Trump’s Real Reason for Running for a Second Term: Fear of Being Remembered as a One-Term ‘Loser’

PRIORITIES

The president’s advisers are crafting a future agenda. But his priorities, which he’s struggled to articulate, are mainly to preserve his reputation.

Senior Political Reporter

Published Jun. 28 2020 4:57AM EDT

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At a Thursday night “town hall” event hosted by his most obsequious of interviewers, Fox News star Sean Hannity, Donald Trump struggled with the simplest of questions: What did he want to accomplish in a second term in office?

The president had no answer.

Asawin Suebsaeng

Senior Political Reporter

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Trump’s Real Reason for Running for a Second Term: Fear of Being Remembered as a One-Term ‘Loser’

The president’s advisers are crafting a future agenda. But his priorities, which he’s struggled to articulate, are mainly to preserve his reputation.

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