Mediaboss Marketing

Former President Donald Trump warned Wyoming rally-goers that the conflict between Ukraine and Russia could turn into World War III, which "would be like no other."

Speaking Saturday in support of his endorsed GOP congressional candidate Harriet Hageman, who is running against longtime Trump rival Liz Cheney, he told attendees at the Ford Wyoming Center in Casper that actions by the U.S. could escalate the situation.

"You may end up with a Third World War because of the stupidity of what we're saying and what we're doing," he said. "And we want to help people because of what's happening to them; they're being obliterated. But you know, we could end up in a Third World War because of the way we're going about it. And I never thought that would be possible."

He predicted it "would be like no other war" due to "renovated and brand new nuclear weapons."

"I completely rebuilt the United States military," Trump said. "I hated to do it because I saw the power. I know the power better than anybody. I know the power. And we are in a position that I never thought we'd be in. We have a major country, every day he mentions nuclear, nuclear, nuclear, and China's doing things that they would have never done with us."

Trump said "a lot" of it started with the withdrawal of U.S. troops from Afghanistan.

"I don't think our country has ever been in a worse position, in a weaker position, a more pathetic position, and a lot of it started from the way we withdrew from Afghanistan," he said.

When he was president, "we were respected. Nobody was going to war with us."

"We didn't have to go to war for people to know that we were the toughest and we were the strongest. We did it in a much different way," he said.

The former president believes Cheney "is at the front of the parade trying to get us to go into wars with Russia or anyone else that wants to bite."

"Liz Cheney hates the voters of the Republican Party and she has for longer than you would know," he said. "Wyoming deserves a congresswoman who stands up for you and your values, not one who spends all of her time putting you down, going after your president in the most vicious way possible. And loving endless, nonsensical, bloody, horrible wars that never end. They just never end."

Newsweek reached out to a Trump representative for additional comment.

See the original post:
Donald Trump Tells Rally-Goers Third World War 'Would Be Like No Other' - Newsweek

The fate of state Sen. Burt Jones, whom Trump endorsed in the open race for lieutenant governor, remains unclear. While he was leading his nearest challenger by close to 20 percentage points, with 96 percent of the expected vote in, it wasnt clear if Jones would avoid a runoff: He was at 50.1 percent, a hair above the threshold.

Trumps House picks in Georgia werent much more successful. While all 5 of the Republican incumbents he endorsed won, none of them really faced a competitive race three of them, in fact, were unopposed. Trump also backed two candidates in open seat House primaries: Jake Evans in the 6th District and Vernon Jones in the 10th. Both finished in second place and moved on to June 21 runoffs.

The lone bright spot in Trumps Georgia record? His recruited candidate for Senate, Herschel Walker. The former football star maintained a steady lead in the polls since the early days of his campaign and easily sailed to his GOP nomination.

In Alabama, Trump ditched his original pick for the Senate, Rep. Mo Brooks, after the congressmans campaign appeared to be flailing. But Brooks one of Trumps strongest supporters in Congress launched a late comeback and made it to the June 21 runoff, where hell face first-place finisher, Katie Britt.

Unopposed.

He voted to overturn 2020 electoral votes.

Unopposed.

He voted to overturn 2020 electoral votes.

Won with 82 percent of the vote.

He voted to overturn 2020 electoral votes.

Unopposed.

He voted to overturn 2020 electoral votes.

Unopposed.

He voted to overturn 2020 electoral votes.

Donald Trump endorsed his former White House press secretary, Sarah Huckabee Sanders, for Arkansas governor.|Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

Won with 83 percent of the vote.

Sanders, Trumps former White House press secretary, said she ran for governor to be part of the last line of defense against a Democratic-helmed federal government. In his endorsement, Trump said Sanders would always fight for the people of Arkansas and do what is right, not what is politically correct as governor.

Sanders, whos favored to win in November, would be the second in her family to serve as governor her father, Mike Huckabee, served two terms starting in the 1990s and later ran for president twice.

Won with 58 percent of the vote.

Boozman voted to acquit the former president in Trumps second impeachment trial, though the senator said Trump did bear some responsibility for the events of Jan. 6. Trump endorsed Boozman anyway, providing key cover in a tough primary against former Arkansas Razorbacks star and Army ranger Jake Bequette.

Won with 75 percent of the vote.

He voted to overturn 2020 election results.

Unopposed.

With 96 percent of the expected vote in, Jones was in first place with 50.1 percent of the vote.

