Ex-official assures right-wingers: Trump just "cloaking" his actual "extreme" plans to get votes

https://www.salon.com/2024/04/17/ex-official-assures-right-wingers-just-cloaking-his-actual-extreme-plans-to-get-votes/

Donald Trump is pretending to moderate his views, recently speaking out against a national abortion ban that polls show would be widely unpopular and cost Republicans more elections. But as HuffPost's Christopher Mathias reported, a former Trump staffer says the MAGA faithful can rest easy knowing -- just by who he's surrounding himself with -- that the former president would "actually govern in a more conservative and more aggressive fashion" if he returns to the White House.

William Wolfe served in both the Defense Department and State Department under Trump. On X, he continues to offer support for the president amid complaints about "anti-white racism" and other right-wing grievances.

On a recent conference call with other X users, as reported by HuffPost, Wolfe sought to reassure other conservatives who might think Trump is going soft.

“I actually think there’s wisdom in cloaking some of your power levels and maybe some of the things that you’re trying to do, and then once you secure power, and you have it, you govern in a more extreme position,” Wolfe said. “I think Trump is one of the first Republican candidates I’ve ever seen in my lifetime who has done that.”

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