Former President Donald Trump said he has no plans to change his campaign style as he looks toward the general election.
While appearing on Greg Kelly Reports Wednesday, Trump was asked whether he would be changing his strong approach — something the former president has often been criticized for — as he anticipates the likely presidential rematch between him and President Joe Biden this November.
“I would like to say, ‘Yes,’” Trump said. “I will always be nice. I will always be respectful, but when they hit you, you have to hit them back. And then people would say, ‘Oh, gee, Trump isn’t a nice guy.’ Because I hit back hard, they say, ‘Trump isn’t a nice person,’ but they do like my policy.”
Trump touted his popularity concerning his stance regarding the border, the economy, tax cuts, jobs, and pharmaceuticals.
“I don’t want to be phony,” he added. “You know, in a certain way, you could say, ‘Well, are you willing to really change and be a phony?’ I see it all the time where people are not being themselves. I have to fight back. These people, many of them are evil people. I think they’re actually, many of them are sick people. You know, I talk about the danger we have from the outside, but I also talk about the danger from within.”
Trump’s comments come as he faces criminal indictments across four cases. However, the judge presiding over his Georgia election interference trial dropped six charges of that 41-count indictment on Wednesday.
“If I didn’t fight tough, if I didn’t fight nasty and do it the way that I have to do it, I wouldn’t be interviewed right now, unless you were doing maybe a story on real estate or something, and I’m sure that that probably wouldn’t happen,” Trump added. “Uh, no, I have to do it. I have to do it strong.”
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Trump’s first trial is scheduled to begin March 25 in New York over allegations he paid hush money to porn star Stormy Daniels during the 2016 election. The former president is seeking to delay his cases, however, until after the November election.
On Tuesday, Trump surpassed the number of delegates needed to become the Republican Party’s presumptive nominee. However, he will not be awarded the nomination until the party’s convention in Milwaukee in July.
