Donald Trump feels he has no choice but to run for president again in 2024. But the results of the midterm elections showed him, once again, to be a loser WorldAhead
By James Bennet: Lexington columnist, The Economist, Washington, DCto witness an exciting new political era—or a bludgeoning grudge match almost nobody wants. Whoever ends up dispatching Donald Trump, at long last, will determine that future. Will it be a primary opponent? Or, in the general election of 2024, will it be President Joe Biden, or a Democrat representing a new direction for the party?
But the results of the midterm elections showed Mr Trump, once again, to be a loser, as many of the candidates he endorsed were rejected by voters. Meanwhile a potential primary opponent, Governor Ron DeSantis of Florida, emerged as a new Republican powerhouse. Republican donors and officeholders, many of whom were yearning to be free of Mr Trump, will turn to Mr DeSantis.
Possibly not much, because it is impossible to count Mr Trump out. He understands leverage, and that has long allowed him to play weak hands to devastating effect. He has often wielded his militant supporters as a club to intimidate potential opponents and critics, with particularly destructive effect on January 6th 2021. From his perspective, the more opponents who split the anti-Trump vote in a primary, the better.Yet Mr Trump’s approach will also continue to limit him in a general election.
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