Former U.S. President Donald Trump appeared in a media interview five days after appearing on CNN and launched an offensive against Florida Governor Ron Disantis, who is considered a rival within the party. When Governor Disantis recently criticized him, it seems that he has launched a counterattack.
Former President Trump also argued in this interview that the last presidential election was manipulated, while he did not express a clear position on the sensitive abortion issue.
Former President Trump said in an interview with the US Internet media The Messenger on the 15th (local time) about Governor Disantis, “It started off well, but after that it’s not going well. Look at the poll results,” he said.
Former President Trump contributed to the election by supporting the candidate at the time of Disantis during the 2018 gubernatorial election. In 2021, he also announced that he would consider Governor Disantis as his running mate for his next presidential election.
However, when the Disantis runner expressed his intention to challenge for the presidency, the relationship quickly cooled. On the 13th, Governor Disantis also criticized former President Trump with remarks such as “government is not entertainment” and “still focusing only on past elections”.
◆ “No faith, no personality, no political skill”
Former President Trump struck back with harsh criticism of Governor Disantis.
When asked, “Since when did you think Governor Disantis would be a challenger,” he said, “It’s an interesting question.” The fact that I have nothing to say is that I am running.”
He continued, “He has no faith. (At the time of the 2018 gubernatorial election) Gov. Disantis was walking dead. He was completely dead, but I brought him back to life,” he said. “If that happened to me, I would never run for someone like that.”
“He still has a lot of time left. If I run for office this time, I will lose the votes of the voters of ‘MAGA (Make America Great Again)’ forever.” “There are more MAGA voters than I thought. Almost all Republicans,” he warned.
When asked if he would accept it if he lost the primary, he said, “It is too early to say. He’s acting like a candidate right now, but he can’t do that if he hasn’t registered.”
Regarding Governor Disantis’ criticism of “still focusing on the past,” he said, “First of all, I’m not obsessed with the past, and second, I’m doing better than President Biden or Governor Disantis in polls.” They are 40 percentage points ahead of Sentis.”
“He has no personality, and he doesn’t seem to have a lot of political skills,” he said.
◆ Mention of public opinion concerns over ‘6-week abortion ban’… “All options” instant-response damage
Regarding the abortion ban policy promoted by Governor Disantis after 6 weeks, former President Trump said, “Most people have questions about whether he knows what he is doing.” “Even many people in the life support movement are harsh. I feel that it is,” he said.
However, to the question, “Do you think 6 weeks is harsh?”, he avoided an immediate answer, saying, “I am looking at many alternatives.” When asked again whether he would sign the bill or not, he withdrew, saying, “I am looking at all options.”
In the last CNN interview, he did not clarify his position, saying, “I will negotiate so that people can be happy” when asked by the host if he would sign a federal abortion ban bill if elected.
Former President Trump also asserted the theory of manipulation of the presidential election again this time, saying, “Nearly 80% of Republicans believe that the last presidential election was rigged.”
Meanwhile, former President Trump said, “It is very dangerous” in relation to chat GTP, a generative artificial intelligence (AI).
Source: Donga
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