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Donald Trump struck a less than patriotic note during an interview with Newsmax on Monday when he claimed that America was “just so pathetic” under his successor Joe Biden.
In a wide-ranging discussion with the conservative broadcaster’s anchor Rob Schmitt, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination claimed that the United States’s status on the world stage has badly diminished since he left the White House in January 2021 due to, as he sees it, President Biden’s mishandling of the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.
The country is just, it's so pathetic and you know,
“The country is just, it’s so pathetic,” he told Mr Schmitt. “And you know other countries are watching this…
“I’ll tell you what: I got to know [Vladimir] Putin very well, I got to know Xi [Jinping] very well, I got along with everybody, you know, etcetera etcetera, but they knew it was no games.
“I was talking to Putin a lot about Ukraine. It was the apple of his eye. There was no way he would ever have moved [against it].”
Mr Trump has regularly expressed his admiration for authoritarian world leaders since leaving office and has repeatedly claimed that Mr Putin would never have invaded his western neighbour had the Republican won a second term, such was his apparent awed respect for the former luxury real estate mogul.
Mr Trump went on to insist: “We’re very close to World War III. Much closer than anyone understands.
“The power of weaponry is so devastating today and we’re playing with a guy who can’t put two sentences together.”
Asked by Mr Schmitt what another four years of the Biden administration would mean, the Republican answered pessimistically: “I think the country’s finished… It’s not going to be able to function.”
Mr Trump then rather boldly claimed that “everything worked” during his administration, which ended three years ago with the country mired in the Covid-19 pandemic and reeling from the Capitol riot of 6 January 2021.
Elsewhere in the interview, he once more laid the groundwork for his own defeat in November by baselessly claiming: “Our elections are very unsafe. They’re not free. They’re not free and fair. There’s so much evidence, there’s so much proof. We have it all but nobody wants to hear about it.
“If we don’t have free and fair elections and strong borders we don’t have a country.”
On the subject of the United States’s southern border with Mexico, Mr Trump placed further pressure on Republican leaders in Congress by denouncing the border bill currently being discussed in the Senate by it calling “a Democrat trap, it’s a trap for Republicans”.
“It would be so stupid, so foolish to sign a bill like this,” he said.
“This bill can’t be signed. And it’s not only that. It’s massive amounts of money going ‘out of town’, as we say. Billions and billions and billions of dollars.
“And it’s so bad on the border I’ve never seen anything like it. Actually it’s one of the worst, one of the dumbest bills I’ve ever seen. I think it’s totally dead in the House… But I can’t imagine anyone wanting to approve this bill.”
He also attempted to use his considerable sway over the conservative movement by agreeing with Mr Schmitt’s contention that it is time for Ronna McDaniel to step aside as chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) amid a rising time of criticism over the party’s performance over the last few election cycles, with fundraising regarded as an increasing cause for concern.
“I think she knows that, I think she understands that,” he said.
He returned to his role in deciding Ms McDaniel’s future on Truth Social on Monday evening, writing: “I’ll be making a decision the day after the South Carolina Primary as to my recommendations for RNC Growth.”
Trump claims the US is ‘just so pathetic’ in ranting Newsmax interview and praises Putin and Xi
Donald Trump struck a less than patriotic note during an interview with Newsmax on Monday when he claimed that America was “just so pathetic” under his successor Joe Biden.
In a wide-ranging discussion with the conservative broadcaster’s anchor Rob Schmitt, the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination claimed that the United States’s status on the world stage has badly diminished since he left the White House in January 2021 due to, as he sees it, President Biden’s mishandling of the wars in Ukraine and Gaza.
The country is just, it's so pathetic and you know,
“The country is just, it’s so pathetic,” he told Mr Schmitt. “And you know other countries are watching this…
“I’ll tell you what: I got to know [Vladimir] Putin very well, I got to know Xi [Jinping] very well, I got along with everybody, you know, etcetera etcetera, but they knew it was no games.
“I was talking to Putin a lot about Ukraine. It was the apple of his eye. There was no way he would ever have moved [against it].”
Mr Trump has regularly expressed his admiration for authoritarian world leaders since leaving office and has repeatedly claimed that Mr Putin would never have invaded his western neighbour had the Republican won a second term, such was his apparent awed respect for the former luxury real estate mogul.
Mr Trump went on to insist: “We’re very close to World War III. Much closer than anyone understands.
“The power of weaponry is so devastating today and we’re playing with a guy who can’t put two sentences together.”
Asked by Mr Schmitt what another four years of the Biden administration would mean, the Republican answered pessimistically: “I think the country’s finished… It’s not going to be able to function.”
Mr Trump then rather boldly claimed that “everything worked” during his administration, which ended three years ago with the country mired in the Covid-19 pandemic and reeling from the Capitol riot of 6 January 2021.
Elsewhere in the interview, he once more laid the groundwork for his own defeat in November by baselessly claiming: “Our elections are very unsafe. They’re not free. They’re not free and fair. There’s so much evidence, there’s so much proof. We have it all but nobody wants to hear about it.
“If we don’t have free and fair elections and strong borders we don’t have a country.”
