Posted on 05/01/2024 6:57:56 AM PDT by Reno89519
Donald Trump thinks he’s identified a crucial mistake of his first term: He was too nice.
We’ve been talking for more than an hour on April 12 at his fever-dream palace in Palm Beach. Aides lurk around the perimeter of a gilded dining room overlooking the manicured lawn. When one nudges me to wrap up the interview, I bring up the many former Cabinet officials who refuse to endorse Trump this time. Some have publicly warned that he poses a danger to the Republic. Why should voters trust you, I ask, when some of the people who observed you most closely do not?
As always, Trump punches back, denigrating his former top advisers. But beneath the typical torrent of invective, there is a larger lesson he has taken away. “I let them quit because I have a heart. I don’t want to embarrass anybody,” Trump says. “I don’t think I’ll do that again. From now on, I’ll fire.”
Six months from the 2024 presidential election, Trump is better positioned to win the White House than at any point in either of his previous campaigns. He leads Joe Biden by slim margins in most polls, including in several of the seven swing states likely to determine the outcome. But I had not come to ask about the election, the disgrace that followed the last one, or how he has become the first former—and perhaps future—American President to face a criminal trial. I wanted to know what Trump would do if he wins a second term, to hear his vision for the nation, in his own words.
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[This is a very very long interview and article.]
(Excerpt) Read more at time.com ...
because when they did the photo shoot for Biden's interview he kept slumping over in the chair, not a good look.
I thought that was 34.
Good article. It is written as a leftist hit piece, but it makes me MORE enthusiastic about his winning.
Totally agree. A trump victory only supplies the good guys with some protections from government harassment as we agitate for necessary changes.
I want a Wyatt Earp style reckoning.
The biggest problem he will face is Uni Party politics. The separation of powers will be an issue with both dems and rino controlled republicans forming a brick wall. Hopefully the Republican party will finally take notice of and do something about their Rino problem and soon. But I won’t hold my breath.
Well, yeah - but Trump has to our starting point
People who trust politicians to do their dirty work....will just get more dirt, requiring more work.
Just a start.
He was too nice.
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That’s with almost everyone, including the people he thought were allies.
Trump never understood what is dripping between the lines of every leftist rag, out of the side of the mouth of every politician, and the operative standard of the entire deeps state; It’s a state of war, for gaining and keeping power. Only snakes are invited.
needs to declare an immigration emergency on day 1 finish the wall and mass deport the illegals!
They don’t care anymore because they’ve been exposed and have nothing to lose.
Yep. That’s when we’re going to see the full results of the open southern border. Keep in mind, activists in L.A. were able to drum up over 500,000 protestors in just one day using Spanish Speaking Radio. Cops had no clue, they all just “showed up out of nowhere.”
Oh, in that case forget it. Count me out. < /sarcasm >
I’ll tell you whats worth finding out: Who IS this Eric Cortellessa? Really. He (?) is an extreme partisan hack who HATES Donald Trump. Where does HE live? Where does HE go? What personal information do we have on HIM? He, as a typical word assassin, operates with impunity because he is a gutless coward, who lives in hiding, while he takes pot shots on anyone he chooses.To hell with that. Lets out this annoying little gnat for all to see.
Please don’t insult vipers. They can’t help being what they are.
BIDEN CAN DO THAT-—WITH OBAMA & JARRETT helping—IN 4 MINUTES.
I would prefer Trump be our Oliver Cromwell. Particularly the part where he strides in and dissolves the Rump Parliament. “You are no more fit to lead this nation than you are to run a brothel!” One of the greatest movie scenes ever and so very, very much needed today.
FIRE ALL FEDERAL JUDGES-—NEW SLATE
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