Former President Donald Trump is reportedly furious and spent Wednesday morning lashing out at those he believes gave him bad advice, including his wife, after several of the candidates he endorsed lost in pivotal races in the midterm elections.
Trump is reportedly blaming his wife Melania Trump for advising him to back Mehmet Oz in the Pennsylvania senate race, according to New York Times reporter Maggie Haberman.
“Trump is indeed furious this morning, particularly about Mehmet Oz, and is blaming everyone who advised him to back Oz, including his wife, describing it as not her best decision, according to people close to him,” Haberman tweeted on Wednesday.
“It’s worth remembering that Trump is a grown man who endorsed Oz over the objection of some of the people closest to him, and instead went beyond just endorsing and attacked” Dr. Oz’s GOP primary opponent “Dave McCormick from the stage at a rally,” she added.
The defeats prompted some advisers to urge Trump to reschedule his 2024 presidential campaign announcement that’s currently expected to occur next week, according to Haberman.
An adviser to the former president told CNN that “Trump is livid” and “screaming at everyone” after the Republicans did worse than expected.
However, an adviser told CNN’s Jim Acosta that it’s unlikely that Trump will delay his expected 2024 campaign announcement because “it’s too humiliating to delay”.
But the adviser also said that much is unclear at this time, according to Acosta.
Trump is indeed furious this morning, particularly about Mehmet Oz, and is blaming everyone who advised him to back Oz — including his wife, describing it as not her best decision, according to people close to him.
— Maggie Haberman (@maggieNYT) November 9, 2022
