Donald Trump on Wednesday wriggled out of a city corridor query that famous his penchant for insulting individuals who as soon as labored for him. (Watch the video under.)
A Ron DeSantis supporter named Jane buttered up the previous president earlier than confronting him on his putdowns on the Fox News gathering in Iowa forward of Monday’s caucuses there.
“Mr. President, I am extremely grateful that in your first term, you accomplished great things,” she mentioned. “But it was also with the help of many great people. Since that time, you have publicly criticized and personally demeaned so many of them. If you’re given four more years, how will you convince good people to take the risk of working with you?”
Trump danced round her reproach and, yep, resorted to name-calling.
“So, I have a lot of people that want to work with me,” he mentioned, including that he heard from essential individuals within the army earlier than the city corridor.
“Everybody wants to come to work with us. We’re gonna have no trouble. We had great people. We had a couple that were not great. Stiffs, as I would call them. But that’s true with anybody. But now I’ve gotten to know Washington. I’ve gotten to know the people. I know the best. I know the smart ones, the dumb ones, the weak ones, the strong ones.”
Trump then obtained in a number of digs at Florida Gov. DeSantis, who’s working far behind him within the race for the GOP’s 2024 presidential nomination.
“He can be working in a pizza store or maybe a legislation agency if I didn’t endorse him,” Trump mentioned. “You know, I endorsed him, took him from nothing to winning an election. And I was all for him. And then one day he said he’d run against me four years later after I got him in. And I said, ‘That’s not a loyal person. We can’t have that.’”
DeSantis was debating one other candidate, former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, on CNN whereas Trump held courtroom on the conservative channel.
Haley was U.N. ambassador throughout Trump’s White House tenure and he now calls her “birdbrain.” She’s a part of an extended listing of those that have obtained brickbats from him after serving in his administration.
A sampling:
Ex-Attorney General Bill Barr: “Pathetic.”
Ex-Secretary of Defense Mark Esper: “Incompetent.”
Former FBI Director James Comey: “Slimeball.”
Ex-Attorney General Jeff Sessions: “Weak.”
Former White House Chief Of Staff John Kelly: “Dumbest.”
Former National Security Adviser John Bolton: “Sick puppy.”