In this Sept. 25, 2021, photo Senate candidate Herschel Walker speaks during former President Donald Trump's Save America rally in Perry, Ga.|Ben Gray, File/AP Photo

Won with 68 percent of the vote.

Walker, who will face Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock in November, has had a relationship with Trump for decades, dating back to when Trump owned the short-lived New Jersey Generals football team in the USFL. He was a great football player and will be an even better U.S. Senator if that is even possible, Trump said in September.

Unopposed.

He voted to overturn 2020 election results.

Won with 76 percent of the vote.

Clyde, who voted to overturn 2020 election results, drew national attention for his cavalier downplaying of the events of Jan. 6 during a House Oversight Committee hearing. Not only was there not an insurrection, Clyde said, but if you didnt know that TV footage was a video from January 6, you would actually think it was a normal tourist visit.

Unopposed.

He voted to overturn 2020 election results.

Unopposed.

He voted to overturn 2020 election results.

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene speaks during a court hearing on April 22 in Atlanta.|John Bazemore-Pool/Getty Images

Won with 70 percent of the vote.

Greene, who voted to overturn the 2020 election results, is one of Trumps most vocal supporters. In his endorsement, Trump said the lightning-rod freshman lawmaker has always been on his side, and is someone who loves our country and MAGA, its greatest ever political movement.

Ken Paxton waves after speaking during the Conservative Political Action Conference CPAC held at the Hilton Anatole in July 2021 in Dallas, Texas.|Brandon Bell/Getty Images

Won with 68 percent of the vote.

Paxton, who has been mired in scandal and faced abuse of office allegations for much of the past seven years, is a staunch Trump ally. As Texas AG, he challenged the results of the 2020 election in four battleground states but the case was thrown out by the Supreme Court.

He won his Trump endorsement at the expense of George P. Bush, the Bush family scion Paxton defeated in Tuesdays runoff.

Won with 69 percent of the vote.

Won with 59 percent of the vote.

Won with 64 percent of the vote.

Won with 59 percent of the vote.

Read the original:
Trump made 27 endorsements in Tuesday's primaries. Here are the winners. - POLITICO - POLITICO

The Jaffa school offered an interpretation of American history that might be described as Inception, Consummation and Corruption. Its Great Consummator was Lincoln, who restored the promise of the founding by fully establishing the all men are created equal absolutism of the Declaration of Independence. Its villains were John C. Calhoun and the progressives of the early 20th century, the former for defending slavery and inequality, the latter for replacing a constitutional republic with a bureaucratized administrative state, and both for displaying a philosophical and moral relativism that Jaffa despised (and that, as his intellectual feuds multiplied, he claimed to discern in many of his fellow conservatives as well).

But one thing you noticed hanging around with Claremont folks was that while they were obviously interested in the good and bad of each American regime change, from the original founding (great) to the Lincolnian re-founding (even better) to the progressive re-foundings of Woodrow Wilson (their great villain, the Lost Cause sympathizer turned arrogant technocrat) and Franklin Roosevelt, they were also just really interested in the idea of founding itself, when moments of crisis bring new orders out of old ones.

At one point, as a break from reading founding-era texts, we were treated to a screening of The Man Who Shot Liberty Valance, the great John Ford western whose theme is the Old Wests transition into political modernity, passing from the rule of the gun (embodied by John Waynes Tom Doniphon) to the rule of the lawbook (embodied by Jimmy Stewarts Ransom Stoddard).

In the movie, the transition cant happen without a dose of chaos, a mixture of violence and deception. Lee Marvins outlaw, Valance, challenges the peaceable lawyer Stoddard to a duel; Doniphon saves the lawyer by shooting the outlaw from the shadows and then the killing is mistakenly attributed to Stewarts character, who is lionized for it and goes on to be a great statesman of the New West while the cowboy and his vigilante code recede.

The not-so-subtle implication of the Claremont reading of American history is that this kind of fraught transition doesnt happen once and for all; rather, it happens periodically within the life of any nation or society. Whenever change or crisis overwhelms one political order, one version of (in our case) the American republic, you get a period of instability and rough power politics, until the new era or the new settlement is forged.

But it doesnt happen without moments like Doniphon shooting Valance or Lincoln suspending habeas corpus, say, or Roosevelt threatening to pack the Supreme Court when norms and niceties need to be suspended for the sake of the new system thats waiting to be born.

