Donald Trump tells Megyn Kelly that facing jail time is worth it to ‘Make America Great Again,’ while claiming ailing Joe Biden, 80, can no longer TALK

Former President Donald Trump said his campaign was worth a potential prison sentence in order to “make America great again” by winning the 2024 election – while insisting that the President Joe Biden can no longer speak.

The former president, 77, spoke with Kelly for an interview on SiriusXM that aired Thursday in which he shared his views on many of the issues he faces ahead of the 2024 election.

Kelly said the former president’s indictments in four separate cases were “very scary” for him because of “left-wing judges” and “left-wing juries” and asked if he saw himself going to prison.

“I have a great attitude, it doesn’t affect me at all because I’m fighting for the country, I’m fighting for the people,” before saying how his polls were good and that “people know that that’s all”. fake.’

He ultimately said it was worth facing charges and prison time in order to “make America great again,” arguing that “our country is going to hell.”

“Our country is going to hell. Our country is going to collapse. The country, I believe, has one last chance, these are the most important elections we have ever had.

The former president was also wistful that he might never visit his many famous properties around the world, citing his golf club in Scotland.

“Would I like to be in Turnberry in Scotland right now or in the many places that I have…I may never see these places again. But I think it’s very important. I think that we are going to win the elections.

Trump was last indicted in Georgia for his alleged roles in trying to overturn the 2020 election, with prosecutors using laws normally used in class-action lawsuits and accusing the former president of being at the helm of a “criminal organization”.

He faces three other criminal cases: the first involves federal charges related to election interference; another federal case involved the mishandling of classified documents, and another in New York federal court for alleged hush money payments to Stormy Daniel.

Trump then turned to President Biden, who he said “can’t talk” when Kelly asked him if he thought Biden would go the distance until 2024.

“I can’t imagine,” Trump said. “I saw him yesterday, he can’t put two sentences together. It’s not a question of age, it’s a question of skill. He can’t speak! »

Trump also cited a Washington Post editorial written Wednesday in which David Ignace wrote with a headline: “President Biden should not run again in 2024.”

The former president, 77, spoke with Kelly for an interview on SiriusXM that aired Thursday in which he shared his views on many of the issues he faces ahead of the 2024 election.

He ultimately said, however, that it was worth facing indictments and prison time in order to “make America great again,” arguing that “our country is going to hell.”

He then turned to President Biden, who he previously said was not too old to run but “couldn’t talk” when Kelly asked if he thought Biden would hold the distance.

“He must be debating, I suppose. I hope he debates, I guess. The people want an intelligent president.

Trump also noted that he “can’t see himself” debating any of his Republican opponents in the Primary, suggesting he didn’t want to debate someone he was “about 60 points ahead of.”

Kelly even begged him to do one right before the Iowa caucuses, with Trump saying no.

Elsewhere in the interview, Trump said that while he thought Joe Biden was “blatantly incompetent,” he didn’t feel too old to be president.

With just three years separating the two 2024 frontrunners, many are concerned about the increasing age of presidential candidates — as well as other congressional leaders.

Polls show that more than three-quarters of Americans believe that Biden, 80, is too old to stay in office for another four years.

Trump met with former Fox News host Megyn Kelly, who now has her own podcast The Megyn Kelly Show, despite the duo’s fraught past.

Kelly had expressed her enthusiasm, assuring viewers that the interview would be nothing short of captivating.

But Trump, 77, told Megyn Kelly that age wasn’t the issue.

“I have a lot of friends who are over 80 years old. I have friends… who are over 90 years old and who are very sharp. Just, I mean, I would say, pretty much what they were. No, not old. He’s incompetent,” Trump said of Biden.

If Biden were re-elected, he would break his own record of being the oldest US president ever inaugurated, at 82 years old.

Trump is the second oldest president after Biden. He was invested at the age of 70. He beat former President Ronald Reagan by about a year.

“Age is interesting because some people are very sharp and some people lose it, but you also lose it at 40 and 50,” Trump told Kelly. “But no, he’s not too old at all. He is clearly incompetent.

“You look at some of the great world leaders, they were 80 years old and they made it – I mean, Churchill, so many people. They were phenomenal at 80 years old. You know, there’s great wisdom if you don’t You’re not in a position like him, but if you go back 25 years, he wasn’t the most skilled either.

He also shared his views on Melania and her youngest son Barron, 17.

“I think part of the beauty is that mystery,” Trump said when asked what people misunderstand about his wife of more than 20 years, before comparing her to the Hollywood legend Greta Garbo.

“She was a great actress, but she was very reclusive, she never did an interview. I don’t see Melania like that, but she’s introspective and confident… She doesn’t need to be there- down (to be interviewed),” he explained.

“She has confidence. She has a lot of confidence in herself.

Trump also gave an update on Barron, saying the teen is doing “very well” and is a “very good athlete.”

“Barron is very tall – about six eight. And he’s a good boy. It is a beautiful boy. He’s an excellent student, a very good student…we’re thinking about (college) right now,” he added.

It was a productive conversation for Trump and Kelly, who have a notoriously checkered history.

Trump claimed she had “blood coming out of her eyes, blood coming out of her anywhere” during the August 2015 primary debate that she moderated.

But it appears the feud is now under bridges as Kelly released excerpts of her interview with Trump on Thursday morning.

Kelly had expressed her enthusiasm, assuring viewers that the interview would be nothing short of captivating.

“I’m really looking forward to seeing this,” she said in the video. “It’s going to be great, it’s going to be spicy and it’s going to be tough, but it’s going to be good and I hope we both enjoy it.”