A senior adviser told CBS News that, in Trump's mind, it would look weak if he didn't launch his campaign.
over the results of the midterm elections, a report that the former president denies.
"For those many people that are being fed the fake narrative from the corrupt media that I am Angry about the Midterms, don't believe it," he posted Thursday on social media site Truth Social."I am not at all angry, did a great job , and am very busy looking into the future. Remember, I am a 'Stable Genius.
It's a dark time in Trump's inner circle, as several long-time friends, donors and aides of the former president have described to CBS News chief political correspondent Robert Costa in the last 24 hours. Many of them say Trump is listening to very few people, isolated, and mean-spirited about his potential rivals. That sentiment materialized Friday in a social media post directed at Republican Virginia Gov. Glenn Youngkin, another potential 2024 contender.
"I have never seen him more irresponsible and chaotic than he is today," a veteran Trump adviser who worked on the 2020 campaign told CBS News."He seems to be in self-destruct mode. It is irresponsible to attack DeSantis and Youngkin, and it's irresponsible to announce any time in the near future but definitely before the Herschel Walker runoff is complete."
Some former Trump advisers, like Jason Miller, have gone on television and urged the former president to not make his announcement before next month's
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