Donald Trump isn't going away that easily. The former US president is expected to announce he is making a third bid to enter the White House after teasing a "very big announcement" before last week's Midterm elections.
Speaking at a rally in Ohio, Trump told the crowd he would reveal some major news from his Florida home. "I'm going to be making a very big announcement on Tuesday, November 15 at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach," he told the crowd.
On his TruthSocial platform this morning, the 76-year-old teased more details and boldy claimed it would be one of the biggest moments in American history.
He wrote: "Hopefully TODAY will turn out to be one of the most important days in the history of our Country!"
So what exactly is he going to be announcing?
'Big announcement'
It's heavily expected that Trump is going to announce he will be running for president in 2024.
The business mogul will be addressing the nation at 9pm EST, which is 2am in the UK, at his Mar-a-Lago Club home.
Trump will be keen to get himself back into the spotlight once again, having used his mansion to host daughter Tiffany's wedding last weekend.
He previously said he would "very, very, very probably" run again and would be formalising his intentions "very, very soon", but lots has changed since then.
Jason Miller, a longtime adviser to Trump, told former White House chief strategist Stephen Bannon that the 45th president of the United States was "fired up".
"President Trump is going to announce on Tuesday that he’s running for president. And it's going to be a very professional, very buttoned-up announcement," Miller said.
According to Miller, more than 250 cameras have asked for access to the event and 1,000 people are expected to attend.
Midterms humiliation
While he's obviously not admitting it, the Midterms were a humiliating disaster for the former President as many of the high-profile candidates that he backed were defeated.
The 'red wave' that many had predicted simply did not materialise and the Republicans failed to steal the Senate away from the Democrats - with the House still hanging on a knife-edge.
American voters "soundly rejected" the Republican Party in the Senate, which is positive news for President Joe Biden, but the fate of the House remains uncertain as the GOP are struggling to pull together a slim majority.
The Midterms usually swing towards the opposition party but that didn't happen and Trump had expected favourable results to set gim up strongly for another presidential bid.
But in the very high-profile battle in swing state Pennsylvania, Trump-backed candidate Mehmet Oz lost his Senate race to Democrat John Fetterman.
In the cloesly fought race in Arizona, Democract Katie Hobbs defeated Republican Kari Lake, who supported Trump's false claims of election fraud and was reportedly being considered to be his Vice President.
Turning on his inner circle
Rather than accept he backed the wrong horse, or possibly hindered his chances, Trump was reported to have started blaming his close cirle and wife Melania for pushing him to support the failed candidate.
New York Times journalist Maggie Haberman claimed Trump was being advised to change the date opf his 'big announcement'.
She tweeted: "There are people pushing Trump to reschedule his announcement next week, and several Rs have texted asking whether he will, but it's risky and would be acknowledging he's wounded by yesterday, something that some of his advisers insist is not the case."
Trump's influence was clearly not enough, or actually sent voters towards the Democrats, so it's left Republicans second-guessing his political instincts.
"Tonight's results lie squarely at the feet of Donald J Trump," a Republican strategist who wanted to remain anonymous told The Independent.
"Had he not endorsed extremely flawed candidates in the primary, we would be having an amazing night tonight. Instead, we are losing very winnable races."
Republican criticism
Republican leaders reportedly asked Trump to postpone his announcement until the Senate runoff in Georgia takes place.
They fear Trump may ruin the chances of Republican Herschel Walke before the runoff on December 6.
Even Trump's former Vice President, Mike Pence, said that the US will have "better choices in the future" than Trump.
Asked whether he believes his former boss should serve again, Pence told ABC News: "I think that’s up to the American people. But I think we’ll have better choices in the future.
"People in this country actually get along pretty well once you get out of politics. And I think they want to see their national leaders start to reflect that same, that same compassion and generosity of spirit.
"And I think, so in the days ahead, I think there will be better choices."
Pence himself is being touted as a potential Republican candidate - but he has remained coy on his plans.
He added: "And for me and my family, we will be reflecting about what our role is in that."
Trump's rival
The biggest challenge to his presidency bid may come from within the Republican party.
Ron DeSantis, who has not confirmed whether he will run in the 2024 presidential race, won a landslide victory in the Florida Govenor race.
But Trump told Fox News that his possible opponent should stay out of the race and bitterly braneded him 'Ron DeSanctimonious'.
"I don't know if he is running. I think if he runs, he could hurt himself very badly. I really believe he could hurt himself badly," Mr Trump said. "I don't think it would be good for the party."
Trump vowed to reveal "things about him that won't be very flattering - I know more about him than anybody - other than, perhaps, his wife".
Although he later denied a feud, claiming DeSantis is a "fine guy" but adding: "There's not a tiff with me, and I'm way up in the polls."
Patrick Ruffini, a Republican pollster and strategist, described Mr Trump as a "wounded animal" when compared to Mr DeSantis' very good election night.
Even Republicans who were previously backing Trump are now siding with DeSantis, including Mike Cernovich, a right-wing commentator who was once described by Politico as an "indefatigable Trump cheerleader".
"Trump has zero shot at 2024 in general. After tonight, this isn't up for debate," Mr Cernovich tweeted last Tuesday night. "DeSantis in 2024 or accept total defeat".
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