Donald Trump urged to delay White House bid announcement

Donald Trump may delay announcing whether he will launch a fresh bid to take back control of the White House after poor midterm results for the Republicans saw them fail to make the huge gains predicted. His close ally Jason Miller and others have urged him to focus on the runoff race in Georgia next month, which is likely decide whether the Republicans or Democrats will control the Senate.The former US President, 76, had told cheering supporters at a rally in Ohio on Monday he would be making a big personal announcement on Thursday, November 15.He told them he did not want to overshadow the important midterm elections but, like most Republicans, had been anticipating huge gains over the Democrats, taking control of both the Senate and House of Representatives.However, with the predicted “red wave” turning into a “red ripple” the Republicans will only have a slim majority in the House and may need to pull off victory in the Georgia runoff next month to take control of the Senate.The Republican candidate there is former NFL star Herschel Walker, a close friend of the Mr Trump’s who is running because of his endorsement by the former President.In Georgia, a Senator can only be elected with more than 50 percent of the vote. If nobody is able to secure it, the top two candidates have a runoff.But currently the Democrats lead the race, with their candidate Raphael Warnock on 49.4 percent to Mr Walker’s 48.5 percent. Donald Trump may delay his presidential bid announcement (Image: GETTY)Mr Miller told Associated Press last night: “I’ll be advising him [former President Trump] that he move his announcement until after the Georgia runoff. Georgia needs to be the focus of every Republican in the country right now.”Mr Miller, founder of the social media platform GETTR, was part of the inner circle gathered with Mr Trump at his Mar-a-Lago home in Palm Beach, Florida.However, the results have been so bad for the Republicans that some now question whether Mr Trump will run at all or give way to the popular governor of Florida, Ron DeSantis, who convincingly won his own election by 20 points.Sarah Elliott, of Republicans Overseas UK, pointed out: “So far not a single Trump-backed candidate in a toss up race has won.”This suggests that Mr Walker may struggle to get over the line in Georgia just as another Trump favourite Lauren Boebert. Ms Boebert spent more than any other candidate nationwide in her bid to win the House Representative for Colorado’s 3rd District, but is currently 64 votes behind her Democrat opponent.READ MORE: Donald Trump demands voters protest as he claims election fraud again Jason Miller has urged Trump to delay any White House bid announcement (Image: Sky News)Concerningly for the Republicans, they are outdoing their pre-election polling in the popular vote with a lead of 6.4 percent over the Democrats but underperforming in winning seats.However, Trump did notch some big wins Tuesday, particularly in Ohio, where his pick for the Senate, ‘Hillbilly Elegy’ author JD Vance, sailed to easy victor. Trump’s endorsement catapulted him to the front of a crowded primary pack. In North Carolina, Rep. Ted Budd, an early Trump pick, kept an open Senate seat in GOP hands.But the former President lost some of the night’s biggest prizes, particularly in Pennsylvania, where Dr Mehmet Oz, who only narrowly won his Senate primary with Trump’s backing, lost to Democrat John Fetterman. Trump-backed candidates also lost governors’ races in Pennsylvania, Michigan and Maryland, and a Senate race in New Hampshire, though Trump seemed to celebrate the latter, bashing Republican Dan Bolduc for trying to moderate his stances by backing off his embrace of Trump’s election lies.’Had he stayed strong and true, he would have won, easily,’ Trump said on his social media network. ‘Lessons Learned!!!’ (Trump also cheered the loss of Colorado Republican Senate hopeful Joe O’Dea, who had said he thought it was time for the party to move on from Trump.)Other high-stakes races in Arizona and Nevada remained too early to call.DON’T MISSMusk ‘only playing lip service to free speech’ until Trump back [REVEAL]US midterms are proof, as if needed, the USA is still divided [INSIGHT]’Trump and DeSantis need to strike a quick deal to take on Democrats’ [REACT]