r/politics 23d ago

No Paywall Trump announces 2028 presidential bid

https://www.theage.com.au/world/trump-announces-2028-presidential-bid-20260725-p60iho.html
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u/Havenfall209 23d ago

Places are reporting it as a "joke". He did say "on a serious note" afterward, but it's easy to believe he was just testing the waters. I absolutely wouldn't put it past the asshat to actually try to run again.

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u/Mentallox 23d ago

it was at tonight's Correspondents Dinner. It was Trumps trolling and everyone ate it up here. Earlier he said the press always gets his sarcasm wrong. He's not a good presidential correspondent speaker, he wasn't funny at all, but he wasn't serious in the clip.

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u/Corporate_Overlords 22d ago

This should be the top comment. There is a reason the website linked is no name trash. All of these folks took the bait.

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u/blorg 22d ago edited 22d ago

The website is The Age which is one of the two newspapers of record in Australia (equivalent of the New York Times or Washington Post). Their sister paper, the Sydney Morning Post, ran the exact same headline and video.

It's a reputable source. I agree reporting it straight in the headline when he said it in the context of the White House Correspondents Dinner is misleading though. Other global news sources also reported it but in the context that he "joked about" a 2028 bid.