When I try to understand what Eastman imagined himself doing in serving Donald Trump even unto constitutional crisis, this is where my speculations turn. I dont think this is the necessary implication of Claremont thought; indeed, you can find in the latest issue of The Claremont Review of Books an essay by William Voegeli critiquing conservatives who seem enthused about chaos and overeager to re-found rather than conserve. But I think its an understandable place for the Claremont reading of American history to turn at a time when the American republic does appear sclerotic, stalemated, gridlocked and in need of some kind of conspicuous renewal.

Follow this link:
Opinion | Why Would John Eastman Want to Overturn an Election for Trump? - The New York Times

We salute the voters of Georgia: Their Republican primary last week was the first gigantic defeat for Donald Trump and the forces of authoritarianism within our borders, a cause for celebration.

Ever since their local Republican officials refused to bow to Trumps pressure to overturn the results of the 2020 election, and instead told the truth that Trump lost their state by more than 11,000 votes the former president has been on what Chris Christie dubbed a personal vendetta tour.

But the two officials Trump tried to purge both won bigly. Gov. Brian Kemp the guy Trump called a turncoat, a coward and a complete and total disaster for refusing to defy the will of the states voters won by over 50 points, absolutely destroying the sycophant Trump recruited, David Perdue. And Brad Raffensperger, Georgias secretary of state who famously refused to indulge Trumps fantasies and find 11,780 votes, won by nearly 20 points, so much he wont have to face a runoff.

It was a most welcome sign that the GOP might be starting to shake off its election conspiracy fever dream, that maybe Trump has peaked. This is an important one, Bill Palatucci, the GOPs national committeeman from New Jersey, told the Washington Post. Him losing gives people courage to speak out. Thats the hope, anyway.

Yes, we still have the Conservative Political Action Conference, known as CPAC, deciding to gather in Hungary and the most watched personality on cable TV, Fox News Tucker Carlson, singing the praises of its strongman, Viktor Orban, whos destroying democracy over there.

We have Republicans trying to block an inquiry into an attempted coup on Jan 6th that was fueled by baseless fraud accusations, and many other races across the country in which people who trumpet the Big Lie are running for jobs in which they could sway the outcome of future elections. Truly scary.

But Trumps embarrassing defeat in Georgia is an enormous relief, when compared to the alternative. His endorsement is still a factor, no doubt, as we saw in Ohio with Senate hopeful JD Vance and Doug Mastriano in the Pennsylvania governors race. Yet it is no longer the most important one, says Mike DuHaime, a leading Republican consultant in New Jersey.

Even in states where his candidates are winning tough races, they are getting around one-third of the vote, meaning two-thirds of voters are looking past the endorsement or voting against it, he said.

And this time, we saw establishment Republicans come to Kemps aid as he was attacked by Trump including Christie, Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey and former VP Mike Pence; folks who in the past might have feared being punished for disloyalty. The idea that if you cross Trump, youre out of office is categorically not true anymore, DuHaime says.

Georgias primary was also a great barometer for the lingering passion about Trumps lie that the 2020 election was stolen, Brian Robinson, a Georgia Republican political consultant, told the Atlantic. It just shows that a lot of the air is out of the balloon, he said. The intensity has dissipated. DuHaime agreed: I think even voters who believe Trump are sick of it. Theyre moving on.

For Jon Bramnick, a moderate, Never-Trump Republican in New Jersey, its reason for cautious optimism. America deserves a Republican party that does not endorse totalitarian leaders, one in which local officials no longer get mobbed by misinformed voters asking why theyre not questioning the 2020 election results, after 60 federal judges both Democrats and Republicans, lifetime appointees who arent afraid of political retribution flatly rejected Trumps fraud falsehood.

They dont even hear you they go back to a Fox broadcast, Bramnick said, adding, When people lose their trust and confidence in government because of irrational allegations, it is a serious threat to democracy. Right.

So lets pray that Georgia is a sign of things to come; that it encourages more Republicans to defy Trump, to fight back against his poisonous efforts to flip elections, and to seek out better leadership people who, when our democracy is hanging by a thin thread, will have the mettle to help it survive.

Our journalism needs your support. Please subscribe today to NJ.com.

Bookmark NJ.com/Opinion. Follow on Twitter @NJ_Opinion and find NJ.com Opinion on Facebook.

Continue reading here:
Cheers to Georgia for rejecting Trump and his Big Lie | Editorial - NJ.com

The California Globe had the opportunity to meet with Former United States President Donald Trump recently in Los Angeles in a one-on-one interview, while he was in the state on business. We discussed the state of the State of California. As expected, President Trump had plenty to say about the politics of our unique state.

