MSNBC recently debuted previously undisclosed audio during a broadcast that featured Donald Trump ardently disputing a statement attributed to him by Ronna McDaniel, the chairman of the Republican National Committee, concerning his purported intention to withdraw from the Republican Party.
Jonathan Karl, an ABC News correspondent, furnished the network with the audio recording. Initially, Karl revealed the conversation in his article entitled “Betrayal.” The audio recording was initially broadcast during the Monday episode of Inside with Jen Psaki.
“[O]n his last day in office shortly after boarding Air Force One, Donald Trump spoke with Republican Party chair Ronna McDaniel and delivered some pretty uncomfortable news,” Jen Psaki said, recounting the scene from Karl’s book shortly after Trump left the White House. “He told McDaniel he was leaving the GOP and creating his own political party, threatening to destroy the Republican Party altogether.”
After that, she played the July 2021 audio:
KARL: When you got on the plane, you got a call from Ronald McDaniel. Do you recall? Do you recall that phone conversation?
TRUMP: No.
KARL: Because you, you had–
TRUMP: What did she say?
KARL: That you–
TRUMP: What did she say?
KARL: That you told her you were gonna leave the Republican Party.
TRUMP: This is the sickest thing I’ve ever heard. I never said any such thing. You mean, I was gonna form another party or something?
KARL: Yes, yes.
TRUMP: Oh, that’s bullsh*t, ok? Never happened.
At present, Donald Trump holds the preeminent position among the candidates vying for the Republican presidential nomination for the coming year, despite being confronted with legal proceedings in four nations. It is worth noting that two of these allegations stem from his abortive attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election.