He left it late. Donald Trump finally launched his presidential campaign this week, with only 504 days left before the 2020 election…
Yes, you read that correctly. Two days after his launch, there are still 502 days left before the polls open.
And, yes, it’s equally hard not to be cynical. The long wearisome cycle of US politics is even more risible this time around. Donald Trump never stopped campaigning. The moment he won the White House, the new president is said to have grown bored. He missed the crowds, the public acclamation, and the chance to vent about his rivals. He was a sore winner who could not see beyond the chance to relitigate what had gone before. Aides realised this quite early on and began to arrange rallies, making Trump perhaps the first president to start fighting for re-election in the early months of his first term.
