Trump’s dinner disaster sparks new rules for his campaign

NEW YORK — Donald Trump is betting he can win his way back to the White House by reviving the outsider appeal that fueled his success in 2016. Chris Sununu, who blasted Trump’s dinner as “absolutely reprehensible.” “I think it makes him even less electable in November of 2024,” he said. On Tuesday, Senate Republican Leader Mitch McConnell told reporters, “There is no room in the Republican Party for antisemitism or white supremacy,” and “anyone meeting with people advocating that point of view, in my judgment, are highly unlikely to ever be elected president of the Untied States.” “The president can have meetings with who he wants,” added House Republican Leader Kevin McCarthy, “but I don’t think anyone should have a meeting with Nick Fuentes, and his views are nowhere within the Republican Party and within this country itself.” Trump, who generally views backtracking as a sign of weakness, has a long history of failing to condemn bigotry and hate speech in what some have attributed to concerns about alienating parts of his base who are open to such views. Chris Christie “that he would get to it, but that it didn’t have to happen too quickly,” reporter Maggie Haberman recounted in her book, “Confidence Man.” “A lot of these people vote,” Trump reportedly said. Trump isn’t going to change, and the next two years will inevitably feature many more such damaging episodes,” The Wall Street Journal editorial board wrote on Sunday.