Trump: The 800-pound gorilla in the Republican Party
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🗓️ 21 February 2022
⏱️ 26 minutes
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Summary
Despite various legal battles closing in on him, Donald Trump remains a looming presence and the de facto leader of the Republican Party in the US. But will the party support a second presidential run in 2024? Or could another challenger displace him?
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| 0:00.0 | I'm Alex Dibble from the Times World in Ten Podcast. |
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| 0:24.0 | Listen, wherever you get your podcasts, it is ten minutes to stay on top of the world. |
| 0:30.0 | It's been a bad week for Donald Trump. |
| 0:38.0 | A federal judge, we are being told, has ruled that former President Donald Trump and his two eldest children must answer questions now under oath. |
| 0:48.0 | Former President Donald Trump must testify, Attorney General, has obtained copious evidence of possible financial fraud. |
| 0:58.0 | That is the heart of this case. |
| 1:00.0 | Mr. Trump has denied allegations, he inflated his assets. |
| 1:03.0 | Despite the multiple investigations he's now facing, Trump staggers on. |
| 1:09.0 | A whole year after he lost the presidential election, if you attend his rallies, which he's never stopped holding, it feels like time has stood still. |
| 1:19.0 | The number one pollster in the country said, if you got 64 million votes or 65 million votes, it's not possible that you lose. |
| 1:27.0 | We got 75 million votes and they stole it, they rigged it, and it's a disgrace to our nation. We're like a third world country. |
| 1:36.0 | Trump clearly hasn't moved on, but have Republican voters. |
| 1:41.0 | For the first time, since Trump left office, polling shows a majority of Republicans consider themselves supporters of the party first and foremost, and not the de facto party leader. |
| 1:54.0 | He lost the election in 2020, and to continue to talk about it having been stolen, if you just want to be a partisan Republican, it's not good for our party. |
| 2:04.0 | Of course, the fact that this question is even being polled shows Trump's looming presence in American politics. |
| 2:11.0 | Two impeachments, and a failed re-election bid later, Trump still casts a long shadow. |
| 2:19.0 | Obviously, he's the 800-pound gorilla in Republican politics. |
| 2:23.0 | If I run and if I win, we will treat those people from January 6th fairly, and if it requires pardons, we will give them pardons. |
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