In a new interview on Monday, Donald Trump named a few people who he views as the future of the Republican Party.
Speaking on the debut episode of “The Lisa Boothe Show,” the 45th commander-in-chief made the remarks after being asked who he believed were the ones to watch in the next era of the Grand Old Party.
“Well, I think we have a lot of people, we have a lot of young good people,” he began. “Ron DeSantis is doing a really good job in Florida and I think Josh Hawley has shown some real courage in going after Big Tech, you know they go after him. Josh is terrific.”
“And, you know, somebody that’s been really terrific is Ted Cruz. He and I had it out for a while, actually we were very close,” the former president continued, noting their brutal brawl for the GOP presidential nomination in 2016.
“Even during the campaign and then it got nasty, the press would say, ‘When’s the nastiness going to start?’ I said, ‘Don’t worry, it’ll start.’ And then it got very, very you know, rather violent and vicious, but then it simmered down and he’s been great,” he continued, noting the positive working relationship the two built in the years since.
Trump then name-dropped a few other notable Republicans before expressing confidence in the party when it came to its talent pool.
“And Rand Paul has been great. A lot of people, I mean really a lot of people have been terrific. Sarah Huckabee is going to do great in Arkansas. I think that Kristi Noem has done a terrific job. A lot of very good people, really very good people.”
“The Republican Party is stacked.”
Asked about the 2024 presidential race — and whether he planned to throw his hat in the ring — the former commander-in-chief said he had not yet decided whether to jump in.
If he opts not to run again, he said, “some of the names I guess I just mentioned, perhaps, and others” would certainly be among the leading candidates for the nomination.
“I’ll make that decision sometime later, but there’s a pretty deep bench,” he continued.
This is an excerpt from the New York Post.
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