Peter Navarro, a former top White House adviser, predicted that Donald Trump will be elected “in a landslide” in the next presidential election.
While some Republican Trump critics have suggested that the former president’s political ambitions have been fulfilled, others have argued that he is the future of the GOP. Trump has reportedly considered running again in 2024, while saying he plans to campaign for Republican candidates in the 2022 midterm elections.
Navarro, who advised Trump on trade and manufacturing, made his prediction around 2024 during a Saturday interview with Fox News presenter Jeanine Pirro. The former White House official made the comment when he criticized President Joe Biden for having issued a slew of executive orders during his first weeks in office.
This is the problem with these executive orders. It’s political as usual, ”said Navarro. “If Donald Trump is elected in a landslide in 2024, he will be rolling out the same kind of executive orders to reverse things.”
Newsweek reached out to Navarro and a Trump press representative for further comment, but did not receive an immediate response.
In his last speech as president on Jan. 20, Trump suggested to a crowd of supporters at Joint Base Andrews that this would not be the end of his political ambitions. ‘We love you. We will come back in some form, ”he said.
While some Republicans have suggested that Trump’s political future is over because of his supporters’ Jan. 6 uprising against the Capitol, others have said the former president represents the future of the GOP. Senator Rob Portman, a Republican from Ohio, said he does not expect Trump to participate again in an interview with NPR last week.
“I just don’t see it. But maybe I’m wrong,” said Portman, who has no plans to seek reelection in 2022. “I hope we will see people emerge who have the ability to bring this coalition together and have a positive message that focuses on the policies and these ideals and does so in a respectful way.”
Other prominent Republicans see the former president as a vital force within the party.
“I hope the people in our party understand the party itself. If you want to expel Donald Trump from the party, you will be expelled,” Senator Lindsey Graham, a South Carolina Republican, told Fox News earlier this month.
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Meanwhile, Trump will face his second impeachment trial beginning the week of February 8. While five GOP senators have indicated their willingness to condemn their party’s former president – potentially preventing the senate from seeking future elected office – most Republican lawmakers seem to oppose the process. To condemn Trump, 17 GOP senators would have to vote along with their Democratic colleagues – a prospect that seems increasingly unlikely.