Jonathan Bernstein, Columnist

Trump Is Making Presidential Politics Weird Again

Early candidate declarations are usually signs of weakness. Which is why chatter about an impending announcement from Mar-a-Lago shows how strange the 2024 election cycle has become.

September 3, 2021 at 11:30 AM UTC

By Jonathan Bernstein

Jonathan Bernstein is a Bloomberg Opinion columnist covering politics. A former professor of political science at the University of Texas at San Antonio, he wrote A Plain Blog About Politics.

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There’s some reporting that former President Donald Trump may announce soon that he’s running for the White House again. What — if anything — should we make of that?