Donald Trump teases 2024 run at White House Christmas party

TIL Desk/World/Washington/ President Donald Trump teased running again for president in 2024 as he hosted a holiday reception at the White House on Tuesday evening. It’s been an amazing four years, Trump told the crowd, which included many Republican National Committee members. We’re trying to do another four years. Otherwise, I’ll see you in four years.

The video of Trump’s appearance was streamed live on Facebook by one attendee, former Oklahoma Republican Party Chair Pam Pollard. It showed dozens of people crammed into the Cross Hall of the White House state floor, standing closely together. Many seen in the video were not wearing masks.

The Trumps began hosting holiday receptions this week, intent on celebrating a final season before Trump leaves office on January 20. According to social media postings the events have featured large crowds of often maskless attendees gathered indoors violating the very public health guidance the US government has pressed the nation to follow this holiday season as cases of COVID-19 skyrocket across the country.

In the video, Trump is heard continuing to air baseless allegations of election fraud to explain his defeat by President-elect Joe Biden despite his attorney general, William Barr, telling earlier Tuesday that the Justice Department had not uncovered evidence of widespread voter fraud and had seen nothing that would change the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.