President Donald Trump has been teasing a 2024 presidential campaign since he left the White House last year, but despite nothing being set in stone, he has still been looking intently at fellow GOP politicians who are laying the groundwork for candidacies of their own.

According to The Washington Post, Trump and his circle of political allies are preparing themselves for Republicans who would be most likely to compete against him for the party nomination — including GOP figures who were once part of his administration.

Several Trump advisors have pleaded with him to hold off on announcing a possible campaign until after the 2022 midterm elections, as they feel Democrats will tie GOP candidates to the polarizing former president in a cycle where the party hopes to regain one or both chambers of Congress.

While it may have been inconceivable in the past that any Republican would challenge Trump, several GOP candidates are likely to make the argument that a new generation of leadership should build on what the former president accomplished in office.