FOR NOVEMBER BUT YOU ARE GOING
TO SEE THAT KIND OF TRAVEL
CONTINUE AND LIKELY RAMP UP AS
WELL.
>> TURNING TO THE OTHER
CANDIDATE, DONALD TRUMP AND THE
LARGELY UNKNOWN POLITICAL
OPERATIVES AT THE TOP OF THE
CAMPAIGN.
AMONG A HANDFUL OF ADVISERS
THAT MAKES UP THE INNER CIRCLE
HELPING THE FORMER PRESIDENT
WIN BACK THE WHITE HOUSE.
WHEN DONALD TRUMP TOOK THE
STAGE AT HIS SUPER TUESDAY
VICTORY PARTY HE THANKED TWO
STAFFERS BY NAME.
SCREWS SUSIE CHRIS, INCREDIBLE
JOB.
I READ AN ARTICLE YESTERDAY
WHERE IT SAID THIS IS ONE OF
THE FINEST RUN CAMPAIGNS THAT
ANYBODY HAS EVER SEEN.
>> SUSIE, ENIGMATIC TOP AIDE
WHO HAS NEVER DONE A TELEVISION
INTERVIEW ABOUT HER ROLE IN THE
FORMER PRESIDENT’S CAMPAIGN.
>> SUSIE IS NOT ONLY THE MOST
INTERESTING BUT THE MOST
POWERFUL WOMAN IN THE
REPUBLICAN POLITICS RIGHT NOW.
>> SHE CUT HER TEETH WORKING
FOR CONGRESSMAN JACK KEMP AND
HER FIRST ROLE WITH DONALD
TRUMP WAS AS COCHAIR OF HIS
2016 FOR THE CAMPAIGN.
THEY SHOULD BECOME WELL KNOWN
IN POLITICAL CIRCLES FOR
ENGINEERING RICK SCOTT’S RAZOR
THIN VICTORY IN THE GOVERNOR’S
RACE.
>> HE’S HUMBLE, HE DOESN’T SAY
I KNOW ALL THE ANSWERS.
>> HOW IMPORTANT DO YOU THINK
THOSE QUALITIES ARE?
>> I THINK THEY ARE PRETTY
IMPORTANT.
>> WHILE HE TOOK OVER THE
STRUGGLING CAMPAIGN OF RON
DESANTIS FOR WHO MATT GATES WAS
A SENIOR ADVISOR.
>> WHAT DO PEOPLE GET WRONG?
>> SHE IS RUTHLESSLY EFFECTIVE.
SHE HAS THE EXTERIOR OF A KIND
GRANDMOTHER BUT SHE KNOWS
EVERYTHING GOING ON IN ALL THE
CAMPAIGNS THAT SHE’S INVOLVED
IN.
>> IN BY 2020, SHE WAS HELPING
MISTER TRUMP WIN FLORIDA A
SECOND TIME.
>> I STAND BEFORE YOU TO
OFFICIALLY LAUNCH MY CAMPAIGN
FOR A SECOND TERM AS PRESIDENT
OF THE UNITED STATES. >> AT THE-- AS THE DE FACTO
CAMPAIGN MANAGER 2024 SHE HAS
CREATED A LARGELY DRAMA FREE
OPERATION WHERE THE CANDIDATE
CREATES THE HEADLINES FOR
BETTER OR WORSE.
>> ONE THING SUSIE DOES NOT DO
IS MANAGE THE CANDIDATE.
SHE’S GOING TO ALLOW TRUMP TO
BE TRUMP AND SHE’S NOT THERE TO
CONTROL HIM OR STRIFE STIFLE
HIM.
SHE’S THERE TO MAKE SURE THAT
THE ENERGY CREATED BY HIM IS
REFLECTED IN AN OPERATIONALLY
CONFIDENT CAMPAIGN.
>> ABOUT HER OWN POLITICAL
BELIEFS THEY SAY LITTLE OR--
LITTLE.
SHE IS AN ENVIRONMENTALIST AND
THE CRITICISM THAT A LONGTIME
ESTABLISHMENT FIGURE WHO RAN IN
THE REAGAN WHITE HOUSE IS NOW
LEADING DONALD TRUMP. FRIENDS
OF MINE FROM THE OLD DAYS
SCRATCH THEIR HEADS BUT I DON’T
CARE.
I AM QUITE SURE THAT WE ARE ON
A MISSION AND WE ARE GOING TO
COMPLETE IT.
>> GARRETT HAAKE JOINS ME NOW.
