Old one President Trump
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Trump called Fox News on Monday and a new podcast hosted by conservative commentator Lisa Boothe for the kind of spontaneous interviews that have been commonplace in the past five years.
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The interviews come as Trump’s allies say they are developing a new social media platform for the former president, although there are few details about it at this point.
Trump flexed within the GOP. He endorsed an opponent on Monday to Georgia’s Secretary of State, Brad Raffensperger (R), a reminder that he intends to meddle in the Republican Party primaries to retaliate against Republicans he considers insufficiently loyal.
People close to Trump say he always planned to return to the political scene before the midterm elections, but that he felt compelled to postpone his schedule because Biden and the Democrats blame him for the border crisis and hate crimes against Asians- Americans.
“He will step up his activities, but part of that is based on what the Biden government has said about him,” said a former Trump campaign official. “He won’t just let it go.”
Not all Republicans are excited about the former president’s return to the scene.
Many blame Trump and his false claims that the presidential election was stolen by Republican Party defeats in the second round of the Senate in Georgia, which cost the Republican Party its majority in the upper house.
The claims divided Republicans at a crucial time and preceded the January 6 siege of the Capitol by a crowd of Trump supporters.
But none of that calmed Trump down on the issue; the former president reiterated his claim that the election was stolen in an interview with Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner on Monday.
“As far as I’m concerned, we won the election,” said Trump.
The former president also attacked the minority leader in the Senate Mitch McConnell
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Willard (Mitt) Mitt RomneyMeet the Make the Senate Great Again caucus The two women who could ‘cancel’ Trump A new era for America’s children? MOST (Utah) and Ben Sasse
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Republicans are concerned that the deadly battles, coupled with Trump’s fixation on the 2020 election, will drag the party through a half-term cycle in which the Republican Party hopes to win back the House and the Senate.
“Trump’s message is: ‘I am a genius, everyone else is stupid, I was deceived, send me money,'” said Keith Naughton, a veteran Republican strategist. “This is not going to win the elections.”
But Trump maintains strong support with about two-thirds of Republicans, and his resurgence comes as the Biden government is struggling to cope with the growing increase in migrant children across the border.
The United States has more than 15,000 migrant children in custody, with thousands being held in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities for longer than is legally permitted.
Trump has been heavily criticized for his “zero tolerance” policy that separates parents from children on the border.
Now, Biden’s policy of accepting children who came to the border alone is being criticized, as for the first time photos of children appear huddled on concrete floors under space blankets at CBP’s facilities.
The Biden government blamed Trump, saying he dismantled the immigration system over his four years in office.
Trump is trying to turn the humanitarian crisis into politics for Biden. Waves of immigrants on the border have been bothering leaders of both parties for decades.
“They are going to destroy our country,” Trump told Fox News. “They will have millions of people before this is over. They have some kind of political theory that it is a good thing for our country, but it is not. “
Trump on Monday also touched on several other issues that illuminate the conservative base, blowing up the “awake” culture and warning that it would be “catastrophic” for the Republican Party if Democrats abolished Senate obstruction.
Fox News’s Faulkner asked Trump why he was weighing everything, when it is customary for former presidents to sit on the sidelines and not criticize the current government.
“You called me, I didn’t,” Trump replied. “But the reason I weigh is very simple – they are destroying our country. Very simple. You can’t make it any simpler than that. “
A former White House adviser defended Trump’s growing footprint, noting that most former presidents are not looking to run for the White House again.
“There is a difference. Most ex-presidents move away from politics after leaving office and do not think about re-election again, ”said the former aide. “Donald Trump is clearly thinking about running for re-election, so it makes sense for him to engage politically and he is definitely interested in making his mark on the Republican Party.”
The source said he expected Trump and his entire family to step up their political activity as the 2022 election cycle heats up.
And even if Trump does not run for president again in 2024, he is likely to play a key role in determining the next GOP leader.
Trump chose the governor of Florida on Monday. Ron DeSantis
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“I’m going to make that decision sometime later, but there is a very deep bank,” said Trump.