Former U.S. President Donald Trump on Monday promised to “turn our country around” if re-elected to the White House in November, touting “common sense” conservative policies while seemingly moving to distance himself from political labels.
Trump made the comments in an interview with CNBC host Andrew Ross Sorkin on Monday, Fox News reported.
“The revenge is going to be success,” the former president said, responding to Sorkin’s remarks about whether a second term would be seen by his supporters as a way to settle the score with Democratic President Joe Biden.
“We’re going to turn our country around. We’re going to bring sense and – common sense,” Trump said. “You know, people say, ‘You’re conservative.’ I’m not conservative. You know what I am? I’m a man of common sense.”
Continuing, Trump pointed out that “a lot of conservative policies are common sense,” going on to promote tougher restrictions at the southern border to curb and prevent widespread illegal immigration. Rates of border crossings have hit record highs since Joe Biden took office, a fact routinely brought up by Trump in his campaign to reclaim the White House.
