A progressive daily ledger of Trump-world self-owns, legal pain, policy blowback, and bad-faith chaos.
1 verified report published on November 15, 2022.
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The through line of the day was simple: Trump mistook motion for momentum. He announced anyway, but the political weather had already shifted against him, and the people around him knew it.
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Donald Trump announced his 2024 presidential campaign on Nov. 15, 2022, at Mar-a-Lago, one week after the midterm elections. The timing gave the launch a sour edge: Republicans were still sorting through a weaker-than-hoped-for election night, and Trump had already told supporters on Nov. 8 that he would make a "very big" announcement a week later.