President Trump will announce this week that he plans to run for reelection in 2020.
Conservative news aggregator Matt Drudge made the announcement Tuesday on his website.
The president plans to tap his former digital adviser Brad Parscale, who is presently spearheading a pro-Trump outside group called America First Policies, as his campaign manager, Drudge reported.
Trump’s decision to run for reelection is not a surprise. He’s repeatedly talked about being president for eight years and he filed paperwork with the Federal Elections Commission in January for his reelection committee.
Brad Parscale, the Trump campaign's former digital director, is set to be Pres. Trump's 2020 campaign manager, according to sources. Parscale was a critical factor in Trump's 2016 election, spurring questions on how he used Facebook ad tools https://t.co/yC2gQRdRGZ pic.twitter.com/qoh8JPgNoH
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