Monday 8 August 2022 03:31 AM Trump drops strongest hint YET of potential 2024 presidential run as he says ... trends now
Donald Trump blasted President Joe Biden's botched withdrawal from Afghanistan while dropping his strongest hint yet that of a potential 2024 presidential bid.
The former president told fellow Republicans 'the time is coming' for him to make a formal announcement about his next bid for the White House.
Trump said he believes 'people are going to be very happy' with his decision while noting that America has 'lost everything' under Biden's leadership.
His proclamation comes as a prominent GOP donor who gave hundreds of thousands of dollars to Trump's 2016 and 2020 campaigns told DailyMail.com he does not believe former president will run for president again.
Instead, the donor said he could see Trump anointing Florida Governor Ron DeSantis to take on the national MAGA torch.
Donald Trump blasted President Joe Biden's botched withdrawal from Afghanistan while dropping his strongest hint yet that of a potential 2024 presidential bid
Trump, giving the keynote address at the Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) in Dallas, Texas this weekend, confirmed he will be making his plans to run for office public in the near future.
'It's certainly not a very long period, the time is coming,' Trump said Saturday when Fox News asked when Republicans could expect a formal announcement.
'I think people are going to be very happy, our country has never been in a position like this, we've lost everything.'
He argued the nation was facing both domestic and foreign policy crises, stating America lost its 'prestige' when Biden withdrew US troops from Afghanistan last year.
'Our country has never been at a worse point,' Trump said.
'They gave away $85 billion worth of equipment, dead soldiers, you still have Americans over there probably as hostages, eventually will be hostages, there has never been a time like this.'
Trump (left, pictured Saturday) argued the nation was facing both domestic and foreign policy crises, stating America lost its 'prestige' when Biden (right, pictured Sunday) withdrew US troops from Afghanistan last year. Trump alleged 'our country has never been at a worse point'
'They gave away $85 billion worth of equipment, dead soldiers, you still have Americans over there probably as hostages, eventually will be hostages, there has never been a time like this,' Trump said of the Afghanistan withdrawal. PICTURED: Hundreds of people run alongside an Air Force C-17 transport plane as it moves down a runway in Kabul, Afghanistan on Aug. 16, 2021
PICTURED: A US Air Force C-17 Globemaster III safely transports approximately 640 Afghan citizens from Hamid Karzai International Airport on August 15, 2021
He also claimed the US is a 'nation that allowed Russia to devastate a country, Ukraine, killing hundreds of thousands of people, and it will only get worse.'
Trump complained that Biden turned 'the safest border in US history by far' into 'the worst border ever in history.'
'Just last month, an illegal alien here in Texas was indicted for the cold blooded murders of four elderly women throughout the state. And he's been linked to the deaths of at least 24 people,' he said.
'What we do in the next few months and the next few years will determine whether American civilization will collapse and fail or whether it will thrive, frankly like never before.'
He added: 'We'll be making an announcement in the not too distant future.'
Trump (pictured Saturday) promised his followers he would be 'making an announcement in the not too distant future' about his decision to run in 2024. He also commented on the 2020 election, which he continues to maintain was 'rigged and stolen'
