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Trump is 'exhausting' GOP lawmakers and forcing them to 'kiss the ring' during Mar-a-Lago visits: report
March 05, 2021
During a panel discussion on MSNBC's "Morning Joe" one of the founders of Axios stated that he believes Donald Trump is sincere about running for president again in 2024 while one of the founders of Punchbowl News made the claim that Republican lawmakers just wish he would go away.
Speaking with co-host Willie Geist, Jim VandeHei said Trump would make a serious run, if for no other reason than he thrives on the attention and believes he has a base big enough to make 2016 happen again.
"He wants to lord over the Republican Party, but creating another party would be way too many resources and focus to pull off," he explained. "He does what you see today. He will try to find platforms, whether it's Fox News, Parler, whatever he ends up using with time to weigh in and heckle Republicans who have turned on him."
"My guess is he will endorse candidates to be a pain to the Republicans who are against him," he added. "Make no mistake, if he sits on the sidelines, does what he is doing, he probably gets stronger, not weaker, among Republicans as you drift away from January 6th, and if he were to decide to run, which I think he may run -- I know a lot of people think he won't -- but he is so addicted to the attention, being in the game, knows he has this massive base of support. I would not be surprised at all if he runs again. He knows it gives him the power of us talking about it and other people talking about it."
Chiming in Anna Palmer of Punchbowl added, "Republican senators are tired, exhausted of answering for every single tweet, every single thing that Donald Trump does. They are, 'are we talking about that again?'"
She added that the unfortunate reality for them is that they -- like House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy are forced to visit Mar-a-Lago and "kiss the ring" because they, "need him."
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Former President Donald Trump has reportedly been badmouthing son-in-law Jared Kushner, who has been missing in action in recent weeks despite being one of Trump's most trusted advisers for years.
Two sources tell CNN that Trump "has been telling those in his inner circle he is angry with Kushner. Although these sources didn't give Trump's exact reasons for his displeasure, there are some signs that he blames Kushner for his humiliating loss in the 2020 presidential election.
<p>"We know the boss isn't going to blame himself," one source said of Trump's ongoing bitterness over losing the election.</p><p>The biggest sign of Trump's frustration with Kushner is the fact that Kushner was not present at a recent political strategy meeting to discuss the 2022 midterm elections and a possible 2024 presidential run.</p><p>One former administration official said this was odd because Kushner was always eager to "meddle" in the affairs of other officials.</p><p>"He was an 'expert' in everything," the former White House official said, pointing to Kushner's failed efforts to contain the novel coronavirus pandemic and broker a peace deal between Israel and the Palestinians.</p><p>A source more sympathetic to Kushner, however, indicated that he's simply exhausted by dealing with his father-in-law.</p><p>"The drama of politics wore him down," he said. "Eventually, Trump wears everyone down."</p>
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Trump, Donald Trump Jr and Mo Brooks served with new lawsuit for involvement in Capitol riot
March 05, 2021
Rep. Eric Swalwell (D-CA) has filed a lawsuit against former President Donald Trump, Donald Trump Jr., Rudy Giuliani, and Rep. Mo Brooks (R-AL) for their role in fomenting the January 6th Capitol riots.
CNN reports that the lawsuit "alleges Trump, Trump Jr., Giuliani and Brooks broke Washington, DC, laws, including an anti-terrorism act, by inciting the riot, and that they aided and abetted violent rioters and inflicted emotional distress on the members of Congress."
<p>All four men spoke at a rally that took place just before rioters stormed the Capitol.</p><p>Brooks told rallygoers that it was time for them to "kick ass" and even to sacrifice their own blood in the name of liberty, while Giuliani demanded a "trial by combat" to determine the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.</p><p>Additionally, the lawsuit alleges that Trump and his allies violated "a civil rights law meant to counter the Ku Klux Klan's intimidation of elected officials," CNN writes.</p>
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