'Headed toward communism': Trump frets about country, addresses rumors of 2024 run
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'Headed toward communism': Trump frets about country, addresses rumors of 2024 run
Ryan King November 04, 03:40 PM November 04, 03:40 PMFormer President Donald Trump expressed grave concern over the state of the country during a recent dinner documentary.
Sitting at the head of a swanky dinner table surrounded by allies and former members of his administration, who took turns lavishing praise on him, Trump expressed concerns about the economy, foreign policy, wokeism, energy, Big Tech, and more, arguing that the country was plunging into a communist dystopia.
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"The problem we have is that we are headed toward communism. We are beyond socialism. A lot of people say, 'Well, not really.' Of course we are," Trump said at the dinner during an exchange with Ben Carson about censorship in Big Tech and media.
Trump's remarks came during a reunion with former officials at his golf resort in Bedminster, New Jersey, reminiscent of a famous Cabinet meeting he held in the early days of his administration in which members paid tribute to him in front of cameras. The meeting was featured in the DailyWire+ film My Dinner With Trump, which was released Thursday.
"If you do something spectacular, they don't talk about it. If you do something not so good, they'll make it into a travesty. If the other side does something bad, really bad, you'll never find it," he continued. "There's never been a period of time like that in our country's history. And that's the way communism starts. And we can't let it happen. We're not gonna let it happen."
Trump peppered each of the guests with questions to get their insights about political topics and their reflections on his administration. Attendees took turns touting policy successes under Trump, such as the Keystone Pipeline, the assassination of Qasem Soleimani, the Abraham Accords, low unemployment numbers during his tenure, and his work on border security.
"[The Democrats] hate the country. I mean, that's what it comes down to, and they hate a lot of people in the country," former senior adviser Stephen Miller quipped at one point during the exchange.
“Who’s running the Biden administration?” Trump pondered during the back half of the dinner, insinuating that far-left, woke forces had hijacked his administration, drawing laughs from his guests. A few people, such as Kellyanne Conway, chimed in and argued that Biden was ultimately responsible for his administration's actions.
“They’re destroying the country," Trump added.
Many of the guests alluded to speculation that Trump is poised to mount a presidential bid in 2024. Former Director of the National Economic Council Larry Kudlow impressed upon Trump that the country "needs" him.
Trump, in turn, occasionally returned praise on his former underlings, at one point singling out Sarah Huckabee Sanders's campaign for Arkansas governor. She had arrived late at the dinner.
"You don't realize how popular we are. And we're becoming more popular by doing nothing. We've had great people in this administration, and we don't get credit," Trump underscored while alluding to Sanders's polling lead in her gubernatorial race. "We've really had great people."
Later, he bashed some of his military selections, such as former Defense Secretary Jim Mattis.
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Trump also iterated his long-standing contention that the Democrats "cheated" in the 2020 election and argued that survival was one of the most difficult aspects of his presidency.
"You know, we worked very hard, and we worked probably three times harder, five times harder than anybody else. Because I had two jobs — to run the country and to survive," he said. "If you think about it, survival was much more difficult than running the country."
At a recent rally, Trump teased he will "very, very, very probably do it again," referring to a presidential run.
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