{"id":1733907,"date":"2022-11-10T14:33:12","date_gmt":"2022-11-10T19:33:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1733907"},"modified":"2022-11-10T14:33:15","modified_gmt":"2022-11-10T19:33:15","slug":"original-trump-backer-michael-savage-desantis-is-the-future-this-is-about-a-nation-not-about-any-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/original-trump-backer-michael-savage-desantis-is-the-future-this-is-about-a-nation-not-about-any-man\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Original\u2019 Trump Backer Michael Savage: \u2018DeSantis Is The Future \u2026 This Is About A Nation, Not About Any Man.\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">38<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Foriginal-trump-backer-michael-savage-desantis-is-the-future-this-is-about-a-nation-not-about-any-man%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=1733907&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>It is no surprise that Never Trumpers and anti-Trump 2016 pundits are circling the wagons around the former president in the wake of the \u201cRed Wave That Wasn\u2019t,\u201d but the criticism from Dr. Michael Savage \u2014 a longtime supporter of former <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/topic\/trump-administration\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">President Donald J. Trump<\/a>\u2018s \u2014 deserves to be looked at given the pair\u2019s on-going mutual respect for each other that has lasted for more than a decade.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI gotta tell you this, and many people are mad at me now. We all know what\u2019s coming. I believe that [Florida GOP Governor Ron] DeSantis is the future of the Republican Party if they are to have a future at all,\u201d the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/cbs-passport-propaganda-and-trump-beware-the-government-media-complex\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">legendary radio host<\/a> said during his opening monologue on his Thursday podcast.<\/p>\n<p>The man known for coining the phrase \u201cliberalism is a mental disorder\u201d also pre-empted knee-jerk reactions from his audience by providing a detailed explanation of why he now feels that way.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd let me tell you why before you jump down my throat and say, \u2018Oh, you stabbed Trump in the back,\u201d Savage <a href=\"https:\/\/michaelsavage.com\/a-black-eye-not-a-red-wave-the-morning-after-pill\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> defiantly. \u201cI care more about the country than I do about a man. I\u2019ve said before \u2014 this is about a nation, not about any man.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The radio host has good reason to explain his shift in perspective on the current state of affairs: Savage supported a Trump run for the presidency in 2012, 2016, and his re-election effort in 2016. To its credit, the left-wing Salon Magazine even <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2016\/04\/06\/the_talk_radio_godfather_of_trumpamania_what_michael_savage_can_tell_us_about_americas_white_working_class\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">published<\/a> a reasonably balanced article in April 2016 from a Savage Nation listener, detailing why he is the \u201cGodfather of Trumpmania.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The simple reason for his early support is that the nationalist and populist platform that Trump ran on was nearly identical to Savage\u2019s long-held mantra of \u201cBorders, Language, Culture,\u201d and so many other policy positions described by the host throughout his almost 30 years on the radio.<\/p>\n<p>The San Francisco-based host even held his neck out for Trump when it wasn\u2019t popular to do so and has been equally critical of the Left and the Republican establishment throughout his career.<\/p>\n<p>For context, in January 2016, Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.salon.com\/2017\/09\/16\/bigoted-radio-host-michael-savage-made-him-has-lost-faith-in-trump_partner\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">said<\/a> to Savage, \u201cYou have been an original backer from a long time ago and I appreciate it, Michael, and I\u2019ll never forget it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At the time, the host added that his audience was \u201c98 percent\u201d in support of Trump, jokingly adding, \u201cI\u2019m sorry it\u2019s that low, but I\u2019ll work on the other two percent over the coming weeks.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Savage\u2019s reputation of speaking his mind regardless of how it might impact his bottom line made his comments on Thursday notable for those looking for a genuinely independent perspective and one made from wisdom and decades of reading the political tea leaves.<\/p>\n<p>The author of \u201cTrump\u2019s War: His Battle For America\u201d also explained that DeSantis\u2019 relative youth bolsters his candidacy.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAnd DeSantis is a young man. If DeSantis runs [for the presidency], he could win,\u201d he explained. \u201cAnd here\u2019s the other part, he could then run for another term. If Trump wins, we don\u2019t know if he could win because he has been made toxic by the evil media \u2014 wrongly of course, but he could never run again. He could only run for one more term. And then where are we going to be?\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Savage also was critical of some of Trump\u2019s Republican endorsements, such as Pennsylvania\u2019s Dr. Mehmet Oz \u2014 whom he called a \u201cweirdo\u201d and \u201cthe worst possible candidate in American history.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>In response to a headline that read, \u201cTrump Rips Losing GOP Candidates Including One He Endorsed,\u201d the host went on to blast the former president.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou know Donald, that\u2019s enough already. It\u2019s enough already. Stop blaming everybody but yourself \u2014 in plain English,\u201d he said. \u201cI know it\u2019s anathema to say that, but it\u2019s enough already.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He also pushed back on Trump\u2019s claim that New Hampshire GOP senate candidate Don Bolduc lost because he backed away from insisting that the 2020 election was stolen.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cNo, that\u2019s not the reason at all. Nothing to do with it. Not everybody has to go along with the election fraud story to have won,\u201d he added Thursday. \u201cI\u2019m sorry.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Ph.D. holder in epidemiology and nutrition sciences from the University of California at Berkeley also blasted \u201cKentucky Mitch\u201d \u2014 Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY)\u00a0 \u2013 for \u201cundermining\u201d good Republican candidates.<\/p>\n<p>He alleged that McConnell \u201cthrew dollars\u201d to hurt strong GOP nominees during the election because \u201che wants to remain a minority in the Senate because he will remain minority leader.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Savage also tweeted a photo from DeSantis\u2019s wedding day, featuring the governor and his wife, Casey.<\/p>\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The Future <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/oLc7LreMMU\">pic.twitter.com\/oLc7LreMMU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Michael Savage (@ASavageNation) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/ASavageNation\/status\/1590730355602239493?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 10, 2022<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Of course, given the rich history of Savage and Trump\u2019s relationship, it would perhaps be best to view the comments as a friend talking to a friend rather than as an adversarial pundit latching on to potentially shortsighted ideas about the future<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It is no surprise that Never Trumpers and anti-Trump 2016 pundits are circling the wagons around the former president in the wake of the \u201cRed Wave That Wasn\u2019t,\u201d but the criticism from Dr. Michael Savage \u2014 a longtime supporter of former President Donald J. Trump\u2018s \u2014 deserves to be looked at given the pair\u2019s on-going &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"featured_media":1733910,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[541],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1733907","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-daily-wire"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1733907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1733907"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1733907\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1733910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1733907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1733907"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1733907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}