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Five Reasons 2024 Is Shaping Up Like 2016 for Trump

By Randy DeSoto December 7, 2023 at 1:36pm

If you’re feeling like it’s 2016 all over again regarding Donald Trump’s prospects of becoming president, you have good reason.

There are at least five interesting parallels to that campaign and how the 2024 presidential race is shaping up.

As a side note, if Trump is successful in winning the Republican nomination and then the general election, he will be only the second person in history to serve non-successive terms: The first was Grover Cleveland, the Democrat who was the 22nd and 24th president in the late 1800s. Trump would be the 45th and 47th president.

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Randy DeSoto

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Randy DeSoto has written more than 4,000 articles for The Western Journal since he began with the company in 2015. He is a graduate of West Point and Regent University School of Law. He is the author of the book "We Hold These Truths" and screenwriter of the political documentary "I Want Your Money."

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Randy DeSoto wrote and was the assistant producer of the documentary film "I Want Your Money" about the perils of Big Government, comparing the presidencies of Ronald Reagan and Barack Obama. Randy is the author of the book "We Hold These Truths," which addresses how leaders have appealed to beliefs found in the Declaration of Independence at defining moments in our nation's history. He has been published in several political sites and newspapers.

Randy graduated from the United States Military Academy at West Point with a BS in political science and Regent University School of Law with a juris doctorate.

Birthplace

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

Nationality

American

Honors/Awards

Graduated dean's list from West Point

Education

United States Military Academy at West Point, Regent University School of Law

Books Written

We Hold These Truths

Professional Memberships

Virginia and Pennsylvania state bars