Trump won’t be happy at all with a new report from CNN’s Gabby Orr after she revealed that the ex-president’s innermost circle apparently doesn’t share his excitement for jumping head first into the 2024 presidential race in the very near future. In fact, it seems Donald’s people are so averse to the idea that they may even choose to sit out his campaign entirely.
Orr notes in her brutal report that the washed-up, one-term, twice-impeached former guy is itching to officially throw his hat into the 2024 presidential ring in an effort to finally “clear the field” of any potential challengers — Namely, FL’s ultra-right-wing governor Ron DeSantis, who Trump is so desperate to “assert his dominance” over that he’s reportedly hoping to officially announce his 2024 bid pretty much right outside Ron’s front door. However, his own personal advisors are heavily pushing back on the idea of jumping the gun far too soon, knowing full well that Donald’s trademarked lack of preparation and infrastructure will effectively cripple not only his announcement but his entire candidacy.
CNN’s Gabby Orr spoke with ten different close Trump confidants and write that, in spite of having no “formal campaign apparatus in place” Donald Trump is “is nevertheless closer than ever to announcing another run for office.”
“The prospect of Trump launching a third bid for the White House as an end-of-summer or October surprise has worried many of these allies, who think the timing is premature,” Orr writes, revealing that Trump’s inner circle of advisors are begging the former guy to hold off on making an official 2024 presidential run announcement until at least after the midterms or, more preferably, next year.
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One close Trump advisor admitted, “I don’t think the lack of planning means he’s not actually serious about running. It just means it’s going to be another fly-by-the-seat-of-his-pants sh*t show if he does.”
Orr goes on to note that timing isn’t the only issue here, as the concern of who would join in on the former guy’s campaign efforts has come up as well. “While Trump has yet to abandon his practice of consulting a rotating cast of friends, family members, and advisers about his political decisions, it is unclear who among his kitchen cabinet would actually commit themselves to another presidential campaign,” the report reads. “He has complained, both privately and publicly, about former aides such as Mark Meadows and Kellyanne Conway, who have detailed their experiences in the Trump White House with personal memoirs, and has an increasingly limited number of advisers who are neither profiting off their proximity to him or directly on his payroll – limiting his willingness to trust their intentions.”
Former White House advisers and family members Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner are among those who, as noted by Orr in her report, have been putting quite a bit of “distance” between themselves and the disgraced ex-president, despite being literal family.
“Trump’s daughter Ivanka Trump and son-in-law Jared Kushner are no longer part of his everyday political operation, said multiple people familiar with the situation, noting that the couple has spent most of the past 18 months focused on their children, settling into the Miami area, and ensuring the success of Kushner’s new investment fund, Affinity Partners,” Orr writes.
One close Trump insider stated, “I don’t see them being all that involved strategically. Trump trusts [Ivanka] but she’s not knee deep in this like most of his advisers.”
Another former Trump campaign adviser admitted that they’re just not ready to commit to another Trump presidential run, telling Orr, “He won’t have trouble attracting people if he runs, the trouble will be in who he attracts. If it resembles anything like 2016 or 2020, there were days when we spent 18 or 19 hours at Trump Tower because of how short-staffed he was. That scares me off a little bit.”
According to Gabby, Donald Trump has been left to heavily rely on his eldest son, Don Jr. when it comes to strategic advice.
Good luck with that.
You can read the full report from CNN here.
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