The Count, a program on right-wing Newsmax TV. “So we’ll see if that holds and how that comes about. I think we’ve got a long ways to go.”Trump had hinted that he might form a third party called the Patriot Party, but “clearly Donald Trump is a Republican and should run as a Republican,” said Grenell, who was ambassador to Germany and then acting director of national intelligence in the Trump administration.Grenell allowed that not all Republicans are satisfied with their party but said the thing to do is to work from within rather than forming a new party.
He praised the work of Ronna McDaniel, who chairs the Republican National Committee, while calling Trump the head of the Republican Party (he isn’t — the party’s website lists McDaniel.