THIS IS A GREAT PIECE ON
SOMEONE THAT A LOT OF PEOPLE
DON’T KNOW REALLY EXISTED AND
IS DOING A LOT OF THE WORK
HERE.
HOW MUCH HARDER IS SUSIE WILES
JOB GOING TO BE?
>> SHE’S NOT GOING TO TRY TO
CHANGE DONALD TRUMP.
I THINK HER BIGGEST CHALLENGE
IS SCALING UP AND TRY TO TURN
WHAT HAS BEEN A SUCCESSFUL
STATE-BY-STATE PRIMARY CAMPAIGN
INTO A PROPER NATIONAL CAMPAIGN
BUT I’M NOT A BIG LEVER IN
DOING STUFF STORIES IN GENERAL.
THE WAY IN WHICH SUSIE WILES
HAS RUN THE CAMPAIGN TELLS US
SOMETHING ABOUT DONALD TRUMP.
SHE HAS GONE THROUGH 10 OR SO
DIFFERENT CHIEFS OF STAFF OR
CAMPAIGN MANAGERS DURING THE
POLITICAL CAREER ALL OF WHOM
HAVE TRIED TO WANT A LITTLE BIT
OF THE SPOTLIGHT FOR THEMSELVES
OR CHANGE OR SHAPE HIM.
HERE YOU HAVE THIS MACHINE WHERE
, THE DRAMA AND THE HEADLINES,
AND THERE ARE STILL PLENTY OF
DRAMA AND HEADLINES, ARE COMING
FROM THE CANDIDATE WHICH IS THE
WAY THAT TRUMP LIKES IT AND
WHAT WE WILL CONTINUE TO SEE.
>> A BIG PART OF THE CAMPAIGN
WILL BE JUGGLING LEGAL ISSUES.
THE FULTON COUNTY JUDGES IS
ALLOWING TRUMP AND CODEFENDANTS
TO MOVE FORWARD WITH AN APPEAL.
WHAT DOES THIS MEAN THAT YOU
HAVE THIS APPEAL BEING ABLE TO
GO FORWARD.
FANI WILLIS IS STILL ALLOWED TO
GO FORWARD.
>> THE GREATEST LONG-TERM RISK
AND PERHAPS THE SHORTEST SHORT
TERM RISK. LESS LIKELY TO GO TO
TRIAL AFTER THIS ENTIRE EPISODE
WITH FANI WILLIS AND NATHAN WADE
, I THINK THE POSSIBILITY OF AN
APPEAL SUGGESTS A LITTLE MORE
TIMING LIFELINE FOR DONALD
TRUMP AND THE LEGAL ANALYSIS
THAT I HAVE SEEN DESPITE HOW
MUCH WE TALK ABOUT THESE CASES.
EVEN THE PROCESS COULD CONTINUE
TO PROVIDE DELAY FOR DONALD
TRUMP IN SO MANY WAYS.
ANOTHER THING WE ARE TALKING
ABOUT IS MONEY.
THERE’S A BIG ISSUE WITH $460
MILLION.
THIS BOND COMING UP FOR FORMER
PRESIDENT TRUMP.
WHAT HAPPENS IF HE DOESN’T HAVE
THIS BOND? WHAT DOES IT MEAN
FOR THE OVERALL FUNCTIONING OF
THIS CAMPAIGN GOING FORWARD?
>> A BILLIONAIRE CANDIDATE AND
A FORMER PRESIDENT BASICALLY
NEED MONEY ON EVERY FRONT.
HIS CAMPAIGN IS CASH STRAPPED,
THEY ARE FOCUSING ON
FUNDRAISING AND HE NEEDS THIS
MONEY PERSONALLY FOR THESE
LEGAL CHALLENGES.
HE’S UP AGAINST A WALL BUT IF
HE DOESN’T COME UP WITH A BOND
THE STATE OF NEW YORK COULD
START TRYING TO SEIZE HIS
ASSETS.
LET THEM SHOW UP AND CHANGE THE
LOCKS TO TRUMP TOWER?
IT WOULD BE ROCKET FUEL FOR HIS
CAMPAIGN.
A FILING SUGGESTED SOME OF HIS
PROPERTIES COULD BE HELD IN
ESCROW AS PART OF A MIDDLE
GROUND.
HE HAS BEEN VERY RESISTANT THAT
HE COULD DECLARE BANKRUPTCY OR
SELL PROPERTIES IN A FORCED
SALE.
THEY ARE RUNNING OUT OF TIME TO