‘Donald Trump is losing because he is a weak candidate. Trump is weak. And I frankly question whether he has the stamina to make it through the election,” newly declared independent presidential candidate Evan McMullin told National Review this morning during the first on-the-record interview of his campaign.
“I see him imploding.”
McMullin, who announced his candidacy this morning, explained that the state of the presidential election has rendered him “distraught for the last several months.” And so, after months of waiting for other candidates to jump in and challenge Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump, McMullin did it himself.
“I believe Donald Trump is a bona fide authoritarian,” McMullin said. “I am deeply concerned that if he were president of the United States he would act accordingly.”
McMullin is a devout Mormon who was born in Utah and raised in western Washington. While attending Brigham Young University, he began a ten-year career with the CIA. Along the way, he also earned an MBA from the Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and worked in the investment-banking division at Goldman Sachs. Until this morning, he was the chief policy director for the House Republican Conference.
Unsurprisingly given his previous work, McMullin seemed especially interested in foreign policy, and was keen to draw a contrast between himself and the other announced candidates.
