Former Attorney General Bill Barr, once one of former President Donald Trump's closest allies, says Trump is unfit to serve as president in 2024.
Barr made the admission during an interview at a City Club of Cleveland luncheon in Ohio last week, when TV hose Geraldo Rivera asked whether Trump is fit for office.
"If you believe in his policies, what he's advertising is his policies, he's the last person who could actually execute them and achieve them," Barr said, per USA Today. "He does not have the discipline, he does not have the ability for strategic thinking and linear thinking or setting priorities or how to get things done in the system."
Barr went on to warn of chaos if Trump reclaims the White House.
"It is a horror show when he is left to his own devices," said Barr. "You may want his policies, but Trump will not deliver Trump policies. He will deliver chaos and, if anything, lead to a backlash that will set his policies much further back than they otherwise would be."
In response, the former president went on Truth Social and launched an attack aimed at Barr, saying he wasn't fit to be Attorney General.
"Bill Barr was a weak & slovenly man who was ill equipped to be Attorney General because he was literally in fear of the Radical Left Democrats & all they were threatening to do to him. He did fine with the Russia, Russia, Russia, Hoax, but it should have been gotten rid of, as a made up Democrat Con Job, much faster. Remember, he had the Hunter Biden Laptop! The time and money wasted on this charade was incalculable, and without me being on the other end of this plot, there was great danger," Trump wrote.
Continuing to dig in, Trump went on to criticize Barr for refusing to support his claims that the 2020 election was "rigged" for Joe Biden to win.
"Barr was most afraid of anything having to do with the Rigged Election, because he knew that it was this subject, more than any other, that the Democrats did not want to even think about. They got away with 'murder,' so no more discussions with the possibility of getting caught. They wanted it OVER," Trump wrote. "I got very tough with Bill Barr, and pushed him hard to do his job, but he just couldn’t overcome his fear of the Radical Left - He was useless. I 'nicely' fired him. He is now a soundbite!"
Despite what Barr may think, Trump continues to widen his lead in Republican Primary polls. A Morning Consult survey released Tuesday shows 60% of GOP voters would support Trump if the 2024 Republican primary or caucus were held in their state today. Next in line is Florida Governor Ron DeSantis, who has yet to announce a campaign, with a mere 19% of the vote.
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