DES MOINES, Iowa – Donald Trump Jr. raised concerns about consultants and donors working for opponents challenging his father for the GOP nomination, dragging out the primary instead of consolidating support and focusing efforts to beat President Joe Biden.
“They are going to try to drag out that game, the consultants that are making a lot of money from the billionaire donors that are funding Nikki Haley and others, they want to drag the primary out because once their candidate is out, they stop making money,” Trump said in an interview with the Washington Examiner on Monday night. “There’s millions and millions for these clowns to suck from the American public, which will make it harder to then beat Joe Biden than the Democrats who are unified and always well funded.”
Trump downplayed expectations in New Hampshire after his father achieved a blowout victory in the Hawkeye State. The former president had dominated polls for nearly a year, with his candidacy beginning to skyrocket after his first set of four criminal indictments.
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“In New Hampshire, they are trying to tell all the Democrats to vote for Nikki Haley to try to hurt Trump,” he said. “There are major Democrat mega donors funding her campaign to try to create that extreme of a margin. I’m not too worried about it.”
“I think you get to South Carolina and beat her badly in her home state and it’s sort of over. They are going to do whatever they can to drag out the narrative.”
Directly following the caucuses, Trump plans to attend the beginning of the new trial of E. Jean Carroll in New York City on Tuesday. The trial hinges on a defamation case brought by Carroll, who accused the former president of raping her in the 90’s and then defaming her when she brought forth the allegations.
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“I think the court cases frankly, have been helpful because they’re so ridiculous. When you see what’s coming out,” Don Jr. said. “This is becoming ridiculous. I think if they did one thing, and it was real, rather than picking the dumbest thing, and frankly, the dumbest characters to push the nonsense, you probably wouldn’t open as many people’s eyes,” he added.