After losing reelection in 2020, former President Donald Trump continues to tease the possibility of another run for President in 2024, and remains a favorite among his loyal Republican base for the GOP nomination.
Given Republican voters' loyalty to Trump, other potential Republican presidential candidates are walking a tightrope between marketing themselves as the future of the Republican party and remaining in Trump's good graces if he does decide to run.
Trump's White House tenure was marked by scandals, rampant oversight evasion, corruption, and an unprecedented number of lies.
Now, in comments to CNN, Trump's former communications director, Alyssa Farah warns that a Trump reelection would be nothing short of a "nightmare scenario," saying:
"There were things that he wanted to do when he was in power the first time that was well beyond the scope of what the US president should be able to do, but oftentimes it was simply the motivation of hoping to win reelection that kept him from doing things ... Whether it's weaponizing the justice department against political opponents, whether it's going after the free press, he would certainly be open to using the military for political reasons as well."
What's more, Farah isn't the only former Trump official warning that the ex-President would be even more vindictive and unhinged were he to reenter the White House.
Trump's former White House press secretary, Stephanie Grisham, toldGood Morning America earlier this year:
"I want to just warn people that once he takes office, if he were to win, he doesn't have to worry about reelection anymore. He will be about revenge. He will probably have some pretty draconian policies that go on. There were conversations a lot of times that people would say, 'that'll be the second term. That'll be the second term,' meaning we won't have to worry about, you know, a reelection."
People agreed with Farah's latest analysis
No doubt.https://twitter.com/duty2warn/status/1457348099505074177\u00a0\u2026— BB Resists!\ud83d\udc1d\ud83d\udc1d#Unite! #StrongerTogether #Rock\ud83c\udfb6 (@BB Resists!\ud83d\udc1d\ud83d\udc1d#Unite! #StrongerTogether #Rock\ud83c\udfb6) 1636332047
Let her words sink in folks, this guy wants to be a King!!!!https://twitter.com/duty2warn/status/1457348099505074177\u00a0\u2026— Paul Carbone Sr. \u270a\ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\udfcc\ufe0f\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\u26be\ufe0f\ud83c\udfc8\ud83e\udd41 (@Paul Carbone Sr. \u270a\ud83c\udf0a\ud83c\udfcc\ufe0f\u200d\u2642\ufe0f\u26be\ufe0f\ud83c\udfc8\ud83e\udd41) 1636321556
Of course he would. https://twitter.com/duty2warn/status/1457348099505074177\u00a0\u2026— Pro-Democracy; Anti-Fascist! (@Pro-Democracy; Anti-Fascist!) 1636313461
Well, finally, a woman from tfg's admin who knows what the hell she's talking about when it comes to him & the devastating harm he's caused, & would continue to cause, this land our fathers fought so damn hard for.\n\n#VoteBlue2022https://twitter.com/duty2warn/status/1457348099505074177\u00a0\u2026— AppaloosaKid (@AppaloosaKid) 1636305403
You can\u2019t say you haven\u2019t been warned.https://twitter.com/duty2warn/status/1457348099505074177\u00a0\u2026— Maximo (@Maximo) 1636305342
Yeah girl. We know.https://twitter.com/duty2warn/status/1457348099505074177\u00a0\u2026— Jen (@Jen) 1636297707
People are divided on the viability of a Trump candidacy.
Hahahahaha. He lost by a landslide to \u201cSleepy Joe\u201d campaigning from his fuqqin basement. Bring it on.https://twitter.com/nbcnews/status/1457691653905473536\u00a0\u2026— #crazy times (@#crazy times) 1636375810
And he will winhttps://twitter.com/NBCNews/status/1457691653905473536\u00a0\u2026— Frank Furder (@Frank Furder) 1636376833
So the #USA is en route to re-electing a corrupt & sick man who tried to destroy the #AmericanRepublichttps://twitter.com/nbcnews/status/1457691653905473536\u00a0\u2026— Joel R Melamed (@Joel R Melamed) 1636377841
If Trump is in fact running, he'll almost certainly wait until after the 2022 midterms to officially announce.
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