… Presidential candidates who lose a general election rarely run again, and they almost never win. … But Trump, who never felt bound by history or precedent, sounds as if he’s ready to try. Fresh from a walloping at the hands of Joe Biden, Trump is showing every sign of running for the Republican nomination in 2024.
The soon-to-be-former president has plenty of reasons to keep that possibility alive. Most of them are matters of self-interest. …
That presents news organizations and columnists like me with a difficult choice: How much coverage should they give a noisy former president who refuses to retire gracefully? CONTINUED
Doyle McManus, Los Angeles Times