Former US President Donald Trump's inner circle is discussing announcing the launch of a 2024 presidential campaign on November 14th, the publication Axios reported on Friday, citing three sources familiar with the discussions.
Trump teased a strong possibility of a comeback during a rally in Iowa on Thursday.
"And now, in order to make our country successful and safe and glorious, I will very, very, very probably do it again," the former president said during the rally on Thursday night, teasing a 2024 bid.
"Get ready that’s all I’m telling you – very soon. Get ready," he added.
“We are going to take back our magnificent White House.”
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Meanwhile, Mr Trump has settled a lawsuit filed by a group of protesters who say they were roughed up by the Republican’s private security guards during his 2015 presidential campaign.
The two sides settled as a jury was being selected in a New York courtroom for a civil trial, one of a spate of legal entanglements involving the former president.
Details of the settlement were not divulged.
“Although we were eager to proceed to trial to demonstrate the frivolousness of this case, the parties were ultimately able to come to an amicable resolution,” Mr Trump’s lawyer, Alina Habba, said. “We are very pleased with this outcome and are happy to finally put this matter to rest once and for all.”
The lawsuit was brought by five New Yorkers of Mexican origin. It alleges Mr Trump’s bodyguards attacked them outside his Manhattan skyscraper on September 3, 2015, as they protested against negative comments Mr Trump made about Mexico and Mexican immigrants.
News reporters recorded the guards ripping signs out of the hands of the protesters, then scuffling with some of them.
“Powerful men may put their names on buildings, but the sidewalk will always belong to the people,” the plaintiffs’ lawyer, Benjamin Dictor, said following the settlement announcement.
