EXCLUSIVE: Trump says he’s going for his THIRD election win at fundraiser hosted by billionaire property developer Geoff Palmer

At a high-dollar donor marketing campaign fundraiser held final week in California, former President Donald Trump instructed the gang he’s at the moment searching for his third election win.

To the cheering crowd, Trump, who’s at the moment polling some 45 factors forward of the remainder of the GOP major area mentioned the 2020 election was ‘rigged.’

‘I gained 3 times, however I do not wish to take credit score for the second as a result of what a large number they’ve made,’ Trump declared earlier than a crowd of listeners on the Beverly Hills dwelling of billionaire property developer Geoff Palmer.

‘They used COVID to rig it,’ he declared, mentioning Democratic politicians’ motion to abolish voter IDs on the poll field.

Trump’s dedication to his perception that the 2020 election was stolen from him has performed to extraordinarily blended reactions from the GOP and basic citizens.

Friday night time’s fundraiser was hosted by billionaire real-estate developer and longtime Trump backer Geoffrey Palmer (left), pictured right here along with his spouse Anne Emerich Palmer

Amongst loyal followers, the declare typically yields bouts of public applause, however amongst those that hope the occasion and nation are prepared to maneuver on from the messy bout of preventing introduced on by the 2020 presidential contest, the declare attracts much less enthusiasm.

On Friday night, Trump used the declare as a leaping off level to debate the array of different points the nation at the moment faces, which he hopes to get the chance to repair throughout a second time period within the Oval Workplace.

‘That is greater,’ he mentioned, referring to the 2024 election. ‘It is a lot greater than if we did it extra historically,’ which means if he had served two consecutive White Home phrases.

He continued, saying that his potential second go on the presidency could be ‘greater’ due to the distinction between his administration’s insurance policies and people of the present administration.

Trump then lamented the poor economic system, and in contrast it to the ‘biggest economic system within the historical past of the world,’ which existed for the US throughout his presidency.

‘We have now a foul economic system now,’ he mentioned. ‘Folks cannot promote homes anymore, they cannot purchase homes anymore.’

The Friday night time fundraiser was hosted at billionaire Palmer’s LA-area property. Palmer is one in every of Trump’s earliest and largest donors. He beforehand donated greater than $5million to Trump’s 2016 election effort, and has donated thousands and thousands extra since.

Invites to Friday night’s soiree have been reportedly prolonged to people prepared to contribute $100,000 or extra to an excellent PAC backing the Trump marketing campaign.

The deep-pocketed crowd heard the previous president talk about a spherical of new polls launched final week that place Trump positively forward of the remainder of the pack.

Trump described the polls as ‘by means of the roof,’ however assured his viewers that his crew is ‘not enjoying forestall protection,’ which means, the marketing campaign will proceed to roll on, full steam forward by means of the first battle. 

Trump spoke to a crowd of deep-pocketed California donors at a fundraiser hosted by billionaire actual property developed Geoffrey Palmer

Trump, who’s polling many, many factors forward of his closest GOP rival, was in California final week, talking to donors and the California Republican Occasion

Final week, former Republican Home Speaker Newt Gingrich made the declare that the GOP major is all however over, following a second debate to which Donald Trump didn’t present up. 

‘I feel the Republican Nationwide Committee ought to cancel the longer term debates and say, ‘Look, we acknowledge the target incontrovertible fact that Trump would be the nominee. We wish to work with him,” Gingrich mentioned on Fox.

Polls present Trump means out in entrance of the seven candidates who took the stage on the Reagan Library in Simi Valley, California final Wednesday.

Gingrich, who endorsed Trump in 2016 and led the Home ‘Republican Revolution’ in that helped set the stage Trump’s struggle on the institution, mentioned he had spoken to GOP pollster Matt Towery, who had urged Trump to run in that cycle.

‘Matt mentioned to me, based mostly on what he noticed final night time, this race is over, Donald Trump would be the nominee, they could as nicely stop having the assorted debates as a result of they don’t work, they’re not serving to anyone, and I feel that’s the place we’re,’ Gingrich mentioned.

‘I feel Trump would be the nominee and the query now for everyone is do you wish to see Joe Biden reelected or do you wish to assist Donald Trump? There’s no center floor right here, I don’t assume.’

As Trump gathers with mega donors in California, nonetheless, different members of the Republican donor class could also be plotting one thing else.

Final week CBS’ Bob Costas raised eyebrows when he reported that Thomas Peterffy, an Austrian-American billionaire, has been calling allies to speak up the opportunity of backing Virginia Governor Glenn Youngkin, ought to he soar within the race.

Youngkin donors are reportedly planning to collect on the ‘Crimson Vest Retreat’ – named for Youngkin’s signature marketing campaign uniform – in Virginia Seaside October 17-18 with plans to ‘shove’ the governor into the 2024 race, Costa mentioned, as they’re ‘rising determined to beat Trump.’

Gingrich rejected that concept, saying Youngkin might be a high and even the highest contender in 2028, however not now.

‘I believe the cash is there, however the votes aren’t,’ Gingrich mentioned.

He mentioned Youngkin might be a entrance runner in 4 years, ‘However not this time, not this yr.’