Trump plans to ‘move forward’ after meeting with ‘cabinet’: Mark Meadows
Former President Donald Trump has been huddling with “cabinet members” at his New Jersey golf resort and is planning to “move forward in a real way,” former White House chief of staff Mark Meadows said.
“We met with several of our cabinet members tonight, we actually had a follow-up meeting with some of our cabinet members, and as we were looking at that, we were looking at what does come next,” Meadows said Friday night on Newsmax’s “Cortes & Pellegrino” show.
He wouldn’t elaborate on whether Trump was getting close to announcing running for president in 2024.
“I’m not authorized to speak on behalf of the president, but I can tell you this, Steve. We wouldn’t be meeting tonight if we weren’t making plans to move forward in a real way, with president Trump at the head of that ticket,” Meadows said.
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The former president is spending the summer at the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster.
Meadows also defended Trump’s endorsement of a congressional candidate who lost a Texas special election last week, saying the “magic is still there.”
![Former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows said Donald Trump is looking to "move forward in a real way."](https://cdn.statically.io/img/nypost.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2021/08/mark-meadows-1.jpg?quality=90&strip=all&w=1024)
He said Trump is “fully engaged, highly focused and remaining on task.”
Republican Rep. Jake Ellzey defeated Trump-backed Susan Wright, the widow of late-Rep. Ron Wright.