‘Four-time loser’ Trump may not be nominee for 2024, Republican insists

Donald Trump is a "four-time loser" who will not necessarily be the Republican presidential nominee despite dominating primary polling, the New Hampshire governor said on Sunday.

"Donald Trump is positioning himself to be a four-time loser in 2024," Chris Sununu said. "We need candidates that can win."

A Republican governor in a Democratic part of the country - and of a key early voting state - Sununu is seen as a potential candidate in the moderate lane, should such a lane still exist in a party dominated by Trump.

Speaking to NBC's Meet the Press, Sununu was confronted by comments to the same network just two months ago, when he said Trump was "not going to be the nominee".

Since then, particularly since Trump was this month arraigned on criminal charges in New York, relating to his hush money payment to the porn star Stormy Daniels, the primary paradigm has shifted.

Trump dominates polling, expanding his lead over Ron DeSantis, the Florida governor who has not declared a run, and other actual or likely candidates.

Trump also faces legal jeopardy over his election subversion and incitement of the January 6 attack on Congress, his handling of classified material, his business and tax affairs and a civil rape case due to go to trial in New York next week.