'Headed towards communism': Trump frets about nation, addresses rumors of 2024 run

Former President Donald Trump expressed grave concern over the state of the nation throughout a current dinner documentary.

Sitting on the head of a swanky dinner desk surrounded by allies and former members of his administration, who took turns lavishing reward on him, Trump expressed issues concerning the financial system, international coverage, wokeism, vitality, Massive Tech, and extra, arguing that the nation was plunging right into a communist dystopia.

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"The issue we've is that we're headed towards communism. We're past socialism. Lots of people say, 'Properly, probably not.' In fact we're," Trump mentioned on the dinner throughout an change with Ben Carson about censorship in Massive Tech and media.

Trump's remarks got here throughout a reunion with former officers at his golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey, paying homage to a well-known Cupboard assembly he held within the early days of his administration wherein members paid tribute to him in entrance of cameras. The assembly was featured within the DailyWire+ movie My Dinner With Trump, which was launched Thursday.

"When you do one thing spectacular, they do not discuss it. When you do one thing not so good, they're going to make it right into a travesty. If the opposite aspect does one thing dangerous, actually dangerous, you will by no means discover it," he continued. "There's by no means been a time frame like that in our nation's historical past. And that is the best way communism begins. And we won't let it occur. We're not gonna let it occur."

Trump peppered every of the company with inquiries to get their insights about political subjects and their reflections on his administration. Attendees took turns touting coverage successes below Trump, such because the Keystone Pipeline, the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, the Abraham Accords, low unemployment numbers throughout his tenure, and his work on border safety.

"[The Democrats] hate the nation. I imply, that is what it comes right down to, they usually hate lots of people within the nation," former senior adviser Stephen Miller quipped at one level in the course of the change.

“Who’s working the Biden administration?” Trump contemplated in the course of the again half of the dinner, insinuating that far-left, woke forces had hijacked his administration, drawing laughs from his company. A number of folks, akin to Kellyanne Conway, chimed in and argued that Biden was in the end chargeable for his administration's actions.

“They’re destroying the nation," Trump added.

Lots of the company alluded to hypothesis that Trump is poised to mount a presidential bid in 2024. Former Director of the Nationwide Financial Council Larry Kudlow impressed upon Trump that the nation "wants" him.

Trump, in flip, often returned reward on his former underlings, at one level singling out Sarah Huckabee Sanders's marketing campaign for Arkansas governor. She had arrived late on the dinner.

"You do not understand how well-liked we're. And we're rising in popularity by doing nothing. We have had nice folks on this administration, and we do not get credit score," Trump underscored whereas alluding to Sanders's polling lead in her gubernatorial race. "We have actually had nice folks."

Later, he bashed a few of his army choices, akin to former Protection Secretary Jim Mattis.

Trump additionally iterated his long-standing competition that the Democrats "cheated" within the 2020 election and argued that survival was one of the vital tough points of his presidency.

"You understand, we labored very onerous, and we labored most likely 3 times tougher, 5 occasions tougher than anyone else. As a result of I had two jobs — to run the nation and to outlive," he mentioned. "If you consider it, survival was way more tough than working the nation."

At a current rally, Trump teased he'll "very, very, very most likely do it once more," referring to a presidential run.