In public, Republican strategist Karl Rove has slammed the party’s presumptive nominee Donald Trump as “a complete idiot” with a “divisive and graceless” style, but the two recently had a sit-down meeting in Manhattan, the New York Times reported Thursday.
Rove and Trump met two weeks ago at the home of casino tycoon Steve Wynn, a mutual friend who brokered the meeting, according to the Times, who spoke with two anonymous individuals briefed on the meeting.
Trump campaign manager Corey Lewandowski only said it was a “good meeting,” but the reason for the get-together was not clear. But the Times noted if the two met to broker a ceasefire, the peace didn’t hold, with Rove being deeply critical of Trump’s attacks on the media in a press conference earlier this week.
The sit-down came as Trump mounted efforts to court party elites not yet won over by his broad populist appeal.
Rove’s early criticism of Trump’s candidacy hasn’t gone unanswered, with the billionaire responding to call the ex-top George W. Bush aide “dishonorable” and suggesting he’s “the dumbest human being on earth.”
Trump, Karl Rove Have Secret Sit-Down
“Oh, first I’ll sit in your lap, then you sit in mine! This’ll be so much fun!”
I got a kick out of Trump calling Rove the dumbest human being on earth. Never seen a blacker pot calling out a kettle.
Two of the most despicable creeps on the planet having a little secret chin-wag. Sounds legit.
The uncouth and the unscrupulous, together at last. UNSCROUTHULOUS!
Just when you thought there were enough filthy pigs in the Trump campaign, Ham Rove joins the party.
I look forward to seeing Rove lose it once more on FoxNews on election night.
Rove must be thinking, “My god, he’s even more stupid than George W. I didn’t think it was possible!” That won’t stop him from trying to finagle some sort of personal advantage out of this whole fiasco, of course.