Only one U.S. president has served nonconsecutive terms: Grover Cleveland. Cleveland lost the election in 1888 before returning to office in 1893, making him the 22nd and 24th president.
Apparently, Donald Trump hopes to follow in his footsteps. Though he has yet to explicitly announce a 2024 campaign, he has repeatedly hinted that he plans to run again, telling rally audiences he wants to “make America great again, again… again” and a crowd at one of his golf courses that he’ll be the “45th and 47th” president. And Trump’s political committees announced they have accumulated an astonishing $122 million in cash, as of February.
But how likely is it that Trump will actually run again in 2024, let alone become the Republican Party nominee — or win reelection? After all, the House panel investigating the January 6 riot at the Capitol has found that Trump and his associates engaged in a “criminal conspiracy to defraud the United States” and prevent Congress from certifying Joe Biden’s 2020 victory. But lawmakers can only refer their findings to the Justice Department, which has not indicated it plans to pursue charges against Trump, as the Associated Press reported.
Trump and many of his supporters remain committed to “the big lie” that he never lost the 2020 election to Biden, and Trump’s encouragement of the insurrection doesn’t seem to have cost him popularity with the GOP base or support from many party leaders.
