Gov. Chris Sununu (R-NH) indicated President-elect Donald Trump’s second presidency can be essentially totally different from his first, as Trump will as a substitute be centered on breaking “the traditional bubble” of Washington D.C.
The outgoing governor, who has criticized Trump on quite a few events, argued he’s “cautiously optimistic” concerning the incoming Trump presidency as a result of elevated expertise the president-elect has with Congress, in addition to “the different team” of Cupboard nominees with which he has surrounded himself. He additionally famous how Trump has “outsiders” with him this presidency, referring to billionaire Elon Musk, the co-head of the Division of Authorities Effectivity.
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“He won the primary, he won the nomination, and he won the vote handily of the American people. He‘s got to come through, right?” Sununu mentioned on CNN’s State of the Union. “At this point, it‘s about delivering. I think this term will be fundamentally different than the first term for a variety of reasons. He‘s not in his fifth year as president. He‘s kind of in his ninth, if you will, especially as leader of the party and the voice of the party. And all of that centers around being that disruption. People didn‘t vote for him because of his policies, they voted for him because he‘s still seen as an outside influence to disrupt, to break the establishment.”
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When confronted with the chance that voters supported Trump because of his opposition to unlawful immigration, Sununu contended voters had been in opposition to Vice President Kamala Harris’s stance on the important thing election matters. He argued immigration and the Defund the Police motion are the place “the Democrats have kind of lost it.”
Sununu additionally insisted that Trump has not completely modified the Republican Social gathering, suggesting the celebration nonetheless has its “hardcore regular conservativism,” with Trump’s model being “a different style to it.” He additionally claimed “there’s no Trump 2.0 coming up” inside the celebration.
The governor didn’t search reelection this previous November, and can be leaving his place subsequent month. When requested what the longer term holds for him, Sununu mentioned he would go into the non-public sector, and suggested incoming Gov. Kelly Ayotte (R-NH) to “focus on New Hampshire.”
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Sununu beforehand endorsed former United Nations ambassador Nikki Haley within the 2024 Republican presidential major race, with Haley suspending her bid for president in March 2024. Forward of the overall election, the governor predicted Trump may simply win the election in opposition to Harris if he caught to insurance policies. He additionally criticized Harris for being “risk-averse” in her bid for the presidency.
Forward of Trump’s inauguration subsequent month, the Washington Examiner’s Byron York assessed that the Democratic Social gathering lacks a correct determine to oppose Trump and his agenda, partially because of how Democrats misplaced management of each the White Home and the Senate in November. He additionally contended that the celebration must have a correct debate over the place the celebration went incorrect in 2024, noting there’s some fact to the evaluation that Democrats who ran in opposition to the celebration’s model had been essentially the most profitable final month.
