Former President Trump
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Trump turned to Fox News and a new podcast hosted by conservative commentator Lisa Boothe on Monday for the kind of freewheeling interviews that have been commonplace for the past five years.
The ex-president fired President Biden
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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 on it at this point.
Trump bowed to the GOP. He backed a challenger to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger (R) on Monday, a reminder that he plans to interfere in GOP primaries to get revenge against Republicans he sees as insufficiently loyal.
Those close to Trump say he always intended to return to the political scene before the midterm elections, but felt compelled to reschedule his timeline as Biden and the Democrats blame him for the border crisis. and hate crimes against Asian Americans.
“He’s going to ramp up his activity, but some of this is based on what the Biden administration has said about him,” a former Trump campaign official said. “He won’t let go of that just like that.”
Not all Republicans are excited about the former president’s return.
Many blame Trump and his false claims that the presidential election was stolen for the GOP’s losses in the Senate in Georgia, costing the GOP its majority in the upper house.
The claims tore up Republicans at a pivotal moment and preceded the January 6 siege of the Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters.
But that hasn’t silenced Trump on the matter; The former president reiterated his claim that the election was stolen in an interview with Fox News anchor Harris Faulkner on Monday.
“We won the election as far as I am concerned,” Trump said.
The former president also attacked the senate’s minority leader Mitch McConnell
Addison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnell Democrats promise to go ‘bold’ – with or without GOP Johnson, Grassley’s indecision freezes major Senate racing Republicans that will recover big in the meantime of 2022 unless … MORE (R-Ky.) As weak and took swings to other Republicans who criticized him, including Sens. Mitt Romney
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Republicans are concerned that the internal battles, coupled with Trump’s fixation on the 2020 election, will drag the party down during a mid-term cycle in which the GOP hopes to win back the House and Senate.
“Trump’s message is, ‘I’m a genius, everyone else is stupid, I’ve been cheated, send me money,'” said Keith Naughton, a veteran Republican strategist. “That will not win elections.”
But Trump maintains strong support with about two-thirds of Republicans, and his resurgence comes as the Biden administration struggles to deal with the growing wave of child migrants at the border.
The US has more than 15,000 migrant children in custody, thousands of them longer than legally allowed in Customs and Border Protection (CBP) facilities.
Trump has been heavily criticized for his “zero tolerance” policy of separating parents and children at the border.
Now Biden’s policy of accepting children who have come to the border alone is being criticized because for the first time, photos appear of children huddled on concrete floors under space blankets at CBP facilities.
The Biden administration has blamed Trump, saying he dismantled the immigration system during his four years in office.
Trump wants to turn the humanitarian crisis into a political crisis for Biden. Waves of immigrants at the border have plagued the leaders of both parties for decades.
“They will destroy our country,” Trump said on Fox News. ‘They will have millions of people before this is over. They have some kind of political theory that it’s a good thing for our country, but it’s not. “
Trump also touched on several other issues on Monday that lighten the conservative base, inflate the “awakened” culture and warn that it would be “catastrophic” for the GOP if Democrats abolished filibuster in the Senate.
Fox News’ Faulkner asked Trump why he weighed in on everything, when it’s common for former presidents to stay on the sidelines and not criticize the current administration.
“You called me, I didn’t call you,” Trump replied. “But the reason why I am coming is very simple they destroy our country. Very easy. You can’t make it easier than that. “
A former White House aide defended Trump’s growing footprint, noting that most former presidents are not considering reentering the White House.
‘There is a difference. Most former presidents leave politics after leaving office and no longer think about re-election, ”said the ex-assistant. “Donald Trump is clearly considering running for re-election, so it makes sense that he is engaged in politics and he is absolutely interested in leaving his footprint on the GOP.”
The source said it expected Trump and his entire family to ramp up their political activity as the 2022 election cycle heats up.
And even if Trump doesn’t become president again in 2024, he will likely play a critical role in determining the next GOP leader.
Trump elected Florida governor on Monday. Ron DeSantis
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“I’ll make that decision a little while later, but there is a pretty deep bank,” Trump said.