Former President TrumpDonald TrumpBiden: ‘I’m tired of talking about Trump’ Hacker claims he stole files from a law firm linked to Trump: WSJ Texas governor gets criticism over handling winter storm MORE On Wednesday, he repeatedly eluded questions about his political future, saying it was “too early to say” whether he would run for president again in 2024.
Newsmax anchor Greg Kelly tried to pin down Trump on 20 occasions on the 2024 question, but the former president repeatedly testified.
“It’s too early to tell, but I see a lot of good polls out there,” Trump said.
“We have tremendous support,” Trump added. ‘I will not say yet [if I’m running again], but I have tremendous support, and I’m looking at the poll numbers that are through the roof. … I’m the only man accused and my numbers are rising. ”
Trump has been almost completely invisible since leaving the White House almost a month ago, but he stepped forward on Wednesday for a series of interviews to pay tribute to conservative radio host Rush Limbaugh, who died at the age of 70 .
Despite the low profile, Trump shocked Washington on Tuesday by announcing a statement that set the Senate minority leader on fire Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnellBiden: ‘I’m tired of talking about Trump’ READ: Trump statement McConnell downloads in McConnell promises MAGA’s primary challengers MORE (R-Ky.) And promised to support the primary challenges against the Republicans of the establishment, he considers weak and disloyal.
These remarks come after McConnell blew Trump after the indictment, saying the former president was “practically and morally” responsible for the Jan. 6 siege of the Capitol.
“The Republicans are soft. They just beat their own – like Mitch. … If he spent the same amount of time hitting [Senate Majority Leader Charles] Schumer [D-N.Y.] and [President] “Biden, the Republicans will be much better off,” Trump said on Wednesday.
On Newsmax, Trump also pointed out that Biden said in a city hall on Tuesday that his predecessor had not done enough to effectively distribute COVID-19 vaccines. Biden suggested for a moment that there was no vaccine when he took office.
“He’s either not telling the truth, or he’s spiritually gone,” Trump said.
The former president said he was investigating “many different” ways to return to social media, following his ban through Twitter and Facebook.
“We’ll see what happens. We are negotiating with a number of people, and there is also the other option of building your own premises, ‘he said.