Trump calls Bernie Sanders crazy, but praises him in private, via dailybeast. The president tells confidants that the Vermont independent is a smart pol, with a formidable base and fundraising acumen — but he still thinks he’ll beat him
To his rally-goers, Donald Trump openly craves a 2020 showdown with Sen. Bernie Sanders , salivating at the prospect of getting to run against an elderly, self-declared democratic socialist.
“In my conversations with the president, both in interviews and privately, I get the sense the president has clearly taken notice of the amount of money that Sanders is raising, the amount of small donors, and the passion of his followers,” said Eric Bolling, a BlazeTV host and friend of Trump and his family.
“President Trump would love to run against Bernie Sanders because President Trump believes he would crush Bernie at the ballot box and be able to hit him over the head with his socialist rhetoric from now until the election,” said Jason Miller, Trump’s former comms director for the presidential transition.
Sanders, for his part, has made no secret of his desire to draw voters from Trump’s coalition with an ideologically different flavor of anti-establishment messaging. Last week, the senator went on Fox News, the president’s favorite cable news network, to conduct a town hall meeting that was a thinly veiled attempt at reaching and converting Trump supporters.
“We got in his head,” campaign manager Faiz Shakir told The Daily Beast on Friday. “It did seem like a bit of a panic and a bit of fear that came through his tweets and rightly so. Because I do think what you saw in the Fox News appearance was what will end up being a very intentional and successful outreach by Sen. Sanders to voters who may have either voted for Donald Trump, may have had some sympathy or empathy towards him, and have since soured on him.
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