Something has changed in Donald Trump’s quest for the White House in 2024. That is the view of Harris Faulkner, the Fox News host who closely follows the candidates she knows well in New Hampshire.
The veteran broadcaster, who has a good reputation in the DeSantis, Haley and Trump camps, told DailyMail.com that “something has changed with Trump in recent weeks. He is much less self-focused and fights like it’s 2016 again.’
“You hear him say ‘Make America Great Again’ over and over again, just like in 2016,” Faulkner explained from New Hampshire, where she predicts Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis will have to close Trump’s lead significantly in the upcoming primaries to to continue with their campaigns.
“What he’s tapping into with the electorate is the sense of ‘we feel everything around us is crumbling, we want the man who will fight on our behalf, hear us when we speak and fix the things we say that they are broken,” she says. explained.
Faulkner also explained how Biden’s “disastrous” record at the southern border as heightened tensions in the Middle East, including Israel and Yemen, make national security a key issue for voters heading to the polls.
Fox News host Harris Faulkner claims something has changed in Donald Trump
The veteran broadcaster, who has good sources in the DeSantis, Haley and Trump camps, says issues at the border will impact the election
It comes as Trump emerged victorious in the Republican caucuses in Iowa on Monday, capturing more than 50 percent of the vote, leaving Florida Governor Ron DeSantis with just 21 percent and Nicki Haley with 19 percent.
Speaking to voters in New Hampshire, Faulkner says they tell her that in order to consider a candidate other than Trump, they need someone “outside that political bubble” and “different enough to get our attention.” pipe?”‘
“We’ve just learned so much about the intensity of feelings and possibly the intensity of the entire country,” Faulkner told DailyMail.com.
“But we certainly learned about early primaries and caucusgoers in the early rounds. We’ve learned that no amount of weather can stop them!’
Voters showed up despite the frigid weather, which bodes well for candidates as New Hampshire expects snow and temperatures in the 30s during critical voting next Tuesday.
Faulkner hasn’t completely written off Haley and doesn’t agree that she or DeSantis should take the vote in New Hampshire.
However, she believes they would need to close the gap much more than in Iowa to be considered a viable challenger to the former president in the future.
“I haven’t seen voters throw in the towel beyond 50 percent, but if it’s not even close to what it is in Iowa, then it would be hard for anyone after New Hampshire to get up,” she explained.
Trump won the Republican caucuses in Iowa on Monday, winning more than 50 percent of the votes
Faulkner hasn’t completely written off Haley and doesn’t agree that she or DeSantis should take the New Hampshire vote right
In assessing the mood among voters, Faulkner cited a recent poll showing that only 4 percent of Americans believe the country is working for them.
Her reporting has led her to conclude that Biden’s well-documented problems at the southern border are a major factor in this disillusionment ahead of the election later this year.
“The complete disaster we have at our southern border is a top three issue for voters,” she explained.
“It’s disastrous for the people who came in illegally and for the people who are trying to come in legally,” she explained.
“Those who enter legally are being pushed to the back of the lines as the cartels manipulate, kill and spend the kind of money they need to win the war to get more drugs into our country.”
“On the other side are the American citizens who are trapped, we have nowhere else to go.
“This is our country, and our sovereignty is melting away as our border is trampled.”
Faulkner is also concerned that the Biden administration is not paying enough attention to the northern border.
“They’re dealing with some of these issues on the northern border as well.
“It matters because you don’t want a situation where you’re so focused on one thing that terrorists stumble upon another.”
In a recent discussion on Fox News, Texas Congressman Pat Fallon told Faulkner that Biden’s failure to identify the Yemeni Houthis as the most serious terror threat left America open to attacks on its own soil.
According to the latest polls, 75 percent of Americans now view the problems at the country’s southern borders as a “crisis” or a “very serious” problem.
Those who view the situation at the border as a “crisis” have been on the rise since the spring, when only 38 percent called it a “crisis” in May, compared to the 45 percent who feel the same way now.
Earlier this month, reports emerged showing that Customs and Border Protection (CBP) is on pace to process the most migrants in the agency’s history this month, with more than 304,000 encounters in one month.
“When your border is porous and you don’t have strong national security, and you’re involved all over the world where people want to kill you,” Faulkner said, citing U.S. support for Israel in its war against Hamas.
“You’re making it easier for them to access your home turf,” she warned.