Posted on 04/22/2022 3:18:31 PM PDT by Macho MAGA Man
According to the Washington Post, Trump and McCarthy spoke Thursday evening after the audio was leaked.
Trump is reportedly not upset with McCarthy and was “happy that McCarthy hadn’t followed through on what he had said privately.”
WaPo reported (emphasis ours):
House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy’s (R-Calif.) hold on his status as the presumptive next GOP speaker was already tenuous. And on Thursday it seemed like it could slip further.
But how much?
For now, McCarthy appears to have avoided blowback from the top of the party. Many Republicans seem to be waiting for a cue from Trump about how to respond, though some have weighed in to defend or criticize McCarthy.
And The Post reports he spoke with Trump after the audio of the call was released, and Trump was not upset — indeed, he was even happy that McCarthy hadn’t followed through on what he had said privately.
Trump has been more accommodating of McCarthy than McConnell. They soon patched things up after McCarthy publicly blamed Trump for not quelling the Jan. 6 riot and even floated a historic censure resolution against Trump. McCarthy has also been more solicitous of Trump than McConnell has. And that could matter for the fate of his career.
Recent history is instructive when it comes to those with whom Trump is willing to reconcile.
On the one hand, Trump has been willing to overlook past criticisms — even harsh ones — provided the lawmaker in question proceeds to display the requisite obsequiousness. Trump recently endorsed Ohio Senate candidate J.D. Vance despite Vance having sharply criticized him in 2016 as unfit to be president.
And indeed, part of the reason Trump was reportedly not upset Thursday night was that McCarthy’s retreat showed the strength of Trump’s grip on the party.
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I’m being zinke is a mole also. He’s a country club repub (oh did you know he was a SEAL) and has already been chosen to return to Congress.
OK then, Ben Carson was the only non-mole in the whole cabinet and set of advisors.
Apparently Trump or McCarthy has a mole nearby leaking this information.
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I think I read that mccarthy’s statement about “asking trump to resign” was part of his reply to liz chaney’s question to mccarthy “are you going to ask trump to resign”?
So maybe the “mole” who leaked the story of the mccarthy asking trump to resign was actual chaney recounting mccarthy’s answer to her question???
Iow. She could have set mccarthy up & planted the story with the press to hurt both trump & mccarthy???
Don’t know. Everyone could be suspect, it’s not like any have shown true commitment to the America first movement.
I’m done with all of them.
I’m not talking about that part. I’m talking about the conversation Trump had with McCarthy last night. Someone in one of their inner circles leaked it to the Washington Post.
This is a desperation tactic by a party on the verge of a catastrophic loss. Don't fall for it.
Think anything will change when Trump is back in office? He will spend the 4 yrs fighting off both parties. He hasn’t learned anything.
Gotcha
Pelosi’s progeny....
Trump will never learn........
Maybe because McCarthy went on to hold a vote against Liz Cheney and he hasn’t, at least publicly, supported her. I think Trump is being very shrewd on this one.
No way. He knows what is going on. McCarthy is useful right now.
Trump is USING him. Later, Trump will have “no use FOR him”.
Let’s hope!
[Trusting McCarthy isn’t cool, it’s foolish.
Kind of like trusting Dr. Oz.]
I could see that, but I still don’t trust him.
It doesn’t matter, I’m in PA and have just one vote.
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