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A number of former close allies have turned against Donald Trump.
They include his former Vice-President, Secretary of State, and Attorney General.
Trump's political brand appears damaged as he gears up another bid for office.
On the eve of November's midterm elections, Donald Trump was bullish as he readied himself to launch his bid to win back the presidency in 2024.
He was poised to take credit for what many believed would be sweeping Republican successes in the midterms, and was stepping up attacks on President Joe Biden and Republican rivals.
But as the end of the year approaches, Trump's political status has taken a serious blow — and it's former allies and senior officials who are leading calls for the Republican Party to choose a different 2024 candidate or risk defeat.
Below, Insider reviews the former allies who are stepping up their attacks on Trump as the 2024 primaries approach.
Bill Barr, the former Attorney General who broke with Trump over his attempt to overturn the 2020 election.
Bill Barr was regarded as one of Trump's closest allies and canniest officials during his 2019 to 2020 stint as attorney general.
He played a key role in fending off legal scandals that embroiled Trump, notably the 2019 release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.
In March, Barr changed course and published a memoir in which he was highly critical of his former boss, and said he had opposed Trump's bid to cling onto power after his 2020 defeat.
More recently, he criticized Trump's decision to take stashes to government record with him to Mar-a-Lago after leaving office, and in a scathing New York Post op-ed called on the Republican Party to move on from Trump after the midterms.
"Among the current crop of potential nominees, Trump is the person least able to unite the party and the one most likely to lose the general election," Barr wrote.
Mike Pence served as Trump's vice president, and played an important role in attracting the conservative evangelical voters who were a key part of Trump's support base.
But his refusal to help Trump's bid to overturn his election defeat in 2020, when he refused to block Joe Biden's certification, provoked Trump's fury.
Pence became a hate figure for hardline Trump supporters, some of whom chanted for his execution during the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack when Pence was forced to flee alongside other members of Congress.
Pence mostly declined to criticise Trump in the wake of the riot. But amid speculation he is considering a rival presidential bid to Trump's, has become more openly hostile.
"The president's words [on 6 January 2021] were reckless and his actions were reckless. The president's words that day at the rally endangered me and my family and everyone at the Capitol building," Pence said in a recent ABC News interview of Trump's behavior on Jan. 6.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-trump-allies-turned-against-110500148.html
They include his former Vice-President, Secretary of State, and Attorney General.
Trump's political brand appears damaged as he gears up another bid for office.
On the eve of November's midterm elections, Donald Trump was bullish as he readied himself to launch his bid to win back the presidency in 2024.
He was poised to take credit for what many believed would be sweeping Republican successes in the midterms, and was stepping up attacks on President Joe Biden and Republican rivals.
But as the end of the year approaches, Trump's political status has taken a serious blow — and it's former allies and senior officials who are leading calls for the Republican Party to choose a different 2024 candidate or risk defeat.
Below, Insider reviews the former allies who are stepping up their attacks on Trump as the 2024 primaries approach.
Bill Barr, the former Attorney General who broke with Trump over his attempt to overturn the 2020 election.
Bill Barr was regarded as one of Trump's closest allies and canniest officials during his 2019 to 2020 stint as attorney general.
He played a key role in fending off legal scandals that embroiled Trump, notably the 2019 release of Special Counsel Robert Mueller's report on Russian interference in the 2016 election.
In March, Barr changed course and published a memoir in which he was highly critical of his former boss, and said he had opposed Trump's bid to cling onto power after his 2020 defeat.
More recently, he criticized Trump's decision to take stashes to government record with him to Mar-a-Lago after leaving office, and in a scathing New York Post op-ed called on the Republican Party to move on from Trump after the midterms.
"Among the current crop of potential nominees, Trump is the person least able to unite the party and the one most likely to lose the general election," Barr wrote.
Mike Pence served as Trump's vice president, and played an important role in attracting the conservative evangelical voters who were a key part of Trump's support base.
But his refusal to help Trump's bid to overturn his election defeat in 2020, when he refused to block Joe Biden's certification, provoked Trump's fury.
Pence became a hate figure for hardline Trump supporters, some of whom chanted for his execution during the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack when Pence was forced to flee alongside other members of Congress.
Pence mostly declined to criticise Trump in the wake of the riot. But amid speculation he is considering a rival presidential bid to Trump's, has become more openly hostile.
"The president's words [on 6 January 2021] were reckless and his actions were reckless. The president's words that day at the rally endangered me and my family and everyone at the Capitol building," Pence said in a recent ABC News interview of Trump's behavior on Jan. 6.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/former-trump-allies-turned-against-110500148.html
