Peter Navarro, a former White House top adviser, predicted that Donald Trump would be elected as a landslide candidate in the next presidential election.
While some Republican Trump critics have suggested that the former president’s political ambitions be done, others have argued that he is the future of the GOP. Trump has apparently considered running again in 2024, while saying he intends to fight for the Republican candidates in the 2022 midterm elections.
Navarro, who advised Trump on trade and manufacturing, made his prediction around 2024 during a Saturday interview with Fox News host Jeanine Pirro. The former White House official made the remark when he criticized President Joe Biden for issuing a number of executive orders during his first weeks in office.
‘That’s the thing with these executive orders. It’s political as usual, ‘Navarro said. “When Donald Trump is elected with a big shift in 2024, he’s going to roll out the same executive orders to roll things back.”
Newsweek Navarro and a Trump press representative reached out for further comment but did not immediately respond.
In his last speech as president on January 20, Trump suggested to a crowd of supporters at Joint Base Andrews that this would not be the end of his political ambitions. “We love you. We will come back in some form,” he said.
While some Republicans have suggested that Trump’s political future be due to the January 6 uprising of his supporters against the US Capitol, others said the former president represents the future of the GOP. Senator Rob Portman, a Republican in Ohio, said he did not expect Trump to participate in an interview with NPR again last week.
“I just do not see it. But maybe I’m wrong,” said Portman, who has no plans to seek re-election in 2022. “My hope is that we will see people rise up who have the ability to bring this coalition together and have a positive message that focuses on the policy and this ideal and does so in a respectful way.”
Other prominent Republicans see the former president as a key force within the party.
“I hope people in our party understand the party themselves. If you want to wipe Donald Trump out of the party, you will be wiped out,” Senator Lindsey Graham, a Republican in South Carolina, told Fox News earlier this month.
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Meanwhile, Trump will face his second indictment in the week of February 8. Although five GOP senators have indicated their willingness to condemn the former president of their party – which will allow the Senate to possibly ban Trump from seeking future elected office – most Republican lawmakers appear to oppose the trial. To convict Trump, 17 GOP senators must vote with their Democratic counterparts – a prospect that seems increasingly unlikely.