Former President Donald Trump decided abrupt cancellation His January 6th protest programming event made important allies Peter Navarro and Steve Bannon Fuming.
Responding to reports that Trump was pressured by some of his inner circle allies to cancel the meeting, the pair argued that the former president was being surrounded by individuals who were not supportive enough of MAGA and that he should put his one-time propeller on the books immediately.
“There are still too many people around Donald John Trump who aren’t Trumpers,” Navarro complained Wednesday morning on Bannon’s WarRoom: Pandemic television channel. “Bad personnel is bad policy is bad politics,” he continued. “He’s surrounded by people who just go against his gut, and he just doesn’t trust his gut.”
The press conference was originally scheduled for Thursday afternoon, the anniversary of the January 6 Capitol riots, a riot aimed at overthrowing the 2020 election on behalf of Trump.
The event was scheduled to be held at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort, but was unexpectedly canceled on Tuesday afternoon. “In view of the bias and dishonesty of the January 6 Unelected Committee of the Democrats, two failed Republicans and the Fake News Media, I am canceling the June 6 press conference. 1 at Mar-a-Lago on Thursday, and will instead discuss many of those important topics at my rally on Saturday, January 15, in Arizona — It will be a big crowd! ” Written in a statement.
However, additional reports from Axios it was later revealed that the former president had been pressured by a number of unofficial advisers, including the Fox News host Laura Ingraham and Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC), to eliminate reverse programming.
“The person who is supposed to hold a press conference tomorrow, above anyone, is banging on the table – especially given [the] cesspool in Georgia, cesspool in Arizona — it’s Donald John Trump,” Navarro complained, referring to the secretly filmed footage. video that prompted baseless allegations of fraud to spread even in Republican-leaning states.
“Trump, Trump, Trump,” Bannon interjected.
“He needs to stand up for himself,” Navarro continued. “By the way, fire half of the people down there!”
“Call the press conference,” Bannon urged Trump while telling the former president not to listen to instructions from Ingraham or Graham, “and play the tape from Georgia.”
