Trump repeats 'enemy within' comments, points to example of Rep. Adam Schiff
Appearing at Tucker Carlson’s fireside chat style interview for his final stop of the Western swing in Arizona, former President Donald Trump suggested that there is an "enemy within" and if there is a “smart president” in office, the country will be fine.
“We do have an enemy from within. We have some very bad people, and those people are also very dangerous. They would like to take down our country. They'd like to have our country be a nice communist country or a fascist in any way they can. And we have to be careful of that,” Trump said.
“They're the threat to democracy. You know, the amazing thing -- the amazing thing is where they say, ‘He wants to become elected, and he wants to put people in jail.’ How terrible. That's what they've been trying to do to me for four years,” Trump said, reminding his followers of the legal battles he’s gone through.
Trump repeatedly threw personal attacks on Rep. Adam Schiff, attacking his appearance and suggesting he’s an example of a Democrat who “hates the country” because he led the efforts of Russian intelligence in the 2016 election.
“Schiff, he's a sleazebag, and he's probably going to be a senator, if you can believe it,” Trump said, pointing to an example of Democrats who he alleges “hate the country.”
“He's unattractive both inside and out," Trump said. "But this is a really bad guy. This is a dishonest guy, not a dumb guy at all."