Former House Speaker Newt Gingrich (R-Pennsylvania) on Monday compared President-elect Trump to a “mythical figure” and said his rise to power and resilience cannot be explained in the world of “normal” politics. said.
“Look, if you're a relatively sophisticated leader around the world and you've seen nine years of Donald Trump's rise, you've seen two impeachments, you've seen all these efforts to get him in law. If you look, and you're looking at two assassination attempts, and the guy keeps coming,” Gingrich said in an interview on Fox News' “Hannity.”
“This is a mythical figure, much like the various Scandinavian Beowulfs and other kinds of sagas. So it's impossible — the practical way to explain Trump within a normal political structure is No,” he added.
Quoted by Gingrich recent opinion polls This shows that while a majority of Americans believe that Trump “actually received a clear mandate” in the 2024 election, less than one-third of Americans say otherwise. are. Gingrich said this is a strong position to start his next term in office.
“So he's starting to build up an almost two-to-one margin that this person is the leader of the American nation, and if you are with the rest of the world, people forget. “We're a huge country,” Gingrich said. “We're the most powerful nation in the world. And he's a player who's coming back now, and they all respect that, and frankly… I think they're surprised by that.”
In this year's election, Mr. Trump defeated Vice President Harris, winning 312 electoral votes to 226 for Harris, but the popular vote was a close race, with Mr. Trump receiving 49.9% of the vote and Ms. Harris winning 226. It was 48.2%. Republicans also won both houses of Congress.
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