Posted on 03/29/2023 4:17:34 AM PDT by Erik Latranyi
As Fox News opinionators struggle with the WrestleManiacal battle between former President Donald Trump and Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, it’s interesting to see where prominent conservatives on the cable news network land. Evidenced by searing criticism from former GOP Congressman turned Fox News host, we can take Jason Chaffetz out of the Trump column.
Trump returned to Fox News airwaves for a formal interview with host and political ally Sean Hannity for a Mar-a-Lago interview which aired Monday night. Some may have confused the Q&A with a Festivus celebration as there was no shortage of grievance airing, which has been Trump’s steez of late.
Fox & Friends brought on a panel of conservatives to review the interview, which was largely predictable morning show pablum, but Chaffetz took his shot.
Brian Kilmeade asked his guest, “Jason, you said overall you thought President Trump did a very poor job in the interview. Why?”
PROGRAMMING NOTE: What follows may not be appropriate for hardcore Trump followers or anyone prone to use the term ‘RINO’ in their political critiques. Nevertheless, Chaffetz dropped a bomb:
I thought Sean Hannity did a good job. But I watched that and I thought, where is Donald Trump? I voted for Donald Trump twice. I have defended him countless times. I thought he was horrific. I think that was the worst interview I’ve seen the president do. He was whining. He was complaining. He played the victim card. Time and time again. And then after that, he complained that, you know, somebody had endorsed was now running against him. And I. I thought he was absolutely horrific. He’s the former president of the United States. Act like it. He didn’t in that interview.
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We have the same Trump we always did. 76 year old dogs don’t learn new tricks. He saying now what he thinks people want to hear.
If you want a preview of a second Trump term just review his first. What’s past is prologue as the saying goes.
I expected the same. That’s why I didn’t watch the interview and why I don’t watch his rallies. We need the old Trump back.
“Yeah, it seems like Trump endorses a lot of bad people....or he hires them.”
That is probably true because he endorsed and supported DeSantis.
IF Trump were only as smart as Erik Latranyi then everything would be running so smoothly.
“There is no bigger Trump butt-licker than Hannity.”
BS, hannity is all about hannity, nothing else.
DeSantis has taken himself out of this race with his flip flop on Ukraine among other things. It just proved that he is a tool of the deepstate that is attacking Trump.
It was a stupid stupid move and DeSantis proved with it that he is not ready for the big league.
There is no bigger Trump butt-licker than Hannity.
wrong. see some of the commenters around here.
Erik Latranyi can keep his professional political class. They are the ones who have put us in this mess.
You might have a point in there somewhere but unfortunately for you.... this is the same thing folks always say about feckless Trump....in 2016 he had no chance, in 2020 despite obvious cheating he picked up what? 6 million more votes than in 2016? Im not sure why people still underestimate this man.
To claim 7 years being chased by the deep state hasnt changed his outlook on DC is a little naive.... lots of Trumps issues during his Pres was he didn’t know what he didnt know... he was the “outsider”. He chose shitty advisors, foolishly relied on his own petty party for support and didn’t believe the left when they were threatening to remove him from the day he was elected.
Its politics... in DC its tit for tat. Thats the nature of the game. Despite this, despite the internal party friction, the constant witch hunts and 24/7 media assassination... Trump succeeded. He promised, he delivered.
The only reason he lost in 2020 is he was robbed, plain and simple. It wasnt his “plan”. It was the democrats plan... to fabricate millions of votes during an emergency. So I guess for Trump to make the grade in your book he needs to cheat...thats the only plan acceptable to you? I mean you mention yourself hes began a ballot harvesting program no? So he is well on his way to cheating too.....
His plan is simple.... cater to his massive base...remind folks like you how much hes done for the country...remind everyone about the fraud in 2020, remind everyone about what happened once Biden was installed, remind everyone how he is constantly being poltically persecuted yet never convicted,..it not a new plan...its a tried and true plan.
If Trump is the only one out there calling out cheaters, warning people about the consequences of allowing fraud to continue unabated...then the entire GOP is in jeopardy... and the GOP seems content with dismissing the 2020 fraud and hoping for the best. Thats sounds like a great plan.
Exactly
“I feel the same way....this is not the Trump from 2016.”
Trump was responding to Hannity’s questions.
This thing about Trump “whining” is really getting old. I noticed DeSantis answered questions in the same fashion Trump does when Trump is accused of whining.
When Trump denys something, it is whining. When DeSantis, or anyone else does it, it is making a statement.
It seems Chaffetz was whining about Trump’s interview.
I get it. You are a never-Trumper.
Maybe the Fox Murdochians will have you on for tea and crumpets, and you can clutch your pearls about Trump’s ickiness.
Jason is a has been pol and is no expert.
(Certainly not. The Trump of 1916 no longer exists.)
Well, I imagine not. 😂😆😬😛😛😛
(just kidding)
(We now have a Trump hardened and at war with the forces of darkness that have assaulted him since 2016.)
Exactly. He now realizes there’s no way to be surrounded by determined partisan goes and survive.
uh, so who is a better candidate?
He turned tail and ran when things got tough. Voted for Trump twice but wouldn’t stick around to help him while the knives came out from “both sides of the aisle”.
Trump was responding to the questions that Hannity asked. Hannity started off by asking about the NY case, then moved to the tweet Trump sent out that had a picture of him holding a bat next to a picture of Bragg. Hannity asked him about mail-in ballots and ballot harvesting. After that Hannity asked him about De Santis.
Laura Ingram and Miranda Devine were both blasting Trump for talking about these things. It was probably a setup, get Trump to ruminate all these things and then accuse him of living in the past and complaining about his legal situation.
He’s Too Old. He’ll be 5mos from 79 when he takes the oath.
No more 80yr old Presidents.
No more 80yr old Senators or Congressmen.
Mandatory retirement for the ones in Washington now and new age limits on those running for office in the future.
Yep. He represents the pompous, neo-con class.
...And term limits
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