Jason Miller, Donald Trump’s former campaign strategist, said in an interview with The Times of London that the former president “feels happier” than he felt in the White House and is happy to no longer be on social media.
After leaving office, Miller’s image of Trump’s mood is contradicted by other reports coming from the president’s president to Mar-a-Lago, Florida.
One of the closest to the president told The Daily Beast last week that the former president is so frustrated that he is banned on Twitter that he writes insults and tweets and tries to get help seekers.
Yet Miller has insisted that Trump is the most relaxed he has ever seen.
“It was the first time in years that I saw the president really relaxed,” he told the Times. “Only 45 other people in American history have experienced what it is like to have the world on their shoulders … and to be able to exhale, knowing that this is not the first time in four years on you.”
Miller worked with Trump as a communications adviser during his successful presidential campaign in 2016 and took a senior strategic role in Trump’s unsuccessful re-election campaign last year.
In the interview, Miller also addressed Trump’s second indictment to convict the president on charges that he incited an uprising on January 6 by attacking supporters attacking the Capitol.
“There is no real-world scenario in which he will be convicted, so the pressure is completely off,” Miller said during the publication of the indictment.
Miller said he believes his former boss wants to run for president again in 2024.
He warned Republicans he could draw up plans to start a third party and tear the GOP apart if they vote to convict Trump.
“There has been no active planning for a third party, and it will remain so,” Miller said. “The only way it can get more serious is if Republican senators vote to convict President Trump.
“I do not think Republican senators want to tear the party apart, so let’s reject this second accused witch hunt.”
Republican lawmakers are reportedly worried he could turn his supporters against them and put the primary challengers back to oust them.
Unlike other former presidents, who hold a relatively low profile after leaving office, Trump has spoken out in favor of praising allies in the GOP because he wants to maintain his hold on the party and condemn the prospect of a conviction .
Among them counts rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, for whom Trump has voiced support as she comes under pressure for comments from the past that support bizarre right-wing conspiracy theories and violence against Democrats.
He is also reportedly determined to take revenge on Republicans who turned against him, including Rep Liz Cheney, the 3rd most powerful Republican in Congress, one of ten Republicans who voted to accuse Trump in the January 13 vote.
Miller said Trump remains the most powerful force in Republican politics.
“It’s not even close. He’s the party that rebuilt the party and brought in new people,” Miller said.
“The Republican Party now shares its ideals when it comes to trade, foreign policy and being an inclusive party that has had record African-American and Latino support.”