Former President of United States, Donald Trump, has declared he would mount a third run for the White House.

While addressing a crowd at his Mar-a-Lago estate, he said: “In order to make America great and glorious again, I am tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the United States.”

The announcement came a week after a bad midterm showing for Republicans and will compel the party to decide whether to embrace a candidate whose failure to accept defeat in 2020 triggered an insurrection and pushed American democracy to the brink.

He added: “I am running because I believe the world has not yet seen the true glory of what this nation can be.

“We will again put America first.”

Another campaign is an extraordinary turn for any former president, let alone one who made history as the first president to be impeached twice and whose term ended with his supporters storming the Capitol in a deadly bid to stop the peaceful power transmission on January 6, 2021.

Trump joins the contest at a time when his political position is risky. He wanted to start his campaign after the GOP’s stunning midterm results, which were induced by the support of the candidates he helped promote during this year’s primaries.