FORMER US president Donald Trump took a thinly-veiled racist jab at a potential rival for the 2024 Republican presidential nomination, his second attack on a prospective competitor in as many days, Politico reported on Friday.
“Young Kin (now that’s an interesting take. Sounds Chinese, doesn’t it?) in Virginia couldn’t have won without me,” Trump wrote about Virginia Governor Glen Youngkin on Truth Social, the social media platform he helped found.
“I endorsed him, did a very big Trump Rally for him telephonically, got MAGA to Vote for him — or he couldn’t have come close to winning. But he knows that, and admits it. Besides, having a hard time with the Dems in Virginia — But he’ll get it done!” The governor of Virginia is the latest of Trump’s former allies who he has seemingly turned on in the past few days — following disappointing results for many Trump-backed candidates in Tuesday’s mid-term elections.
On Thursday, Trump had attacked the governor of Florida.Ron DeSantis — another governor elected with the aid of a Trump endorsement — in a rambling statement, taking credit for DeSantis’ success and belittling him as “average.”
