Interestingly, that fairly stunning 97/68 (approve/should run in 24) split on Trump in straw poll seemed to match this chatter around #CPAC2021
When Trump laid down the GOP civil war again at the end, it played into this concern I was hearing of whether he can carry the party to general election victories (and actual power) or whether this is losing power
The complaint builds on our reporting last month on Jared Kushner and Trump family’s roles in creating American Made Media Consultants, the Trump campaign shell company which spent about half of the campaign’s money
"These schemes disguised which firms or individuals were working for Trump's committees, how much and when they were being paid, and the purposes of those payments," @CampaignLegal writes in its updated complaint
NEW: Trump tries to use his waning power to influence the RNC's upcoming vote to pick a new chair. Party stalwarts would prefer the lame duck butt out. businessinsider.com/trump-republic…
"It's a little disturbing that the RNC would be controlled by a candidate," said one Republican close to the president. "The members are stunned."
"The 168 want to be back in power," said a former RNC official, referring to the number of committee members from the states and U.S. territories who ultimately vote on who will lead them.
The effort to deny Trump the nomination was more extensive than previously reported -- went beyond just Access Hollywood weekend. (Lots of details here - Gates says he has more coming in his book out in October)
Gates went on-record for this story with a lot of details that others have been chatting about in private for years now
NEWS: A Republican central to Trump's reelection campaign, Katie Walsh, led secret talks to remove him from the 2016 ballot, sources say businessinsider.com/katie-walsh-le…
In an exclusive interview with Insider, Rick GATES, detailed for the first time Walsh's discussions about removing Trump from the ballot in 2016
"To come into the fold and take credit for his win, and making it look like you helped him win, that's what I have a problem with," Gates told Insider.
Republicans close to the campaign repeatedly gave credit to Stepien and Miller for the (relatively) tighter focus from Trump of late, including shorter press briefings at WH ...
BUT, @JasonMillerinDC said it was all Trump - and he's just happy to go along with it: "I would love to pretend that I had some special influence. It was the president's idea. My job is just to say that 'I agree with you.'"
"As you can see behind me, we have removed the extraordinary regulatory burden" Trump says, w/ crane and pickup truck stage setup behind him ... no printouts of federal register spotted
Trump now claiming credit for "historically low gas prices" ... does not mention oil market tanking months ago
Trump mentions that he brought back incandescent lightbulbs ... no mention of windows