Trump says he doesn't know if he could work with Mitch McConnell if re-elected
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was uncertain if he could work with former ally turned political foe Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell if he were to be re-elected as president.
GREENVILLE, S.C. — Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday that he was uncertain if he could work with former ally turned political foe Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell if he were to be re-elected as president.
“He’ll probably end up endorsing me. I don’t know that I can work with him,” Trump said during a town hall on Fox News' "The Ingraham Angle" on Tuesday. “He gave away trillions of dollars that he didn’t have to, trillions of dollars. He made it very easy for the Democrats.”
The relationship between the two Republican leaders soured after McConnell denounced Trump’s role in the Capitol riot, calling it a “disgraceful dereliction of duty.” Trump has escalated attacks on McConnell since leaving office, and most recently helped tank the sweeping bipartisan border deal that McConnell supported.
McConnell has not endorsed Trump's bid for re-election, even as many of his Senate colleagues have — though he said he would support whoever the GOP nominee is and has acknowledged that appears almost certain to be Trump.
NBC News has reached out to McConnell's office for comment.
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