Almost two years on and one huge election defeat later, Donald Trump is still giving his supporters hope that he might make a return bid for the White House.
The 45th president of the United States was comfortably beaten by Democratic Party incumbent, Joe Biden, in the 2020 election.
Then there was the storming of Capital Hill by Trump supporters on January 6, 2021, who had been whipped up by his branding of the election result as a “big lie”.
But that has not stopped the property tycoon from dropping hints that he could stand again in the 2024 contest to belatedly try to secure a second term.
A documentary on BB2, Trump: The Comeback — which airs at 11.15pm on Tuesday October 11 — will use the run-up to the November mid-term elections to look at whether the billionaire could give it another go.
Can Donald Trump run in the 2024 election?
There is nothing preventing Donald Trump from running for president in the 2024 election.
To stand the best chance of winning, he is likely to need to be endorsed as the Republican Party candidate rather than running as an independent.
With his former vice-president Mike Pence, the former (and weight-shedding) US secretary of state Mike Pompeo and Florida governor Ron DeSantis all reportedly considering putting their name in the hat, there would be no guarantee he would receive the party’s support.
Trump was impeached twice — the first time in history that had happened to a US president — during his only term in office.
However, the ex-president was acquitted by the senate for a second time in February 2021, following the electorate's decision to boot him out of office, leaving the door open for the 76-year-old to run again in 2024.
Mr Trump has told his supporters to have "hope" and has been active in giving his backing to certain Republican candidates in the run-up to the mid-terms.
In August, he called himself the "healthiest ever" president in what some read as a dig at the 79-year-old Mr Biden, who has had to isolate a number of times after contracting Covid-19 and who has seemed confused in public situations.
What is the Twenty-Second Amendment?
Congress in 1947 accepted a change to the US constitution to include the Twenty-Second Amendment.
This brought in the rule that no president could serve more than two terms in the Oval Office.
It was introduced after war leader Franklin D. Roosevelt secured a third and fourth term in 1940 and 1944 respectively.
Roosevelt — nicknamed FDR — died shortly after his fourth election win, giving him an unparalleled 13 years in power.
Before him, the tradition had been set by the example of George Washington and Thomas Jefferson — the first and third presidents who both decided not to serve a third term — that presidents would serve two terms only.
But Roosevelt’s success led to fears of unlimited presidencies, and so Congress acted to bring the Twenty-Second Amendment in, with it coming into force from 1951.
It has meant that two-term presidents such as Barack Obama, George W. Bush and Bill Clinton have not been legally allowed to stand for a third term.
Some political commentators argue it allows presidents to be more radical in their second term as they do not have to worry about re-election.
The amendment would not prevent Trump from running in 2024 as he has only served one term.
But, should he win in two years time, it would make his sophomore term his last.
READ NEXT:
