From New York Times, I'm Michael Bobaro.

This is a Daily.

Tonight, days after voters rejected his vision for the country in the midterm elections,

Donald Trump is scheduled to take the stage inside a ballroom at Mar-a-Lago, an announced

that he will make a third run for the presidency.

I spoke with my colleague Maggie Haberman about why Trump is in such a hurry to declare

his candidacy and why Republican party leaders are so powerless to stop him.

It's Tuesday, November 15th.

I mean, it's just a bit surreal talking to you about the beginning of yet another Trump

presidential campaign.

Yeah, Michael, it's the campaign that never ends.

It's the hotel California of politics.

We all check out whenever we want, but we never actually leave.

Right.

Right.

I want to get to this announcement in just a little bit, but first, I want to dial back

the clock to before the midterms, this seismic political event.

Prior to last week's election, how did Republicans think about Donald Trump's intent to run for

President?

So for months and months and months, most Republicans were not excited about the idea that Trump

was going to run again, either because they wanted a different candidate or they wanted

to stop talking about 2020.

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