Donald Trump has ruled out running for the White House in 2028 if he loses the election in November.
Asked whether he would run again if he loses on Nov 5, the Republican nominee told US outlet Full Measure: “No, I don’t. I think that that will be, that will be it. I don’t see that at all.”
It comes as a recent NBC News poll put his Democratic opponent Kamala Harris as five points ahead of Trump.
The poll found Ms Harris had 49 per cent of the vote among registered voters, compared to 44 per cent for Trump.
It is a significant shift from the outlet’s July poll which put Trump as two points ahead of the then Democratic nominee Joe Biden.
Trump previously came under fire for telling a Christian summit they would never need to vote again if he returns to the White House next year.
Trump told the crowd to “get out and vote, just this time”, adding that “you won’t have to do it any more. Four more years, you know what? It’ll be fixed, it’ll be fine, you won’t have to vote any more, my beautiful Christians.”
The Republican nominee later clarified his comments, saying: “That statement is very simple, I said, ‘Vote for me, you’re not gonna have to do it ever again.’”
He added: “It’s true, because we have to get the vote out. Christians are not known as a big voting group, they don’t vote. And I’m explaining that to them. You never vote. This time, vote. I’ll straighten out the country, you won’t have to vote any more, I won’t need your vote any more, you can go back to not voting.”
