Former President Trump said in an interview on Sunday that he will not run for president in 2028 if his current bid fails in November.
Trump was a guest on the Sinclair Broadcast Group show “Full Measure,” hosted by Sharyl Atkison, which aired Sunday morning.
At the end of the interview, Attkesson asked Trump whether he would consider running for president again in four years' time if he lost in November.
“No, I don't think so. I don't think so. I think it will happen. I'm not thinking about that at all,” the former president responded. “Hopefully, I think we'll be successful.”
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Former President Trump, the Republican presidential candidate, spoke at a rally in New York last week. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)
Trump, 78, is running for president for the third time after defeating Hillary Clinton to win the presidency in 2016 and losing to President Biden in 2020. He is currently facing Vice President Kamala Harris for his second four-year term.
Fox News Digital reached out to the Trump campaign for clarification on former President Trump's comments. The Harris campaign did not immediately respond to Fox News Digital's request for comment on Trump's remarks.
With more than six weeks left until Election Day on November 5, and an increasing number of states offering early voting and absentee voting, most polls agree that the election results in key battleground states that will determine the outcome of the 2024 presidential election are within the margin of error.
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Former President Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris during the election campaign.
The poll also shows that Harris has a sizable lead among voters on the issue of abortion, while Trump has an equally large lead on the border and immigration.
As for the economy, polls show it remains a top concern for American voters as they head to the polls in November.
In a national Fox News poll conducted immediately after the debate, 39% of voters surveyed said the economy was the most pressing issue, well ahead of immigration (16%) and abortion (15%). All other issues surveyed were in the single digits.
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Migrants line up after crossing the US-Mexico border in Lukeville, Arizona. (John Moore/Getty Images)
President Trump discussed several issues with Atkesson, including the COVID-19 response, which he said he had “done a great job.”
“I didn't get the credit. Remember, more people died under the Biden-Harris administration than under the Trump administration,” he said. “They had it a lot easier because when the virus got here, nobody knew what it was. I always said it came from a lab in Wuhan. But nobody knew anything about what it was, where it came from. They had no idea. And then we got hit.”
Trump also took credit for the military and defeating ISIS, saying, “We've rebuilt our military.”
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Former President Trump pumped his fist as he left a campaign event at Nassau Coliseum in Uniondale, New York on Wednesday. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
After talking about his accomplishments, Attkisson asked him what he does to stay healthy.
“I played a little bit of golf, which I think in retrospect was a pretty dangerous sport,” Trump said, referring to the recent incident in which a man hiding in bushes with a gun was shot by Secret Service agents and fled. The man was later arrested and the incident is being treated as an assassination attempt on Trump.
“I try to eat right,” Trump said in response to Atkisson's question.
The host told Trump he thought he had been eating a burger and drinking a soda, a claim the former president confirmed.
“But a proper hamburger,” he said, “but maybe I like the wrong foods. But then I say, 'Does anyone know what the right foods are?'
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He went on to say that people have been preaching to them for years about what they should eat, but when they died out, the preaching died out.
“And here I am,” Trump said, “so I don't think I want to make too many changes.”
Fox News Digital's Paul Steinhauser contributed to this report.
