At a meeting with donors and top Republican politicians, the ex-US president doesn't skimp on expletives.
He pulls out a mantra again.
Palm Beach - Did he really use the word?
"Son of a bitch" is what Donald Trump * called the powerful Republican * Mitch McConnell
, according to
the
Washington Post
.
In addition, the ex-US President * said on Saturday in front of representatives of the Republican party leadership that McConnell was "stupid" and an "ice cold loser".
The meeting took place in Trump's luxury resort Mar-a-Lago in Florida *.
According to the reports, Trump took more time to personally attack McConnell and other Republicans than he did against the Democrats * his successor Joe Biden *.
He called his party to unity after the presidential election defeat and the loss of the majority in the Senate *.
Trump has repeatedly spoken of electoral fraud in Georgia and other states without presenting evidence.
He brought out the mantra again on Saturday: He continued to claim to have won the US election in 2020.
McConnell - Republican majority leader until January and then Senate minority leader - has long been a key ally of Trump in Congress.
After the storm on the Capitol on January 6, the powerful puller distanced himself clearly from Trump and made the then president jointly responsible for the violence.
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Didn't save with expletives against certain Republicans: Ex-US President Donald Trump (archive image)
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Trump attacks McConnell - and his wife: "I hired her"
In the impeachment trial against Trump in the Senate, McConnell voted for an acquittal for the ex-president.
But then he said that Trump was undoubtedly “practically and morally responsible” for storming the Capitol.
In his speech, Trump also attacked McConnell's wife Elaine Chao, who was Minister of Transport during his tenure but resigned after the Capitol storm *.
Trump said of McConnell: “I hired his wife.
Has he ever thanked you? ”Then he made fun of Chaos resignation.
Trump also said he was "disappointed" with then Vice President Mike Pence when he refused to block formal confirmation of Biden's Senate victory.
McConnell was absent from the Mar-a-Lago event.
According to the
Washington Post
, he has told advisors that he has not spoken to Trump in months and will never do so again.
(AFP / frs)
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