‘These People are Running a Gestapo!’ Trump Reportedly Goes Scorched Earth Against Biden in 75-Minute ‘Profanity Laced’ Diatribe at RNC Donor Retreat
Former President Donald Trump addressed a group of major GOP donors at Mar-a-Lago Saturday night with a 75-minute “profanity-laced speech” that compared the Biden administration to Nazi Germany — multiple reports revealed.
According to The New York Times’ Maggie Haberman and Shane Goldmacher — who obtained audio of the event — Trump made the stunning comparison to a room full of big-time contributors.
“These people are running a Gestapo administration,” Trump said. “And it’s the only thing they have. And it’s the only way they’re going to win, in their opinion, and it’s actually killing them.”
The Times’ account was corroborated by CNN’s Manu Raju in an on-air report Sunday morning.
“Behind closed doors last night, at his Mar-a-Lago club, Donald Trump took out his anger over his litany of criminal charges, delivering a fiery and profanity laced speech in front of big donors and GOP officials,” Raju said. He continued:
The former president compared president Biden’s administration to Nazi Germany, accusing Democrats of, quote, “running a gestapo administration,” according to several attendees. He cursed while criticizing special counsel Jack Smith and other prosecutors who have charged him with committing crimes.
Trump has cited his various court cases in email blasts to smaller donors in a bid to raise funds. His campaign reported that they raised more than $76 million in April and $65 million in March, as Trump works to catch up to Joe Biden’s $155 million coffer.
CNN correspondent Alayna Treene said Trump also baselessly claimed that “Democrats are the ones behind the series of criminal indictments that he is facing.”
Saturday’s fundraiser was considered the “main attraction” of the Republican National Committee’s annual retreat in Palm Beach.
CNN reported that “hundreds of people” attended the event, and several attendees “gave $40,000 or more.”
“At another point, Trump called on those gathered at his resort and offered them the opportunity to speak at the podium for $1 million,” sources told CNN. “Two donors ultimately came to the stage, with one using the podium to claim God chose Trump to lead the country, they said.”
Watch the clip above via CNN.
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