Peter Navarro, a former senior White House adviser, predicted that Donald Trump will be elected “in an overwhelming victory” during the next presidential election.
While some critics of Republican Trump have suggested that the former president’s political ambitions have been fulfilled, others have argued that he is the future of the Republican Party. Trump considered running again in 2024, although he said he plans to campaign for Republican candidates in the 2022 midterm elections.
Navarro, who advised Trump on trade and manufacturing, made his prediction for about 2024 during an interview on Saturday with Fox News presenter Jeanine Pirro. The former White House official made the remark when criticizing President Joe Biden for issuing a series of executive orders during his first weeks in office.
“The problem with these executive orders is this. It is the usual policy,” said Navarro. “When Donald Trump is elected in a landslide victory in 2024, he will issue the same type of executive orders to turn things around.”
Newsweek contacted Navarro and a Trump press representative for more comments, but did not receive an immediate response.
In his final speech as president on January 20, Trump suggested to a crowd of supporters at Andrews Joint Base that this would not be the end of his political ambitions. “We love you. We will be back somehow,” he said.
While some Republicans suggested that Trump’s political future ended due to his supporters’ uprising against the United States Capitol on January 6, others said the former president represents the future of the Republican Party. Senator Rob Portman, an Ohio Republican, said he does not expect Trump to run again in an interview with NPR last week.
“I just don’t see it. ideals and do it respectfully. “
Other prominent Republicans see the former president as a vital force within the party.
“I hope the people in our party understand the party itself. If you want to wipe Donald Trump out of the party, you will be wiped out,” Sen. Lindsey Graham, a Republican from South Carolina, told Fox News earlier this month.
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Meanwhile, Trump will face his second impeachment trial from the week of February 8. While five Republican senators have signaled their willingness to condemn their party’s former president – which would allow the Senate to potentially prevent Trump from seeking a future elected office – most Republican lawmakers seem to oppose the trial. For Trump to be convicted, 17 Republican senators would need to vote alongside their fellow Democrats – a prospect that seems increasingly unlikely.