President Donald Trump responded during his town hall with Fox News to questions on whether his second term would be more about “retribution” than policy.
“There are questions about how much a second term of a Donald Trump presidency second term would be about retribution and looking backwards and grievances and how much would be looking forward,” Fox News anchor Brett Baier said.
President Trump quickly replied, “I’m not going to have time for retribution. We’re going to make this country so successful again, I’m not gonna have time for retribution.
President Donald Trump clarified his stance on abortion, in response to a question from a pro-life voter who said that the issue was the most important for her.
In his past campaigns, President Trump presented himself as strongly pro-life, pushing for the end of Roe v. Wade and strongly criticizing abortion.
The voter pointed out that recently President Trump has spoken out against some of the strictest anti-abortion statutes. Trump has said that these statutes are politically unpopular and bad for the Republican Party. Specifically, President Trump has criticized some bills that effectively ban abortion at six weeks.
President Donald Trump joked during his Fox News town hall that he’s “already started to like [Chris] Christie better.”
President Trump’s joke alluded to the former New Jersey governor’s decision to drop out of the race hours before President Trump’s town hall appearance.
“It’s clear to me tonight that there isn’t a path for me to win the nomination,” Christie told voters hours before President Trump’s comments. “Which is why I’m suspending my campaign for president of the United States.”
Former New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie on Jan. 10 announced he was suspending his campaign for the White House.
“I’ve always said that if there came a point in time in this race where I couldn’t see a path to accomplishing that goal, I would get out. And it’s clear to me tonight that there isn’t a path for me to win the nomination, which is why I’m suspending my campaign tonight for president of the United States,” Mr. Christie said in Windham, New Hampshire.
He made the announcement at what was supposed to be a town hall campaign appearance. It came only hours before the 9 p.m. ET kickoff time for the fifth Republican presidential debate and just five days before the Jan. 15 Iowa caucus.
DES MOINES, Iowa—Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis and former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley will square off Jan. 10 in the fifth and final Republican presidential debate before the Iowa caucuses.
Former President Donald Trump, who holds a commanding lead in polls of likely Iowa caucusgoers, will again skip the debate to hold an event of his own.
The stakes are high for both debate participants in this debate, coming just five days before the caucuses.