This is Part 4 of the series; Here is Part 3; Part 2; and Part 1.

Water, wildfires, energy, crime, homelessness, education, labor unions, infrastructure this is just a short list of Californias critical issues, the Globe told President Donald Trump in our recent meeting.

The Globe asked President Trump, With all of the serious issues going on in California all of Gavin Newsoms policies water, the defunding of forest and wildfire management, energy shortages, banning oil and gas production and going all electric in the state by 2030

All electric? the President said. It will cost you so much, and its so polluting.

The pollutants are massive to produce the electricity, he added. Far more than fuel efficient cars.

We discussed Californias scheme to cut oil and gas production by replacing it with wind and solar, supposedly renewable energy, despite oil and gas being a huge industry in the state.

The problem is when you cut off the oil and gas, when you make batteries, as an example, it is so massive in terms of pollutants, President Trump said. Its incredible.

These people dont know what they are doing.

We discussed the high cost to build a house in California with all of the state mandates solar panel roofs, fire sprinklers, and mandatory affordable housing regulations, including creating higher-density neighborhoods by replacing single family homes with duplexes and fourplexes and how the state Legislature and governor cannot legislate the states way out of the high cost of housing. Its the local and state government regulations increasing the cost of building homes.

President Trump said solar is a good idea, but the worst is wind. Wind is the most expensive energy, he said.

You take one cent of natural gas, per the same equivalent, wind is 54 cents. Wind is 54 times as expensive, Trump said.

We throw the natural gas away we give it away for nothing. But we are sitting on liquid gold, he added. Thats what caused the inflation thats what started it. And now its going to be hard to bring it down.

President Trump warned that just opening up natural gas exploration and pipelines again wont singly fix inflation. And youre not going to solve it immediately, he added. Its getting further and further away.

President Joe Biden suspendedoil and gas permits on federal lands and waters and canceled the Keystone XL oil pipeline projecthis first day in office, ending a project that was expected to employ more than 11,000Americans last year, Fox News reported.

During the Trump presidency we had energy independence by the time he left office, gas was $1.87 per gallon, and inflation was only 1.7%.

Today, gas is up 125% the national average for a gallon of gas is $4.59 and in California a gallon of gas is selling for $6.09 on average and $6.99 in some counties. We are facing energy shortages and rolling blackouts in California, and inflation is at a 40-year high of 8.7%. However, if they were using the same index as was used during the Carter administration, inflation would be nearing 18%.

The Globe asked President Trump if he thinks Gavin Newsom will run for President in 2024, even with the failing policies discussed above. I dont know, President Trump said. His record is so terrible. Will he run I have no idea.

His record is really rough. Its really rough, he said. But anything can happen. When Biden gets in, anyone can get in. Right? The man is not coherent. And the Democrats act like hes a genius. He was never a genius lowest in his class.

We discussed President Trumps endorsements. As of Friday May 13 when we met and spoke, he had 58 wins, to one loss. Unbelievable! he said. We are 50 and 1. And the one was false because seven women came out at the end and nobody knows if its really true.

So that was a headwinds deal, and he almost won. Came within one point!

But were 58 to 1, Trump added. We won J.D. Vance. He went up like a rocket ship all of them.

We got Ron DeSantis in. I got Kemp in. I got everybody. I got half of the Senate. If you look at the Senate right now, it would be 60/40 against, except for my endorsements. And nobody ever says that.

You look at Tom Tillis. [U.S. Senator for North Carolina]. Sullivan of Alaska [U.S. Senator Dan Sullivan of Alaska]. You look at Iowa. You look at Lindsey. So many people, he said. It would be 60/40 or worse in the Senate. Ten Senators came in because of my endorsements.

As of May 18, his endorsement record jumped to 76 wins, three losses, according to Ballotpedia.

Mitch McConnell lost the two in Georgia, the President added (about the 2020 race). He lost them. He should have won.

We asked if he would be campaigning for and/or endorsing any candidates from California.

Well yes, I think well do Kevin Kiley. The Globe broke the news that President Trump endorsed Kevin Kiley for Congress.

Youve got a big story here, President Trump added. Im saying the elections in California are corrupt. I dont believe its a blue state. I believe it is either red, or equal. But it actually could be red.

Excerpt from:
EXCLUSIVE: California Globe Interview With President Donald Trump, Part 4 - California Globe