Should Donald Trump run for President in 2024?

Just read all the books from the high-ranking people who worked for Trump. Almost none had anything good to say about him. His presidency operated in chaos and accomplished little. Biden is old, but he has run a competent and professional administration. In this political atmosphere, he has passed a remarkable series of initiatives to help people and prepare the nation for the future. He's in better shape than Trump by far...in fact, I'd love to see him drop and challenge Trump for 20 pushups in the first debate! The real issue is that Trump is unstable and has no respect for the law and no real understanding of service. I would never want to serve under a man who has so minimal an understading of honor. Both candidates are old, but for me, the choice is clear.

If he had the best interests of the country and the Republican Party, sure, he should bow out. But Trump rarely seems to have the interests of others at the top of his agenda, and he is not going to disqualify himself, for obvious reasons.

And, in any case, the real problem isn't simply Trump. It also involves mainstream media. {The now-disgraced former honcho at CBS, Les Monves, was on the record about what Trump's run meant for CBS, saying, "... you know—it may not be good for America, but it’s damn good for CBS."

As for the three issues listed? ...
1. Maj McLaughlin's characterization {below} of Trump having 'retained' rather than having taken the documents misses the point. Taken or retained would apply to both President Biden and former VP Pence, neither of whom has had charges brought. Why? Because the issue isn't taken or retained. It's clearly obstruction of justice, which then demonstrates the illegal intent that makes his continued possession of them a separate charge.
2. As for who Trump dines with? Not an issue. His anti-Semitism? A serious question. But we're talking about a guy who authorized the move of the U.S. Embassy to Jerusalem. I suspect he did it in the hope of garnering more of the Jewish vote. But it was an unnecessary and inflammatory move in an always-hot region for a Commander-in-Chief to make.
3. Unlike Maj. McLaughlin's characterization of Trump's notion of suspending the Constitution as something Trump "never meant," I can't divine Trump's mind or intent. All I can say is that, while our government and the military has made some questionable calls over the decades, the one thing that has stayed with me since I enlisted back in 1967 is a simple phrase -- "support and defend the Constitution." No one who was, is, or wants again to be the POTUS has any business in any context of uttering anything about suspending the Constitution.

Aside from the three issues noted, the one I find the most serious is the attempt to overturn the election, not just with a string of frivolous law suits, but organizing slates of alternate electors, trying to pressure election officials into 'finding' votes, and ... and as much or more than anything else ... sitting in front of the TV and watching his supporters storm the Capitol and refusing to call them off for hours. And when he finally made a first effort at intervening -- more than three hours after his protesters first got inside the wire -- he did it with a Tweet!?!

So, let Trump keep his hat in the ring. But also let what our Republican Governor here in Vermont told Trump's supporters as he stirred things up to try to steal the election: YOU'RE BEING PLAYED. ... On that note, since we live in a hyper-polarized time, let me also acknowledge that I've voted for Democrats, Republicans, and Independents ... even if it was more often than I'd like voting for the lesser of two. Speaking of which, I'm still trying to figure out how it came to pass that, back in 2016, it was the two least trusted among all the candidates from either major party who ended up with their party's nomination?!?! {That year, voting in my 12th Presidential election, I voted for a 3rd Party candidate for POTUS.}

IN SHORT, it's 'we the people' who get to elect the President. So let Trump run. But then, if you're looking to vote for him, ask yourself long and hard whether that seems like something that someone who took an oath "to support and defend the Constitution" should be doing.

Respectfully submitted.

He needs to go somewhere and sit down.

He needs to go sit down.

YES, HE SHOULD. THE LIBERAL NEED HIM AT THE TOP.

No

I will not opine upon the pending criminal charges now levied against Donald J. Trump. They will be decided where they should be, in a courtroom. While I voted for him both times he won the nomination, it was mostly by default, his opponents being even more distasteful to me as a conservative. While I laud his policies as POTUS, his numerous character flaws my well result in another defeat such as in the last election, which resulted in the numerous failures of the current administration. I would much prefer to vote for an individual whose policies are at least similar to those of Trump but who does not have the baggage of Trump's arrogance and braggadocio.

Just stop Kathy, Do some deep dive research, actually read the Presidential records act. He never said Biden was too old he said Biden is not fit!

My feeling is that he has no chance of winning. He lost more support that his ego will allow him to admit. Even if he is not the Republican nominee, I think he will run as an Independant, and this will split the conservative vote. Basically handing the Oval office back to the Deomocrats. If the former President really wants what is best for the country, he will fade to the background and quietly support whoever the Republicans can find. As to the points SFC Kelly made, I bet you can make these same points about most of our living former and present Presidents. Don't forget Biden and his document issues too, as well as some of the racial comments he has made. The thing that scares me more than Biden is if VP Harris were to take over. She is so far out that California got rid of her.

They both need to go away to a retirement home. The current state of America is sad to look at. The rest of the world is laughing at us. We did have a growing economy when Trump was there, but he just could not keep that mouth closed. Now we have a puppet in the office, who barely knows what day it is. Both parties need to wake up and bring new blood into the election race. People that don't have ties to party agenda's that are not good for the whole country.