Fox News' Brian Kilmeade praises Trump for being disciplined about not 'having lunch with white supremacists'
- Fox News host Brian Kilmeade praised Trump for having a "very disciplined message."
- "Since he went and visited East Palestine, stopped having lunch with white supremacists, and has got a very disciplined message," Kilmeade said.
Fox News host Brian Kilmeade applauded former President Donald Trump on Tuesday, saying that "this is the most disciplined I've ever seen him, even compared to 2016."
He attributed that, in part, to Trump not "having lunch with white supremacists" and visiting East Palestine, Ohio, after a train carrying toxic chemicals derailed in the town last month. The reference to "white supremacists" is likely a nod to Trump's November meeting at his Mar-a-Lago resort with notorious white supremacist and Holocaust denier Nick Fuentes and the rapper Kanye West, who now goes by Ye. Trump was criticized for weeks over his decision to meet the pair.
Kilmeade, who co-hosts the morning show "FOX & Friends," went on to speculate about Trump's standing compared to other 2024 GOP hopefuls, like New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, who's reported to be considering a presidential run.
The Fox host said it would be "interesting" if Trump doesn't come out on top in the Iowa caucuses and Sununu, who was elected governor three times in New Hampshire, carries his home state in its primary that traditionally comes shortly after Iowa.
"This is the most disciplined I've ever seen him," Kilmeade said of Trump, "even compared to 2016."
"If you see his team, you get text messages every day about policy — not, uh, such-and-such is a jerk, or this person has nickname, you know, policy things coming out, so it seems very organized," Kilmeade said. "And if you look at, though, when the primaries start rolling out, if he is not strong in Iowa and Sununu's popular in New Hampshire, he might have to wait two events in order to win in, I assume it's going to be South Carolina, then Nevada."
Trump spent Monday evening back in Iowa, hosting a rally in Davenport, the same Iowa city that Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis stopped in for his Iowa debut. The former president continued to attack DeSantis, who has yet to announce a decision on running for president. Trump also expressed regret for endorsing DeSantis in his first gubernatorial run.
Kilmeade's co-host, Steve Doocy, also noted that "we've been hearing he's going to have all this momentum to get going. So if he doesn't finish big in the first couple of races, it's like, wait, what's going on?"
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