11/17 The Economist_Trump 2024: could he win again

• sanity: the state of having a normal healthy mind

• speculation: the act of forming opinions about what has happened or what might happen without knowing all the facts

• inner circle: the small group of people who have a lot of power in an organization or who control it

• make his intentions clear

• announce my candidacy for president of the United States

• win nomination: the act of suggesting or choosing sb as a candidate in an election, or for a job or an award; the fact of being suggested for this

• have good shot at : good chance

• boil over: racial tension finally boiled over in the inner city riots

• depict: to show an image of sb

• precipitous: very steep, sudden, done very quickly

• ever since he left office

• pugilism: boxing 

• prosecutor: a public offical who charges sb

• espouse: to give your support to a belief

• relish: to get great pleasure from sth