Trump separated himself from the pack in 2016 by campaigning on building the wall, deporting illegals, draining the swamp, and locking up Hillary.
If he tries running on the same or similar issues this time around, the stench of bullshit will be too much to ignore except for his most devoted followers.
IMO, he'll probably run on "I'm not Biden," and I'm sure with how bad Biden is, he'll win just off of that.
The sad part is, this will be another wasted election to try and get an actual change candidate who won't sell out as much. Too bad Rand Paul has a terrible sense of what grassroots Republican voters want. Last time around, he was pandering to try in bring in more black voters. Fucking eh, what a mess.
Saw some poll recently that said like 70%? of people (a lot whatever the % was) wouldn't want a candidate that claimed an election was stolen.
So I think you're right about that part and that Trump will run on being gyped out of 2020.
But on the other hand, over half of voters say the election was stolen. So it can be a case of people insisting they don't like what Trump is saying and then actually voting for him because of what he's saying. Like in 2016 when people said grabbing by the pussy was outrageous and then voted for him because they kinda liked that he grabbed pussies.
Given the continuing cheating and Trump running on being gyped I think the only hope is a Trump + DeSantis ticket with DeSantis being the security blanket.