Former President Donald Trump called Democrats and others who oppose or investigate him “domestic enemies” in an interview aired Sunday, calling them more dangerous than the United States’ main foreign enemies, including Russia and China.
Referring to the representative of California, Trump specifically mentioned the people he called “the crazies inside us like Adam Schiff”. Democratic candidate for the SenateHe was the first attorney general of the then president Senate impeachment trial.
During a pre-arranged interview on Fox Business’ “Sunday Morning Futures,” host Maria Bartiromo asked Trump how he would deal with bureaucrats trying to undermine him in a potential second term.
“I always say, we have two enemies,” Trump said, adding: “We have an enemy from abroad, and then we have an enemy from within, and the enemy from within, in my opinion, is more dangerous than China, Russia, and Russia.” all these countries.”
Trump added that a “smart president” could “very easily” control the enemies outside, but “what’s more difficult to control are the crazies inside of us like Adam Schiff.”
“I call him the enemy from within,” he added.
As the 2024 presidential race enters its final weeks, The Republican candidate is increasingly labeling those who oppose himincluding Vice President Kamala Harris, as criminals and speeches criticizing her or his policies as illegitimate — have also been her rhetorical focus in past races.
Trump’s comments on Sunday echoed remarks he made Saturday night at a rally in Coachella, California, where he called Schiff a “changing Schiff” and an “enemy from within.”
“He thought about Russian fraud. … He is a sick person,” Trump said.
He pointed to Schiff’s campaign in response to a request for comment from NBC News on Sunday a series from tweets The Democratic congressman wrote in response to Trump’s rally statements Saturday night.
“Another rant filled with tired insults, lies about voting booths and more, this time in my home state of California. Seriously, Donald. Why are you so obsessed with me?” Schiff he wrote.
The former president has a longstanding feud with Schiff, who returned to the congressman’s job as one of the impeachment managers in Trump’s first impeachment in 2019. In his posts on Truth Social, Trump has often called the congressman “volatile” and claimed that he did not properly investigate Trump’s ties to Russia during the impeachment inquiry.
House Republicans have joined Trump in their anger against Schiff, who is leading the California Senate race with former baseball player Steve Garvey, a Republican.
House Republicans in 2023 He denounced Schiff on the House floorhe alleged that he misrepresented special counsel Robert Mueller’s 2016 investigation into the Trump campaign’s contacts with Russia. Mueller’s report found no apparent coordinated effort between the Trump campaign and Russia to influence the election.
“You look at him potentially jeopardizing our country with Russia, the fake, made-up deal he made with Hillary and some bad guys … A lot of people thought he should have won,” Trump added on Sunday.