Trump considering running again for president in 2024 — report

US President Donald Trump is reportedly considering running again for president in 2024, according to a report on Monday, which indicated that the president was inching closer to admitting defeat in the race.

The report by Axios, which quoted two sources familiar with discussions on the matter, said Trump expressed interest in the idea in conversation with his advisers. As a one-term president, Trump can again seek the presidency for an additional term at a future date. If he runs again in 2024, he’ll be 78 years old — seven months older than Joe Biden, the oldest president-elect in US history, is now.

CNN reported last week, as the election results were still being counted, that aides to the US president have begun to discuss another prospective presidential run in four years’ time. The US network said the idea was raised in conversation with Trump.

Trump has yet to concede defeat in the election to Biden and has falsely claimed the election was stolen. He has promised to mount legal challenges to dispute the results. Trump has thrown out baseless allegations that the election wasn’t fair and “illegal” votes were counted, promised a flurry of legal action and fired off all-caps tweets falsely insisting he’d “WON THIS ELECTION, BY A LOT.”

While some in his circle were nudging Trump to concede graciously, many of his Republican allies, including on Capitol Hill, were egging him on, or giving him space to process his loss — at least for the time being.

Trump is not expected to formally concede, according to some people close to him, but is likely to grudgingly vacate the White House at the end of his term. Reports have indicated that his son-in-law Jared Kushner and wife Melania have been urging him to concede.