Former President Donald Trump said his campaign is worth facing a possible prison sentence to ‘make America great again’ by winning the 2024 election — as he insists President Joe Biden can no longer talk .
The former president, 77, sat down with Kelly for a SiriusXM interview that aired Thursday, in which he shared insight into many of the issues he faces ahead of the 2024 election.
Kelly said the former president’s indictments in four separate cases were “very frightening” to him because of “left-wing judges” and “left-wing juries” and asked him if he could see himself going to prison.
“I have a great attitude, it doesn’t affect me at all because I fight for the country, I fight for the people,” before talking about how good his polls were and that “the people know it’s all good.” . fake.’
Ultimately, however, he said it was worth potentially facing the charges and prison time to “make America great again,” arguing that “our country is going to hell.”
Former President Donald Trump said it was worth serving prison terms to ‘make America great again’ by winning the 2024 election, as he insisted President Joe Biden can no longer talk
‘Our country is going to hell. Our country is going under. I believe the country has one last chance: this is the most important election we have ever had.”
The former president also expressed melancholy about the idea that he might never visit his many famous properties around the world, citing his golf club in Scotland.
‘Would I like to be in Turnberry in Scotland now, or the many places I have… I may never see those places again. But I think this is very important. I think we’re going to win the election.’
Trump was last charged in Georgia for his alleged role in overturning the 2020 election, with prosecutors using laws normally found in mob trials and accusing the former president of heading “a criminal organization.”
He faces three other criminal charges: one on federal charges related to election interference; another federal case involved the mishandling of classified documents, and one in New York federal court alleging hush money payments to Stormy Daniel.
Trump then turned to President Biden, who he said “can’t talk” when Kelly asked him if he thinks Biden will go all the way to 2024.
“I can’t imagine,” Trump said. ‘I saw him yesterday, he can’t put two sentences together. It’s not a matter of age, it’s a matter of competence. He can’t talk!’
Trump also cited a Washington Post op-ed written Wednesday David Ignatius wrote with the headline: ‘President Biden should not run again in 2024.’
The former president, 77, sat down with Kelly for a SiriusXM interview that aired Thursday, in which he shared insight into many of the issues he faces ahead of the 2024 election.
Ultimately, however, he said it was worth potentially facing the charges and prison time to “make America great again,” arguing that “our country is going to hell.”
He then turned to President Biden, who he previously said was not too old to run for office but was “can’t talk” when Kelly asked him if he thinks Biden will go the extra mile.
‘He needs to debate, I think. I hope he will debate, I think. The people want a smart president.’
Trump also noted that he “doesn’t see” himself debating any of his opponents in the Republican primary, suggesting he didn’t want to debate someone he had “about a 60 point lead over.”
Kelly even begged him to do one right before the Iowa caucuses, while Trump said no.
Elsewhere in the interview, Trump said that while he thinks Joe Biden is “grossly incompetent,” he does not feel he is too old to be president.
With just three years separating the two 2024 frontrunners, many are concerned about the increasing age of presidential candidates — as well as other leaders in Congress.
Polls show that more than three-quarters of Americans believe Biden, 80, is too old to stay in office for another four years.
Trump sat down with former Fox News host Megyn Kelly, who now has her own podcast The Megyn Kelly Show, despite the duo’s tense past
Kelly had expressed her excitement and assured viewers that the interview would be nothing short of fascinating
But Trump, 77, told Megyn Kelly that age is not the problem.
‘I have a lot of friends in their eighties. I have friends… who are in their nineties and they are sharp as a tack. Just, I mean, I would say, about what they used to be. No, not old. He is incompetent,” Trump said of Biden.
If Biden were re-elected, he would break his own record as the oldest ever inaugurated US president at 82 years old.
Trump is the oldest president after Biden. He was inaugurated at the age of 70. He defeated former President Ronald Reagan by about a year.
“Age is interesting because some people are very sharp and some people lose it, but you also lose it at 40 and 50,” Trump told Kelly. ‘But no, he’s not too old at all. He is downright incompetent.
“Look at some of the great world leaders, they were in their eighties and they did – I mean, Churchill, so many people. They were phenomenal in the ’80s. You know, there’s great wisdom in not being in a position like him, but if you go back 25 years, he wasn’t that sharp either.
He also shared insight into both Melania and his youngest son Barron, 17.
“I think part of the beauty is that mystery,” Trump said when asked what people misunderstand about his wife of more than 20 years, before comparing her to Hollywood legend Greta Garbo.
‘She was a great actress, but she was very withdrawn and never did an interview. “I don’t see Melania that way, but she’s introspective and she’s confident… She doesn’t need to be out there (to be interviewed),” he explained.
‘She has confidence. She has a lot of self-confidence.’
Trump also provided an update on Barron, saying the teen is doing “very well” and is a “very good athlete.”
‘Barron is very tall, about six eight. And he’s a good boy. He’s a handsome boy. He is a great student, a very good student…we are now thinking about college,” he added.
It was a productive conversation for Trump and Kelly, who have a notoriously rocky history.
Trump claimed she had “blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her wherever” during the August 2015 primary debate that she moderated.
But it appears the feud is now water under the bridge, as Kelly released clips of her sit-down interview with Trump on Thursday morning.
Kelly had expressed her excitement and assured viewers that the interview would be nothing short of fascinating.
“I’m really looking forward to this,” she said in the video. “It’s going to be great, it’s going to be tough and it’s going to be tough, but it’s going to be good and hopefully we’ll both enjoy it.”