Donald Trump says Liz Cheney might not be such a ‘war hawk’ if guns were pointed at her

GLENDALE, Ariz. – Former President Donald Trump has launched another attack on former Rep. Liz Cheney late Thursday, calling the former Republican congresswoman from Wyoming a “military hawk” and suggesting she might be reluctant to send troops into battle if guns were pointed at her.

During an event in Glendale, Arizona, featuring former Fox News host Tucker Carlson, the Republican presidential candidate was asked if it was strange to see Cheney campaign against him. Cheney has been an outspoken opponent of Trump since the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol and became a surrogate for his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris.

Trump called Cheney “a deranged person,” then added: “But the reason she couldn’t stand me is because she always wanted to fight people. If it were up to her, we would have visited 50 different countries.”

Calling Cheney “a very dumb person,” he said, “She’s a radical war hawk. Let’s imagine she’s standing there with a rifle being shot at with nine barrels. Okay, let’s see how she feels about this. You know, when the gun is pointed at her face.

“You know they’re all war hawks when they sit in a nice building in Washington and say, ‘Gee, let’s send 10,000 troops straight into the jaws of the enemy,'” Trump said.

After the Harris campaign and other Trump critics on social media attacked the quote, the Trump campaign responded that he was “talking about how Liz Cheney wants to send America’s sons and daughters to fight in wars, even though she herself I’ve never been to war.”