- The New York Times' Maggie Haberman thinks Trump is likely to launch another presidential bid.
- But she suggested he might not see out the campaign.
The New York Times' Maggie Haberman said she thinks former President Donald Trump will likely run for office again in 2024 but might not see out the campaign.
In an interview with CBS News on Sunday, Haberman, who's promoting her new book about Trump, "Confidence Man," discussed the former president's political future amid investigations into his businesses and presidency.
When the host John Dickerson asked Haberman about rumors that Trump is considering launching another bid for the presidency in 2024 — possibly after the midterm elections in November — Haberman replied, "I think he's backed himself into a corner where he has to run."
She continued: "I think that he needs the protections that running for president, he thinks, would afford him in combating investigations that he calls a 'witch hunt.' And it is the way that he fundraises and makes money. So much of his identity now is about being a politician. So I expect that he will run. That doesn't mean that even if he declares a candidacy that he will stay in the whole time."
Trump is facing an FBI investigation into his retention of government records after leaving office and a civil investigation by the New York attorney general's office into his business practices.
The former president has dismissed the investigations as plots by his political enemies. He reportedly thinks that running for office again may provide him some protection against the investigations.
Haberman, who's known for her extensive contacts in Trump's circle, revealed behind-the-scenes details of Trump's political career in her book, such as that Trump considered refusing to leave the White House after his defeat in 2020.
She also said Trump appeared to acknowledge taking letters from North Korea's leader, Kim Jong Un, to Mar-a-Lago.
Trump last week criticized Haberman in a post on his social-media network, Truth Social, describing her book as "fake."