the former president we know is pouting is very upset there's reports he's blaming doctor uh his
wife for Dr Oz in Pennsylvania I mean he will blame anybody but himself it is never yeah never
a moment of self yeah and that's vintage Trump that's that's um nothing new but what I do think
is interesting is he's already wanting to get into the Herschel Walker runoff before it's even
happened so he's got a fundraiser out a number of them today where it's saying give to Herschel
Walker but you read the fine print nine tenths of it goes to Donald Trump he's still doing the same
gift that he always has under the guise of I'm trying to help fight for the Senate but I just
he's in a moment right now which those who've covered him know this when he's isolated when
he feels defeated when he feels weakened he's in his most vulnerable place people don't want to
be around him advisors don't want to tell him the truth they tend to sidestep him and let him just
kind of stew and that's when he gets Reckless um I hope he's focusing on his family this weekend
and maybe rethinks the announcement but as of now he's announcing next I I just want to bring
in CNN now I House correspondent Kate Bennett uh Kate I know you have some new reporting and new
information about President Trump's wife and the divides going on right now yeah I mean as Alyssa
just said it's not necessarily the right time to host a family wedding but that is exactly
what Donald Trump is doing this weekend for his daughter Tiffany uh what CNN has learned is that
there are other things that might be wrangling the former president this weekend including the
fact that his daughter Ivanka Trump and his son-in-law Jared Kushner two vital parts of
the Trump Administration the first go around have zero interest I'm told in taking part in
any sort of campaigning should there be any uh nor any part of a second go-round at the White
House if in fact the former president runs and wins again so certainly he'll be without his
two top advisors Jared Kushner was of course the gatekeeper everything went through him Ivanka had
a plate of causes on her shelf as well In The West Wing but they will not be there both of them have
said they are done with politics they're done with Washington quite frankly they got over the issue
with the election when they left Washington two years ago clearly Donald Trump didn't so as the
family gets together for Tiffany's wedding it's really just Don Jr and Kimberly Guilfoyle and Eric
Trump and Larry Trump who are on board assured this special announcement lead to anything in
terms of a campaign in terms of an eventual Run for the White House Jared and Ivanka will not
be on board making for a very interesting family wedding this weekend it could be she survived a
hurricane the wedding's on the rehearsal dinner was tonight so hopefully the former president
is in a better mood do we know anything about Melania Trump if she's on board so that's an
excellent question I understand she was not happy this week she's a very private person
when she turned up and I believe Maggie haberman's piece about how the former president was blaming
Melania for the endorsement of memade Oz she is a fan he did say that at some rallies during the
campaign season she didn't like that very much she doesn't like being in the news she certainly
doesn't like having her name attached to the Rants and ravings of her husband so things are a little
chilly there you know she's very happy in Palm Beach I don't think that she has any intention
again of being on the campaign Trail she didn't before she never did during midterm when he was in
office or his first presidential campaign I have not heard that she wants to sort of sign up this
time around either so it will be a very different looking Trump family to be quite honest should
he make another run at the White House all right thanks so much back now with uh with their panel I
was not interested is probably a good thing and it's certainly not going to have any sway
whatsoever on his decision to announce or not I was never a fan of them being part of the team
I think nepotism has no place in politics think personal relationships and fealty or no way to
govern but he's going to make this decision based on his own personal interest in my view and we're
here all these reports and see these stories that he's cranky he's mad he's already thrown
Kevin McCarthy under the bus uh on for this but I love this he wrote on Truth social to set the
record straight on his being upset about these elections it's not true and he goes on to say
that he was not angry about the midterms he said on Truth social he says I'm not angry did a great
job I wasn't the one running I'm busy looking to the Future remember I'm a stable genius but Alyssa
I mean for Don Jr and Eric Trump I mean they don't have much else going on in their lives
do they in terms of actual works well that's the difference they will I mean they'll follow daddy
wherever they go right they have very much tied their Futures to Donald Trump Lara Trump's the
Fox News contributor she's on air defending the former president regularly Donald Trump Jr is one
of his most vociferous Defenders so they're going to be with him and in my experience those that
cast of characters were not the ones who talked him out of his worst instincts I give some some
credit to Jared Kushner he was someone I would go to when very bad ideas were moving forward and try
to get him to talk down the president Ivanka to a lesser degree in my experience but I heard she was
instrumental around January 6th and who senators were calling so well I agree nepotism has no place
and I don't want to see them back in the White House they were to some degree a moderating force
and now he's just with the children who've given to his worst but you know you have to
look at the problems the Trump organization is having right now legally these are the
uh two young men who are basically in charge of the Trump organization or would be if he were
running for president again you have to ask what happens to that if if any uh more legal
action comes out of that and then the other point I have about Ivanka is as you point out Alyssa on
January 6 she was the one people went to when they were saying can you come can you get your father
to come out can you get him to say something or when he went off the charts they would call
Ivanka in to calm him down she will not be there calming down I I I I have to say if I'm watching
this because I'm watching it and I'm thinking man I'm tired of this and it's just tiring this
reality this is a long-running reality show and it's and it's getting tired what people
were saying in that election yeah I was just so dangerous is that this is like Circa 2020.
Donald Trump gets upset he loses Republicans get upset in 2022 they lose Georgia goes to
a runoff the day Georgia is called the next day an Insurrection happens when will it stop right