• GOP Gov. Chris Sununu mentioned Trump would not have the power from previous campaigns.
• Trump’s newest speeches have been “droning” and unfocused, Sununu informed ABC Information.
• Sununu mentioned Trump’s incumbent benefit balances his lack of favor amongst Republican politicians.

Donald Trump could also be main the GOP polls, however he is not the identical particular person he was throughout his final two campaigns. 

“This isn’t the Donald Trump of 2016. Do not idiot your self,” mentioned New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu, who says he is doing every thing he can to maintain Trump from turning into the 2024 GOP presidential nominee. 

On Sunday’s “This Week” on ABC Information, Sununu mentioned Trump lacks power and enthusiasm at some occasions, like on the GOP’s Lincoln Day Dinner in Iowa on Friday. Trump and a number of other different GOP candidates took turns addressing the viewers, making a pitch for themselves. The Iowa caucuses, the primary within the nationwide succession of GOP presidential caucuses, will happen on January 15, 2024. 

“It was the worst speech. It was the worst 10 minutes,” Sununu mentioned on ABC Information. “He learn from a binder. He did not lookup. He did not smile. It was completely lifeless speech.”

Sununu was thought-about a GOP presidential contender till he introduced in June that he would to not run, saying he wished to make “certain that is concerning the Republican Get together, not simply concerning the former president,” in line with The New York Instances. 

“He would not have the power. He would not have the fastball,” Sununu informed ABC Information on Sunday. “He principally is droning on for 90 minutes on his long-form speeches about his authorized battles versus speaking about the way forward for this nation, fixing the issues of this nation, which is what all the opposite candidates are doing.”

Sununu mentioned Trump brings “quite a lot of drama to the desk,” evaluating the previous president’s presidential run to a rerun of a cleaning soap opera. Only a day earlier than the GOP dinner, extra fees had been filed towards Trump within the federal authorities’s categorized paperwork case. 

Trump’s assist stays a fancy query amid his ongoing authorized woes. Whereas lower than 10% of his former cupboard members have brazenly supported his re-election run, he nonetheless leads by miles within the polls. Sununu mentioned that benefit comes from being the incumbent. 

“After all, he was going to be on the prime. He is acquired the identify ID, the popularity, all of that,” Sununu mentioned. “The truth that nearly all of Republicans clear don’t desire him, that is a possibility.”