Mitt Romney, who ran for president as a Republican in 2012 and notably voted twice in favor of convicting former President Donald Trump during impeachment trials, announced on Wednesday that he will not seek re-election as a senator from Utah.

According to the Washington Post, during an interview, he expressed the belief that the current moment necessitates the emergence of a fresh cohort that would assume responsibility and actively influence the future they are destined to inhabit.

Romney claimed that his conviction regarding the potential diminished productivity and fulfillment of a second term, extending into his eightieth year, had a significant impact on his decision not to seek reelection. The individual attributed this circumstance to two factors: the perceived disorderliness of House Republicans and their own skepticism regarding the leadership abilities of both President Biden and President Trump.

“It’s very difficult for the House to operate, from what I can tell,” he said in a lengthy telephone interview previewing his formal announcement, “and two, and perhaps more importantly, we’re probably going to have either Trump or Biden as our next president. And Biden is unable to lead on important matters and Trump is unwilling to lead on important matters.”

Mitt Romney won a significant majority of 63 percent of the vote in the 2018 Senate election. Subsequently, he declared publicly his intention to complete the remainder of his tenure, which is scheduled to end in January 2025.

In the month of July, a report indicated that Romney was formulating a novel strategy aimed at preventing Trump from securing the Republican Party’s presidential nomination in 2024.

In a recent article published by The Wall Street Journal, the Utah Republican and former GOP presidential candidate expressed his belief that Republican benefactors should withdraw financial support from potential 2024 Republican candidates. Instead, he recommends that these donors endorse a single candidate who has a greater chance of defeating Trump in the forthcoming election.

The op-ed is titled “Donors, Do Not Finance a Trump Plurality” and is subtitled “Republican candidates will not withdraw from the race promptly, similar to 2016.” The individual then proceeded to describe their method for inspiring others.

“Despite Donald Trump’s apparent inevitability, a baker’s dozen Republicans are hoping to become the party’s 2024 nominee for president. That is possible for any of them if the field narrows to a two-person race before Mr. Trump has the nomination sewn up,” Romney’s column begins.

“For that to happen, Republican megadonors and influencers—large and small—are going to have to do something they didn’t do in 2016: get candidates they support to agree to withdraw if and when their paths to the nomination are effectively closed. That decision day should be no later than, say, Feb. 26, the Monday following the contests in Iowa, New Hampshire, Nevada, and South Carolina,” he added.

Romney continued by stating that politicians with little chance of winning frequently have motivations to prolong their campaigns. As illustrated by the experiences of Mike Huckabee and Rick Santorum, such electoral outcomes may set the foundation for future political campaigns or open doorways to financially rewarding opportunities, despite securing a lower position than the leading candidate.

He then quoted former New Hampshire Gov. John H. Sununu: “It is fun running for president if you know you cannot win.”

“Left to their own inclinations, expect several of the contenders to stay in the race for a long time. They will split the non-Trump vote, giving him the prize. A plurality is all that is needed for winner-take-all primaries,” Romney wrote before delving into some political history:

When my dad’s campaign faltered, he and they swung to Rockefeller to carry their cause forward. They were unsuccessful but not because of blind political ambition or vanity. They put a common cause above personal incentives.