Paul Manafort, who served as marketing campaign chairman for former President Trump’s 2016 election bid, mentioned Tuesday that the GOP nominee would work alongside Democrats if it meant cementing his presidential legacy.
“There’s a good reason to think he’ll reach out to the other side because he knows that this term is important for his legacy,” Manafort advised NewsNation’s Chris Cuomo.
“But more important than that, he’s running to change to get back to where he had the country pre-COVID in his first term,” he added within the interview on “CUOMO.”
Trump pardoned Manafort in December 2020 alongside practically two dozen different allies simply earlier than the Jan. 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol, and the forty fifth president’s subsequent departure from the White Home.
“Will he ever give up power? He gave up power,” Manafort mentioned. “He may have objected to the election, but on Jan. 20, at 12 o’clock, he walked off the stage and got on a plane and flew to Florida.”
His feedback come as Trump’s refusal to just accept his 2020 election loss has been again in headlines resulting from his personal feedback and people of his working mate Sen. JD Vance (R-Ohio).
Manafort’s declare of Trump working alongside Democrats hasn’t materialized in the course of the marketing campaign season, with rhetoric at Trump’s most up-to-date rally labeling his opponent “a trainwreck who has destroyed every part in her path” amongst extra vulgar names from audio system.
Vice President Harris and different Democrats additionally regularly voice their disdain for the previous president, with the Democratic nominee calling him a “petty tyrant” and a “wannabe dictator” in her closing arguments Tuesday on the Ellipse in Washington.
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