'Things Happen Through God': Trump Tells CBN News a Reason He Might Not Run for President in 2024
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(whooshing sound)
- This is an invasion!
(audience cheering)
- The MAGA crowds aren't dwindling.
This weekend in Georgia
the former president drewanother big audience.
They're urging him to run again in 2024.
I brought up the subject, with a twist.
What will make you not run in 2024?
In other words, what wouldbe a reason not to run?
- [Trump] Well, I don't,
I guess a bad call from adoctor or something, right?
You know, you get that call,(David laughing)
and say, "Hey sir, how you doing?
Come on down here and see us
because we got a bad report," right?
So, things happen,through God, they happen.
And, but I, you know,
I feel so good, and I hatewhat's happening to our country.
- [David] Trump has a long list
of issues with this administration.
After being called the mostpro-life president ever,
Trump says he's seen theexact opposite approach
from this Catholic president.
- [Trump] If you look at his policies
and if you look whathe's doing to religion
and organized religion, ifyou look at what's going on,
I don't know how the Catholic Church
can be supportive of him.
- [David] His supportamong independent voters
has seen a drop as well.
That's mainly due to thesouthern border situation,
and Trump puts the blame squarelyon the current president.
- [Trump] All he had to do,do as I say, go to the beach.
Just relax, Joe, go to the beach.
We had it the best ever inthe history of that border,
the Southern border.
And now it's the worst in history
and it's probably the worstborder anywhere in the world,
if you think of it,
because no border has everbeen like what's happening
at our border.- Right.
It's the destruction frominside of our country.
- Trump's critics say hisunconventional toxicity
and lies are responsible fordestroying the country too.
The January 6thcongressional committee wants
to see all documents and correspondences
that he had on that day in January.
Biden's White House is setto forgo the traditions
of executive privilegeand release those records.
- [Trump] It's a disgrace what's going on.
This is just another continuation of a...
- [David] Yeah.
- Really, you'd call it thegreatest witch hunt in history.
- You're gonna sue-- [Trump] And a disgrace.
- Will you look at suing them in court?
Are you thinking about it?
- [Trump] I'll do whatever is necessary.
- He'll also do whatever is necessary
to let everyone know thatit was his administration
who delivered a vaccine in record time.
But what about those mandates
that have become so controversial?
Have they been discriminatoryagainst the unvaccinated
in this country?
- [Trump] Since I left,
I think people just don'ttrust the Biden administration
or Biden.
Because since I left,
now you have the mandate fight
and that's a big fight by the way,
and you have to allowpeople their freedoms.
- And now, the peoplealso wait for a decision
from the Donald, to see if he's ready
to give the presidency another shot.
- Well, chief political correspondent,
David Brody, is with us.
David, as you know,
the last campaign was run inlarge measure against Trump
and he did have a lotof problems with women,
especially suburban women.
So what do you view hischances in the next election?
- Well, Pat, as you know,it's always a base election,
and what I mean by that isyou got to get out the base.
So the Trump campaign, Isay the Trump campaign,
am I getting ahead of myself?
The potential Trump campaign will know
that they have to do an even better job
of getting out more ofthose MAGA faithful.
But they're also encouraged,a lot of folks in Trump orbit,
by this idea that the independent support
for president Biden hasdropped significantly
as we've reported here on the 700 club.
Going from 55% among support,regarding independents,
to about 37%.
And they're concerned about immigration.
They're concerned about, obviously,
what's going on at the border.
And so, when you put that out there,
it gives Donald Trump a potential to say,
"Hey, you know what? Thetime may be right, again,
to run again."
We'll see.
But it was an interesting answer for sure,
about the bad call from his doctor.
(Pat laughing)
- The only reason why he wouldn't run
is if his ticker isn't working.
- That's right.
- David, how do you see Republican chances
to take back the Senateand the house in '22?
- Well, it's all rightthere for the taking Pat.
And leave it to theRepublicans to blow it.
But look, I mean,
there's no doubt they only need to flip,
what is it, about five house seats?
I mean, it depends onthe special elections
that come and go,
but it's about five house seats right now.
And so look, they'vegot not only a chance,
but they've got a very, very good chance
of winning the house.
And redistricting has helped them.
Let's be honest, JoeBiden and his policies
have helped them, as I just pointed out
with the independents sinking.
And then of course in the Senate, look,
there are about 10 tossup seats. If you will,
Pennsylvania, Georgia, thoseare going to be big ones,
Wisconsin as well.
The bottom line isRepublicans could actually
pick up the Senate too.
It'd be a little trickier,
but in a climate that seemsto be favoring Republicans.
I'll tell you what,
this could be the lastchance for Democrats
to pass some of the sweeping legislation
that we've been hearingall about in this show.
And of course for weeks and months.
And that's why they want toget it done, because they know
their time in the majorityseems to be potentially
running out in 2022.
- I think you're exactly right.
You know, just focus on Georgia a little,
a couple of those raceswere kind of squirrelly,
in the last election.
And Sonny Perdue, or one of those people,
ought to come back in.
Don't you feel that's the case.
- Yeah. As a matter of fact,over the weekend in Georgia,
Donald Trump wondering,saying out loud at the rally,
"Hey, David Perdue, areyou going to run again?
Why don't you run again?"
So he would like to see him do that.
Raphael Warnock, goingto be in some trouble,
obviously in Georgia,
that is a tough seat forDemocrats to hold onto.
But then again,
and don't get me startedwith a ballot harvesting
and some of the stuff that Stacey Abrams
and others are doingdown there in Georgia,
but I'll tell you what,
it's going to be aninteresting race in Georgia.
- David, thanks so much.