New Hampshire Gov. Chris Sununu told Politico on Wednesday that President-elect Donald Trump has proved his incoming administration is “not the evil dictatorship” that "liberal media" reports claimed it would be.
Sununu, in one of his last interviews before leaving office later this month, pushed back on media reports that claim Trump will seize power after assuming office and that Republicans won't oppose him. The governor noted that many Republicans expressed their disapproval of Trump’s nomination of former Florida GOP Rep. Matt Gaetz to serve as attorney general, which led to Gaetz withdrawing.
“Look, it’s never easy criticizing the president and the standard bearer of your party, and there’s always that kind of political honeymoon period that happens when you first get elected,” Sununu said. “But there are already signs of folks that are willing to push back and criticize and say no when they feel like they have to say no.”
He continued, “And that should give the American people a big sigh of relief that it’s not the evil dictatorship that the liberal media was telling us it was going to be.”
Sununu also shot down rumors that he may seek the presidency himself in 2028, saying, “I’m definitely not thinking about it.”
He added, “I don’t rule anything out, but there’s no story there. It’s literally zero on my list in terms of thinking about anything. I can’t see myself running in 2028. That would be, holy cow, that would be a real change of my plans. I don’t see any path to that actually happening. I’m excited to go back to the private sector.”
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