On the subject of the United States’s southern border with Mexico, Mr Trump placed further pressure on Republican leaders in Congress by denouncing the border bill currently being discussed in the Senate by it calling “a Democrat trap, it’s a trap for Republicans”.
“It would be so stupid, so foolish to sign a bill like this,” he said.
“This bill can’t be signed. And it’s not only that. It’s massive amounts of money going ‘out of town’, as we say. Billions and billions and billions of dollars.
“And it’s so bad on the border I’ve never seen anything like it. Actually it’s one of the worst, one of the dumbest bills I’ve ever seen. I think it’s totally dead in the House… But I can’t imagine anyone wanting to approve this bill.”
He also attempted to use his considerable sway over the conservative movement by agreeing with Mr Schmitt’s contention that it is time for Ronna McDaniel to step aside as chair of the Republican National Committee (RNC) amid a rising time of criticism over the party’s performance over the last few election cycles, with fundraising regarded as an increasing cause for concern.
“I think she knows that, I think she understands that,” he said.
He returned to his role in deciding Ms McDaniel’s future on Truth Social on Monday evening, writing: “I’ll be making a decision the day after the South Carolina Primary as to my recommendations for RNC Growth.”
Trump advisor Pastor Darrell Scott revealed that the Charlie Kirk, the CEO of Turning Point, a MAGA Republican organization with numerous chapters across the country, suggested that Trump make stuff up and lie to Black people to win their votes.
Darrell Scott’s tweet about a comment suggesting Trump lie to Black voters Twitter© Twitter
"Trump needs to just make up anything to say to Black people. Lie to them. It doesn't matter."
Scott, who identified the comment as coming for Kirk in his replies, asked his followers if the comment means Kirk is racist. Scott has been calling out Kirk as a racist after his attack on MLK and Black pilots.
Darrell Scott identified Charlie Kirk as making the comment Twitter© Twitter
Scott said the comments were made during a voter outreach strategy session at the White House and Kirk got “checked hard” for his comment.
Scott revealed Kirk’s comment was made at the White House Twitter
Darrell Scott’s tweet about a comment suggesting Trump lie to Black voters Twitter© Twitter
"Trump needs to just make up anything to say to Black people. Lie to them. It doesn't matter."
Scott, who identified the comment as coming for Kirk in his replies, asked his followers if the comment means Kirk is racist. Scott has been calling out Kirk as a racist after his attack on MLK and Black pilots.
Darrell Scott identified Charlie Kirk as making the comment Twitter© Twitter
Scott said the comments were made during a voter outreach strategy session at the White House and Kirk got “checked hard” for his comment.
Scott revealed Kirk’s comment was made at the White House Twitter
'Historic betrayal': WSJ calls Republicans 'morally complicit' if they 'fold to Trump' on foreign aid
If a critical funding bill for Ukraine fails to pass through Congress, the eastern European democracy could very well fall to Russia this year. Should that happen, the conservative Wall Street Journal (WSJ) editorial board argues that blame should lie at the feet of former President Donald Trump and congressional Republicans.The WSJ's editors recently laid out the stakes of the supplemental foreign aid package currently being debated in the US Senate. The bill would allocate more than $100 billion for the US' allies including Israel, Taiwan and Ukraine. While Israel is counting on continued US support for its offensive in Gaza, Taiwan is hoping to shore up its defenses should China decide to annex the island nation. And Ukraine is in desperate need of additional weapons and ammunition to continue fighting against Russia's attempted seizure of its eastern territories in the Donbas region.
"Without more US weapons, Ukraine’s supply of 155 mm shells could be gone before the summer. Ukraine has been doing a brilliant job of makeshift arms production, but Russia is receiving a surge of munitions from Iran and North Korea. Without US artillery and air defenses, US officials believe Ukraine will lose the war this year," the WSJ editorial board wrote. "That would be a tragedy for brave Ukraine and a strategic catastrophe for free Europe and the US. It would also make Republicans morally complicit in an historic betrayal."
Earlier this week, a 370-page bipartisan bill that would have coupled roughly $14 billion for border security with the foreign aid supplemental package died unceremoniously after Trump publicly railed against it. The former president has made border security a centerpiece of his 2024 campaign, and he has repeatedly warned Republicans against advancing a border bill to President Joe Biden's desk as Trump hopes to instead be the one to take credit for fixing the border should he win in November.
Even though Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) has been a consistent champion of supporting Ukraine, and Sen. James Lankford (R-Oklahoma) has been a reliably conservative border hawk, their efforts fell flat in the face of Trump's pressure campaign. In a Wednesday floor speech, Lankford remarked on how a "popular commentator" threatened to "destroy" him for his work on the bipartisan immigration bill.
"This is a very bad bill for [Lankford's] career," Trump said earlier this week.
The foreign aid supplemental has since been segmented out into its own bill. As of Thursday afternoon, 11 Republican senators voted with Democrats in favor of cloture, meaning the bill appears to have exceeded the 60 votes needed to pass the US Senate. Its fate in the Republican-controlled House of Representatives remains unknown.
