By declining to commit his support for the Republican Party’s nominee if it is not himself, Donald Trump makes a hint at breaking with precedent.
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He highlighted his worry about another component of the argument during an interview with Newsmax TV anchor Eric Bolling.
“I have a problem with the debate for another reason,” he said. “I wouldn’t sign the pledge.”
taking part in discussions? Encourage the party’s candidate. The Republican National Committee has agreed to that.
Republican Ron DeSantis, governor of Florida, excitedly embraced the commitment today.
Bolling was informed by Trump that he sees no advantages in pledging his support for other candidates.
“Why would I sign a pledge?” he asked. “There are people on there that I wouldn’t have. I wouldn’t have certain people as, you know, somebody that I’d endorse.”
After stating once more that there are many candidates for president whom he could never support, he added, “So, right there, there’s a problem, okay? Right there, there’s a problem.”
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The former president declined to name the candidates he firmly dislikes when Bolling pressed him on it.
“I don’t wanna do that, there’s no reason to insult them, but there are some people there that a lot of people wouldn’t endorse,” he said.
Trump is aware of the limited value of debating candidates who don’t appeal to primary voters.
“Somebody like Asa Hutchinson, who’s polling at zero, will ask me nasty questions,” he said. “Somebody like Chris Christie, he’s polling at 1 percent and he’s going to ask me nasty questions, and others too.”
Two people who will be on stage in Milwaukee in two weeks received praise from Trump.
“I mean, Tim Scott has been very nice, and Ramaswamy has been very, very nice,” he said. “I mean, these are, you know, very capable people, very good people.”
“But why would you do that when you’re leading by so much?” he asked. “Ronald Reagan didn’t do it, Nixon didn’t do it — many people didn’t do it. But I’m going to look at it seriously.”
He concluded that he hasn’t decided yet.
There is no reason for President Trump to enter this debate or sign the pledge. Has President Biden signed such a thing? He is more worse than Punxsutawney Phil, at least that ground hog comes out of the basement at least once a year, and he’s on a time schedule.
Trump is smart here this Bonney run Repubs will have is just a show of the number of loonies thinking they are the No. stock for president so you can laugh or put them at the back of the list not near the front.