Trump has spoken with associates about forming a new political party: rapport

President TrumpDonald Trump Giuliani used the preliminary vote to vote in the 2020 election, the same method he disdained in his fight to reverse the results Trump gets the lowest job approval rating in the last days as Bill Sammon, editor of Fox News’ DC, more retires. has reportedly raised the possibility of starting a new political party as he prepares to leave the White House amid internal strife within the Republican Party.

The Wall Street Journal reported Tuesday that Trump has been discussing the matter with employees over the past week, suggesting he would call it the “Patriot Party.”

According to The Journal, it’s unclear how serious the outgoing president is about starting a new party. The outlet notes that Trump’s broad-based supporters were not heavily involved with the Republican Party before Trump became the party’s presidential candidate in 2016.

Speculation has grown as to whether Trump will run for president again in 2024. If he did, it could effectively ban other viable Republican candidates from the presidency. Traditionally, third parties have not gained enough momentum to challenge the Democratic and Republican parties.

This pursuit would likely be strongly opposed by Republican leadership, as it would be seen as Trump siphoning support for other Republican candidates.

Since he lost the presidential election, Trump’s future after the White House has been questioned. In November, Axios reported that Trump’s allies were looking to the conservative news network Newsmax to compete with Fox News. Chris Ruddy, Newsmax Chief Executive Officer, however, denied that such discussions took place.

Trump’s future efforts in DC are likely to face challenges. His trial of Senate impeachment will take place after he leaves office and outgoing Senate majority leader Mitch McConnellAddison (Mitch) Mitchell McConnell What Would MLK Say About Trump and the Republican Party? Biden’s minimum wage pushes against an uphill battle with GOP GOP senators grapple with purging Trump from the party MORE (R-Ky.) Has not yet decided whether to vote to condemn Trump. McConnell on Tuesday blamed Trump for provoking the violent mob that broke into the Capitol on Jan. 6.

Democratic lawmakers have called for Trump not to run for federal office in the future, and on Tuesday, Rep. Nikema Williams (D-Ga.) Introduced legislation to ban Trump from entering the Capitol after his presidency expires on Wednesday.