I don't know about this, I think it's just wishful thinking.
Not as much "wishful thinking" as you believe. Eight years of Obama was the reason Trump was elected in the first place. And no, he did not "steal" the 2016 election with the help of some ham-fisted vodka-swilling Russians, that is totally retarded.
Obviously there were enough people who believed in him, that they elected him President. Among the things he ran on was to clean up what he called "The Swamp." That was and still is a government infested with do-nothing bureaucrats, the majority of whom weren't even elected to their positions. That also includes globalist elements which exist both inside and outside this country, the media and academia, as well as powerful communist/capitalist hybrid countries like China.
But what he went up against was far too powerful for even one with the determination, resources, and wherewithal exhibited by this President. In the end, The Swamp won. Not that he didn't make amazingly-historic strides in accomplishing what he set out to do. Those things he did, even lacking the support he should have gotten from the establishment Republican Party.
If he does run in 2024, how well he does depends on a number of variables, the most important of which being how well the Biden administration performs against the Chinese pandemic that was dumped in Trump's lap. Other variables include the economy, the security of this country against foreign/domestic enemies or terrorists, the availability and cost of energy, employment, etc. If the Biden administration does fail, voter sentiment will demand that Trump returns to the office of the presidency. Whether he chooses to or not is entirely up to him.