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Chicago Sun-Times
Chicago Sun-Times
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Jill Colvin | Associated Press

Calm before the storm? Trump’s long-teased White House bid is uncharacteristically low key in first week

Former President Donald Trump at a rally at the Minden Tahoe Airport in Minden, Nev., last month. (José Luis Villegas/AP Pool-file)

NEW YORK — From the moment he left the White House in defeat last year, Donald Trump has teased the prospect of a third presidential campaign. But in the week since he officially declared his candidacy, the former president has been uncharacteristically low key.

There has been no massive stadium kickoff rally, notable for someone who has turned such events into a signature of his public life. His newly reinstated Twitter account, which helped fuel his political rise nearly a decade ago, sits silent with its more than 87 million followers.

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