In point of fact, Donald Trump is NOT "running for election". 

What Trump is doing is going through the motions of running - of appearing to run.

But "running for election" means you abide by the election's results. If you win, good! If you lose, you accept that defeat and move on!

Trump has no intention of accepting defeat. He still hasn't accepted his previous loss!

Trump doesn't view the 2024 election as an election the way the rest of us do. He sees it as a kabuki stage upon which he will personally finish what he started in 2016 - the dismantlement of American democracy.

That wasn't Trump's personal intention when he started. He only saw personal enrichment beyond his wildest, greediest dreams. The RW Money Machine had already begun its move to hijack the judiciary - using Mitch McConnell as point "man". Mitch did well by his monied benefactors. He cheated Obama (and We The People) out of OUR SCOTUS seat and then pulled another SCOTUS seat out of  his corrupt ass by shoving Amy Barrett down America's throat AFTER Trump had lost the election.

Trump isn't the only Republican actively engaged in working directly against the will (and votes) of We The People.

We keep calling criminal things by ordinary names. It turns criminal things ordinary - and that won't serve us at all!
https://howtolivebullshit-free.com/2023/07/05/donald-trump/