Former President Trump had a busy day Sunday, first closing out the annual CPAC gathering in Orlando, Fla., where he offered a very forward looking message on the future of the Republican Party, and then doing a phone-in interview later in the evening on Fox News.
It was toward the end of that interview on “The Next Revolution With Steve Hilton,” that Trump spoke about the storming of the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6. for the first time, putting to rest some rumors — see fake news — about his actions.
Host Steve Hilton said the media reported that Trump was watching events unfold and liked what he was seeing “because you felt that it was your people fighting for you.”
“Do you get how bad it was? And is there anything, looking back on it now, that you would have done differently that day?” the Fox News host asked.
“Well, that’s incorrect reporting,” the former president replied. “First of all, I wasn’t watching TV. I turned it on later on when I heard about it and did a lot of moves.”
Trump said “we” talked to the “top person” at the Department of Defense about the expected crowd size “days before we had the rally.”
“I requested, I said, ‘Look, this rally is going to be bigger than anyone thinks’ … and it was, I think, the largest crowd that I’ve ever spoken before … and I said that I think you should have 10,000 — I think I gave the number, I definitely gave the number of 10,000 National Guardsmen — I think you should have 10,000 of the National Guard ready,” he said.
“They took that number, from what I understand, they gave it to the people at the Capitol, which is controlled by Pelosi,” Trump continued. “And I heard they rejected it because they didn’t think it would look good. So, you know, that was a big mistake.”
Not exactly the actions you would expect from someone who was allegedly trying to incite an insurrection.
Perhaps, this explains why Democratic impeachment managers suddenly backed off on calling witnesses during Trump’s Senate impeachment trial — it was reported at the time that his defense team planned to call Speaker Nancy Pelosi.
Pressed on how he felt about what was taking place that day, Trump was very clear in saying he...
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