Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign event since a man carrying a rifle was shot on Sunday at the Dort Financial Center in Flint, Florida, on September 17, 2024. His first event since being arrested while playing golf near the Dortmund Financial Center in Michigan.
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Former President Donald Trump says he doesn't see himself running for office again in four years if he loses the November election.
“No, I think that's it, that's it. I don't think so at all,” Trump tell the interviewer Sharyl Attkisson was asked on her show “All In” if he would run again in four years if his presidential bid failed.
“I think hopefully we can be successful,” Trump added in the interview that aired Sunday.
The Trump campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The former president was also asked if he would include former Hawaii Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, tech billionaire Elon Musk or former independent presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr. if he were to win re-election. Appointed to cabinet position. Trump did not rule out the possibility.
Trump advises Kennedy pause his presidential campaign and Agree The former president last month will “make a huge contribution to health and the environment”. Asked if that meant leading the Department of Health and Human Services, Trump responded “it doesn't make any sense” and said he had not yet reached an agreement with anyone on potential Cabinet appointments.
“It's still early, but it's almost there, don't you think?” he said.
The former president said Gabbard, who ran in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary but later left the party and supported the former president, “has always been good from a common sense standpoint.”
“She's like a common sense person. I watched her on the show for a long time. I knew her a little bit and I was very honored when we got her,” he said. “She is, you're right, she's a Democrat and she's popular in Hawaii. She's going to be great.”
Trump noted that Musk supported him “very strongly” and agreed that the tech billionaire could help address “government waste” when Atkisson raised the possibility.
“He thinks this is the most important election we've ever had. As you know, he probably has a couple other things to do. But he indicated he might be willing to do this,” Trump said.
“What we talk about most is cost,” he said. “He's a big cost cutter. He's always been good at it and I've been good at it.”
After Musk announced his support for Trump in July, Trump said in an August interview with former Navy SEAL Shawn Ryan that he would not count on the tech billionaire to support him if he won. ’s cabinet because of Musk’s work obligations as the head of multiple companies, but proposed the idea that he could “consult with the country and give you some very good ideas.”
Earlier this month, Trump explain He would adopt Musk's plan to create a Government Efficiency Council to cut federal spending, adding that Musk had agreed to lead the council “if he has time.”