The Truth About Mitch McConnell's Relationship With Donald Trump

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00:00Being in former President Donald Trump's inner circle is a bit like Heidi Klum's catchphrase

00:05on Project Runway, one day you're in, the next day you're out. During his presidency,

00:10Senator Mitch McConnell seemed like he was Trump's number one fan. But what is their

00:15relationship really like? Is McConnell heading to Mar-a-Lago for weekend golf trips with the

00:20former president, or are they now nemeses? Now that Trump is no longer the president,

00:25it looks like the relationship between the two politicians has changed somewhat.

00:29To set the stage, right now it looks like Trump could be considering running for president again

00:34in 2024. Meanwhile, McConnell is still in the Senate, but since the Republican Party is no

00:39longer in the majority, he's hard at work to make sure they still have some power.

00:43Also, there was that whole insurrection and impeachment business. So are they still working

00:48together? Here's what we could find out. In July of 2021, Trump railed against McConnell,

00:53accusing him of endorsing a Senate candidate Trump does not like and calling him an

00:57Old Crow. For his part, McConnell sort of shrugged off the insult, telling CNN,

01:02Actually, it's quite an honor. Old Crow is Henry Clay's favorite bourbon.

01:06But this is not the first time that Trump has come for McConnell.

01:09Even though McConnell didn't vote to convict Trump in his second impeachment trial in February,

01:14Trump apparently didn't think the senator was strong enough in his support.

01:18But Mitch McConnell didn't have the courage to challenge the election.

01:22After McConnell released a statement condemning Trump's behavior, Trump released a statement of

01:27his own, calling McConnell a dour, sullen, and unsmiling political hack. Then, at a donor event

01:33in April, Trump called the Kentuckian a, quote, stone-cold loser, NBC reported. Not that McConnell

01:39wants anything to do with Trump anymore, either, as he has made clear in recent statements. So yeah,

01:45not exactly besties. Now, everyone knows by now that former President Donald Trump isn't one to just

01:50let things go, especially not when he feels like he's been betrayed. So it's not exactly what you

01:56call shocking that once Trump and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell had their falling out,

02:01the ex-POTUS did not take a live-and-let-live attitude about it. Meanwhile, McConnell seems

02:06more than ready to just move on. In an interview with Fox News, McConnell seemed to suggest that

02:11he wanted the Republican Party to move on from Trump. McConnell said,

02:15We're looking to the future, not the past. And if you want to see the future of the Republican

02:19Party, watch Senator Tim Scott. He's the future. But letting go of the past doesn't appear to be

02:25Trump's style. He has called McConnell, quote, very bad for the Republican Party, plausibly because

02:31McConnell hasn't budged when it comes to blaming Trump for the January 6th riot, and has blocked some

02:36of Trump's attempts to get rid of Republicans he doesn't like, such as Senator Lisa Murkowski.

02:41However, according to some September reporting, Trump is taking a bit more action than McConnell

02:46when it comes to defeating his rival.

02:47The Mitch McConnell is another beauty, by the way.

02:51The Wall Street Journal reported that not only does former President Donald Trump dislike McConnell,

02:56he is actively recruiting allies to get McConnell kicked out of his leadership position. At the moment,

03:02McConnell is the head Republican in charge in the Senate, otherwise known as the Senate Minority Leader.

03:07And McConnell has been the GOP's top dog for a record eight terms. And this is the guy that Trump

03:13is attempting to oust. Unfortunately for Trump, it looks like this is a lost cause. According to the

03:18Wall Street Journal article, even Trump's best buddies in the Senate, like Tommy Tuberville and

03:23John Kennedy, don't think that getting rid of McConnell is anywhere in the realm of possibility.

03:28At the end of the day, it looks as though the relationship between McConnell and Trump was

03:32more of a backscratching situation than actual friendship. And now that Trump is no longer in

03:38power, McConnell is ready to move on — and take the rest of his Republicans with him.

03:42So assuming Trump's scheme to depose McConnell fails, what will his next move be? A lawsuit?

03:48A fiery Fox News interview? Whatever it is, we're settling in for a long, long feud.

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