'He'll turn on you': George Conway explains why Trump is raging against more right-wing allies

07 June

George Conway

During Donald Trump's first presidency, he was on very friendly terms with the Federalist Society, a right-wing legal group, and its activist, Leonard Leo. All three of Trump's U.S. Supreme Court appointees — Amy Coney Barrett, Brett Kavanaugh and Neil Gorsuch — were people the Federalist Society aggressively promoted. And many of Trump's appointees to the lower federal courts were endorsed by the Federalist Society as well.

But Trump, now four and one-half months into his second presidency, is angrily railing against the Federalist Society and called Leo a "sleazebag" and a "bad person" on his Truth Social platform.

Conservative attorney George Conway, who was involved with the Federalist Society in the past, explained why Trump turned against the group during an appearance on The Bulwark's vodcast posted late Friday night, June 6.

The fact that Trump now hates the Federalist Society after working with them in the past, according to Conway, underscores his "narcissistic" personality.

Conway told host Sarah Longwell — who, like him, is very much a Never Trumper and rooted for Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris in the 2024 election — "Remember Mary Trump's book?.... The title was 'Too Much and Never Enough.' You can never satisfy this narcissistic appetite of Donald Trump. Because there will always be something else that he'll want from you that you can't give him or won't give him. And then, he'll turn on you."

Trump is furious with lower federal court judges who are blocking, at least temporarily, his executive orders — including some conservative judges the Federalist Society supported. And Conway stressed that the government's judicial branch is supposed to play a role in the United States' system of checks and balances.

Conway told Longwell, "The courts are being attacked. The courts have basically been stalwarts so far, including Republican judges, including Trump appointees. They've done a really, really good job not being deterred from saying that this administration is doing illegal stuff."

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