{"id":2240694,"date":"2024-05-09T07:10:02","date_gmt":"2024-05-09T11:10:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-auditions-for-unlikely-role-gop-peacemaker\/"},"modified":"2024-05-09T07:12:40","modified_gmt":"2024-05-09T11:12:40","slug":"trump-auditions-for-unlikely-role-gop-peacemaker","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/trump-auditions-for-unlikely-role-gop-peacemaker\/","title":{"rendered":"Trump tries out for unexpected role: GOP mediator"},"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\">16<\/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%2Ftrump-auditions-for-unlikely-role-gop-peacemaker%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=2240694&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>Former President\u200b Donald Trump is poised to secure the Republican nomination\u2064 for the third time and considers a new role as\u200b a peacemaker within his party. \u200dDespite initial tensions, Trump commends unity in the GOP, emphasizing cooperation for \u2064a stronger stance against Democrats. This \u2064shift in approach signals a strategic move\u2064 towards party unification. Former President\u200d Donald Trump is on track to secure \u200chis third Republican nomination and is\u2062 contemplating a fresh role as a peacemaker within the party. Despite initial disagreements, Trump praises \u2062the GOP&#8217;s unity, highlighting the importance of solidarity for a more robust stance against \u200dDemocrats. This change indicates a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/defense-stocks-outperform-after-russian-invasion-of-ukraine\/\" title=\"Defense Stocks 'Outperform' After Russian Invasion of Ukraine\">strategic shift<\/a> towards fostering party unity.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a> is set to receive the Republican nomination for the third time, but he may be assuming a new role he has never played before: peacekeeper in his own party.<\/p>\n<p>As the House <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/house\/2973122\/marjorie-taylor-greene-moves-oust-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>voted overwhelmingly<\/a> to table a motion to oust Speaker <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/mike-johnson\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Mike Johnson<\/a> (R-LA), Trump issued a statement praising both the chamber\u2019s top Republican and the GOP lawmaker who led the charge to topple him.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI absolutely love <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/marjorie-taylor-greene\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Marjorie Taylor Greene<\/a>,\u201d Trump posted on his <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/the-new-acting-attorney-general-jeff-rosen-recently-wrote-an-essay-on-foreign-influence-in-us-elections-this-tells-us-a-little-about-his-knowledge-of-whats-going-on-today\/\" title=\"The New Acting Attorney General Jeff Rosen Recently Wrote an Essay on Foreign Influence in US Elections \u2013 This Tells Us A Little About His Knowledge of What\u2019s Going On Today\">social media platform<\/a>, applauding the Georgia Republican\u2019s \u201cspirit\u201d and \u201cfight.\u201d But \u201cwith a majority of One, shortly growing to three or four,\u201d the House GOP needs to fight Democrats instead.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMike Johnson is a good man who is trying very hard,\u201d Trump continued, adding that he was against the motion to vacate, at least for now.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/election-2024\/?utm_source=homepage&#038;utm_medium=banner&#038;utm_campaign=iowa_caucus&#038;utm_id=election2024\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">ELECTION 2024: FOLLOW LATEST COVERAGE<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump pointed to Republican prospects in November, including his own rematch with President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/joe-biden\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Joe Biden<\/a>, in advising Republicans to hold their fire.<\/p>\n<p>The former president has good reason to want to tamp down Republican infighting of the sort he has often encouraged during his tumultuous political career. It doesn\u2019t help Trump get back in the White House.<\/p>\n<p>It was also clear that there was little appetite in either party for another prolonged speakership fight. It took weeks to elect Johnson after former House Speaker Kevin McCarthy was removed. McCarthy needed 15 ballots to secure the gavel once the new Republican majority was seated at the beginning of last year.<\/p>\n<p>Trump didn\u2019t need to lead this process. The rank and file was, for the most part, already there.<\/p>\n<p>But Trump has aligned with House conservative rebels in the past. He still said similar things about Johnson\u2019s speakership last month.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWell, look, we have a majority of one, OK?\u201d Trump told reporters. \u201cIt\u2019s not like he can go and do whatever he wants to do. I think he\u2019s a very good person. You know, he stood very strongly with me on NATO. \u2026 I think he\u2019s trying very hard.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>People have waited in vain for Trump to embrace a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/british-conservative-calls-for-us-collaboration-to-stomp-out-china-threat\/\" title=\"British Conservative Calls for US Collaboration To Stomp Out China Threat\">party leadership role<\/a> or a more presidential temperament. Wednesday\u2019s cautious advice to Republicans, offered when Johnson looked safe, will soon be followed by another all-caps rant or a complaint that a television personality \u201clooks like s***.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/barack-obama\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Barack Obama<\/a> painted Trump as a pragmatist after the 2016 election. \u201cHe is coming into this office with fewer set-hard-and-fast policy prescriptions than other presidents,\u201d Obama said of his successor. \u201cI don\u2019t think he is ideological. I think, ultimately, he is pragmatic. And that can serve him well, as long as he\u2019s got good people around him.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Obama likely does not think much of the people who surrounded Trump for the next few years, nor would he describe the first term as a pragmatic period of time. And sometimes, when Trump sought to be pragmatic, such as with his early pandemic response when he initially largely deferred to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/dems-lost-all-credibility-on-social-distancing-after-biden-celebrations\/\" title=\"Dems Lost All Credibility On Social Distancing After Biden Celebrations\">public health officials<\/a>, it arguably got him in trouble.<\/p>\n<p>But we have seen some examples of Trump pragmatism in the 2024 campaign. He has encouraged Republicans not to get too far ahead of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/a-circuit-breaker-on-election-night\/\" title=\"The question looms: just how does it come to be that three quarters of Republican and nearly one third of Democrat voters all believe that the election was stolen from Trump?\">public opinion<\/a> on abortion since the reversal of <em>Roe v. Wade<\/em>, for which he takes credit.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have to tell you from a conservative and Republican standpoint, you have to learn how to talk about pro-life, you have to learn how to talk about that decision,\u201d Trump said last year in what has become a standard part of his stump speech. \u201cBecause you don\u2019t know how to talk about it.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLike President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/ronald-reagan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Ronald Reagan<\/a> before me, I support the three exceptions, for rape, incest, and the life of the mother,\u201d Trump told Republicans in Alabama. \u201cIn terms of running, you have to go with your heart; you have to go with what you want. But to me, the three exceptions are very important, I think to a large portion of people on this issue are very important.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Trump telling Republicans to follow their hearts is an acknowledgment that some in the party are to his right on abortion, though he did attack episodic ally Sen. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/lindsey-graham\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Lindsey Graham<\/a> (R-SC) for disagreeing with him about federal legislation on the issue.<\/p>\n<p>In this year\u2019s Senate races, Trump has also worked much more in concert with the party establishment on candidate endorsements than he did in the midterm elections.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">CLICK HERE TO READ MORE FROM THE WASHINGTON EXAMINER<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Often transactional, Trump has at least partially mended fences with intraparty rivals like Gov. Ron DeSantis (R-FL) and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY), who have both endorsed him. One big exception is former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Nikki Haley, who continues to rack up thousands of votes in Republican primaries after dropping out and just broke 20% of the vote against him in Indiana on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019ve never seen the Republican Party so unified as it is right now,\u201d Trump said after beating Haley in her home state earlier this year. Perhaps he can use <em>The Power of Positive Thinking <\/em>to will it into being true.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Former President Donald Trump, slated for his third Republican nomination, ventures into a novel role as a peacemaker within his party. 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