans whom Grassley has served with, such as McConnell, McCain and Romney, dismissing them as sellouts who hold "hands with Democrats and serves the globalist agenda that is the enemy of us all.

"Everyone knows the one true leader of the Republican Party, and that's my favorite president and yours, Donald J. Trump.

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Brianne Pfannenstiel is the chief politics reporter for the Register. Reach her atbpfann@dmreg.comor 515-284-8244. Follow her on Twitter at@brianneDMR.

Tyler Jett covers jobs and the economy for the Des Moines Register. Reach him attjett@registermedia.com, 515-284-8215, or on Twitter at@LetsJett.

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Donald Trump juiced his ride-or-die devotion to election-fraud lies this week in a podcast chat with far-right conspiracy theorist Dinesh DSouza.

Trump said people voted 28 times in the 2020 election to cheat him out of a second term in office. (Watch the video below.)

DSouza directed 2,000 Mules, the film that purports to prove vote-fraud claims but has been dismissed as endlessly debunkable by HuffPost and other outlets. The so-called documentary insists that Joe Biden-supporting ballot mules inserted armloads of votes into several drop boxes.

DSouza, whom the former president pardoned in 2018 after DSouza pleaded guilty in 2014 to making an illegal donation to a GOP Senate candidate, asked Trump: It seems to me that what youre saying is that you think that there was cheating all different ways. 2,000 Mules may have captured one of the ways, but there were other formers of cheating going on as well, correct?

Yeah, 2,000 Mules was one way, Trump replied. That was a very conclusive way because you were taking government tapes. ... And then, of course, they voted six, seven, eight times. As much as they could in the local area. Some of the people went back, I guess they said 28 times in one day, to vote at different places.

Trump did not say where he got the figure. An executive producer of 2,000 Mules claimed on Fox News earlier this year that the average amount of visits by said mules was 38.

Trump alleged the ballot stuffers didnt overdo it because that would have been detectable. Theyre very smart, Trump said.

Trump continues to promote his election lies as he teases his candidacy in the 2024 presidential election. A poll last month showed Republicans loyalty to him was dipping.

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Donald Trump Makes Perhaps His Wildest Claim Yet About 2020 Election

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