DAILY CALLER NEWS FOUNDATION—Rahm Emanuel, an Obama-era White House chief of staff and former Chicago mayor, is seriously considering a bid for president in 2028.
Emanuel returned from serving as U.S. ambassador to Japan in January, spending the past two months aggressively increasing his public profile with high-profile media appearances, speeches for liberal organizations like Democracy Forward, and a regular column in The Washington Post, according to a Politico article published Wednesday. Despite not holding elected office since leaving the Chicago mayor’s office in 2019, Emanuel’s re-entry into domestic politics has fueled speculation about his presidential ambitions.
“I’ve only been back two months, and I have no idea what I’m doing,” Emanuel told Politico. “I’m not done with public service and I’m hoping public service is not done with…