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Republicans Jostling For 2024 Presidential Bids Could Face Yet Another Donald Trump

Donald Trump Jr. tosses hats into the crowd during a rally at Southern New Hampshire University Arena on Feb. 10 in Manchester, New Hampshire.
Donald Trump Jr. tosses hats into the crowd during a rally at Southern New Hampshire University Arena on Feb. 10 in Manchester, New Hampshire.

PHOENIX, Arizona — As Republicans considering White House runs in a post-Donald Trump world assess one another as potential rivals, there looms one name who could complicate all of their planning: the other Donald Trump.

The GOP is set to officially nominate the president for a second term Monday evening, but some in the party are already looking ahead 48 months, to the election of 2024. Arkansas’ Tom Cotton, Texas’ Ted Cruz and Missouri’s Josh Hawley are just some of the senators thought to be eyeing a bid, as are the two from Florida, Marco Rubio and Rick Scott, and a number of Republican governors.

But in a party that has become more about Donald Trump than what Republicans used to call guiding principles, the president’s most loyal supporters could well belong to his eldest son, Donald Trump Jr.

At a rally at the Veterans Memorial Coliseum in late February, Trump Jr and his girlfriend, Kimberly Guilfoyle, were hands down the most popular warmup speakers, even getting a prolonged roar as they walked to and from the camera riser for a pre-rally interview.

When he took the stage a short time later, a chant of “46” arose from the 15,000 — a reference to the president who will follow his father. Trump Jr smiled but did not try to discourage them.

“Let’s focus on 2020 first. Eyes on the prize, all right? But thank you,” he said from the stage.

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The next day, he and Guilfoyle were at a rally in Las Vegas, again winning over the crowd. “He’s so energetic onstage,” said Nevada Republican Chairman Michael McDonald.

“I’d vote for him in a second,” said...

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