President Donald Trump affirmed on Saturday he would never leave the 2024 presidential race despite the political attacks from the deep state and even if he is s convicted on any of the 38 felony charges in the indictment this week.
“I’ll never leave,” Trump told Politico.
“Look, if I would have left, I would have left prior to the original race in 2016. That was a rough one. In theory, that was not doable.”
Trump made the comments while flying between speaker appearances at the Georgia and North Carolina Republican Party conventions.
Trump’s remarks come just days after MSNBC host Rachel Maddow openly admitted his indictment was a “political solution” and deep state attack to stop Trump from running in 2024 and returning to the White House.
The indictment stems from Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into Trump’s supposed handling of White House documents.
“These are thugs and degenerates who are after me,” Trump said, speaking of Smith and other top brass within the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
The former president told Politico he does not anticipate accepting a plea deal, but the possibility of doing so “where they pay me some damages.”
“I don’t think I’ll ever have to,” Trump said when speaking on the possibility of pardoning himself if he wins the 2024 presidential election. “I didn’t do anything wrong.”
Trump’s fundraising numbers have skyrocketed since the indictment.
“Nobody wants to be indicted,” Trump said.
“I don’t care that my poll numbers went up by a lot. I don’t want to be indicted. I’ve never been indicted,” he added.
“I went through my whole life; now I get indicted every two months. It’s been political.”
Former New York GOP Rep Lee Zeldin predicted Trump would likely become the 47th president following Thursday’s indictment.
“The greatest irony about the justice system being weaponized to take down a political opponent is that. As a result, the odds this evening have only gone up that the 45th President of the United States will be elected as the 47th President of the United States,” Zeldin tweeted on Trump.
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