Former President Donald Trump said on Sunday he “doesn’t believe” he would run for president again in 2028 if he fails to return to the White House in 2024.
“No, I don’t think so. I think that’s it,” Trump said when journalist Sharyl Attkisson asked him if he would run again.
The comment was notable because Trump appeared to rule out a fourth run for the White House and because he rarely admits the possibility that he could lose an election. Trump typically insists that could only happen if there was widespread fraud, a false accusation he made in 2020 and has preemptively raised again during his 2024 presidential campaign.
Trump would be 82 in 2028, a year older than President Joe Biden is today. Biden withdrew from the race in July after a disastrous debate performance and months of Trump and other conservatives accusing him of being too aged and unpredictable for the job.
Attkisson interviewed Trump for her show “Full Measure.” During the 22-minute interview, Trump also defended his record on the coronavirus pandemic, taking credit for the development of the COVID-19 vaccines developed during his presidency while also saying, “They’re doing studies on the vaccines and we’ll find out” whether they’re unthreatening.
Trump said Republicans had become skeptical of the vaccines while Democrats trusted them.
The 2028 statement came at the very end of the interview, which also included a question about how Trump stays hearty. “I try to eat right,” the former president said, to which Attkisson responded in disbelief, noting that Trump is notorious for his love of hamburgers.
“Real hamburgers,” Trump said.
