Trump Confidant: “He’s Questioning a Lot of Things”

CHRISTIANE AMANPOUR: Secretary of State Mike Pompeo, as we just aired, literally told the world at the podium of the State Department that there will be a smooth transition to a second Trump administration. You know, I mean, I don’t know, what —

CHRIS RUDDY, CEO, NEWSMAX MEDIA: Well, I’m hoping that too. I would to see just, you know, for disclosure, I voted for Donald Trump and I support, still support him. I think he had an incredible record the vaccine. He came up with the $2 billion for Pfizer to get that done.

AMANPOUR: You know, they didn’t take government money, it’s not work for the money.

RUDDY: Well, it was a pledge to do it. I think it’s pretty big incentive, 2 billion. I would have done it for less. But, look, you know, I think that I think the President will ultimately have a smooth transition once the Electoral College meets and this thing is all certified. That’s my view. But I have spoken to him in recent days. He was not happy with the result. He’s questioning a lot of things, the election results, the media coverage like Fox News. It’s actually put Newsmax TV. We’ve just, we’re like number two or number three now on downloads on our smartphone apps, on iPhone, and our ratings have surpassed CNBC and MSN, and Fox Business in just a matter of days. So it’s been a huge boon for us. And I think people are coming to us not because we’re the greatest thing in the world, but they feel they’re getting a fair shake, and the President is getting a fair shake. And I think this will play out, you know, when I was on your show, in the middle of the impeachment, I didn’t demonize Joe Biden. I think he’s a centrist Democrat. I have no problem with him, per se. I think Donald Trump would be a much better president. There’s just no question in my mind that he did a better job, had a better track record is a national leader than Joe Biden. And I want to see a full accounting of the votes. That’s why I’m not — you say there’s no evidence but on the same hand, like we know —

AMANPOUR: No, no. I don’t say sorry — Chris, Chris, Chris. I don’t say there’s no evidence, the lawyers say there’s no evidence. And I agree with you in Pennsylvania, they might talk about votes that came in after the election. But everybody says the margins are not enough to overturn it and you’ve just said it yourself. So this is an exercise maybe in a swaging —

RUDDY: This is like somebody go in and say —

AMANPOUR: What?

RUDDY: Well, if somebody say, hey, there’s no evidence I have cancer. Somebody say, did you go to the doctor? Yes. Did you let them exam you? No, I actually didn’t believe in the test. In the state of Pennsylvania, they did not allow the Republican observers to go and literally observe the ballots as required and is mandated by the state law. And that could throw out tens of thousands of votes in that particular state for violating rule.

AMANPOUR: The governor denies that, , you know that, and the election workers, they denied it. Let’s just go over that. No, no, no, no, no.