President Donald Trump on Wednesday said he made a “very risky decision” in deciding to run in the 2024 presidential election, adding that he would have had “a very nasty life” had he lost that race.

The president’s remarks were a surprisingly public acknowledgment that he had campaigned for his freedom as much as for the White House itself.

President Donald Trump said he would have had a “very nasty life” if he’d lost the election, an apparent acknowledgment that he might have ended up in jail had he not beaten Kamala Harris last November.