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27th Feb 2018

Donald Trump to run for second term as US President in 2020

Conor Heneghan

Donald Trump 2020

Donald Trump could be President of the United States until 2024. Think about that for a second.

Donald Trump will stand for the presidency of the United States once again in 2020, once his first term in office comes to an end.

According to multiple outlets in the United States, Trump has decided that he will seek re-election to the White House in two years’ time and that Brad Parscale will be named as his campaign manager.

Parscale served as the digital media director for Trump’s election campaign in 2016.

The news was first reported by political commentator Matt Drudge on Tuesday and subsequently by a number of media outlets Stateside.

https://twitter.com/DRUDGE/status/968502680762003458

https://twitter.com/DRUDGE/status/968504986932948992

Trump’s move comes 980 days before the next election, earlier than any previous president and over 400 days earlier than Barack Obama declared his intention to run for a second term in 2012.

Earlier on Tuesday, it was revealed that Trump had agreed an “informal” deal with Boeing for two new Air Force One planes at a cost of $3.9 billion.

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