Meghan Markle wants to become president of the United States: this idea was publicly supported by Trump

Meghan Markle will take advantage of the furor following her interview with Oprah to launch a political career that could lead her to the White House if the rumors circulating in Westminster turn out to be true. It is reported by The Daily Mail.

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One senior Labor figure - a veteran of Tony Blair's Downing Street administration with close ties to Washington - told the newspaper that Markle, 39, is in contact with senior Democrats to build a fundraising campaign for the US presidency.

A source close to the Dukes of Sussex declined to comment, but the couple did not hide their political views. During last year's US election, Meghan and Prince Harry took a thinly veiled jab at Donald Trump by calling on voters to "reject hate speech" in what a spokesman for the couple described as a "call for decency". Trump himself said he was “not a fan” of 39-year-old Meghan.

The source said: "Blairists, internationalists and democratic party networks are abuzz with talk of Meghan's political ambitions and her potential backers."

Last year, a friend of the Duchess told Vanity Fair magazine that one of the reasons Meghan didn’t give up her American citizenship when she married a member of the royal family was because it allowed her to be in Washington politics.

American constitutional experts responded that she would have to relinquish her title if she wanted to hold a public office in the States, because that would contradict the US oath of allegiance.

Buckingham Palace tried to distance the royal family from remarks made during the US election by issuing a statement saying that "the duke is not an active member of the royal family" and described his comments as "made in a personal capacity."

The source added that the Duchess presumably expects 2024, when President Joe Biden turns 82 and will decide if he wants to run for a second term.

If she reached the White House, Meghan would become the first female US president - succeeding where Hillary Clinton failed four years ago - and the second non-white occupant of the Oval Office after Barack Obama.

She will also follow in the footsteps of President Ronald Reagan, who was a Hollywood actor for four decades before switching to politics. During the 2020 campaign, the Duchess reached out to When All Women Vote, an organization co-founded by Michelle Obama, to encourage participation in the elections. Meghan's friends have previously encouraged rumors of her political ambitions, describing her humble beginnings as "the American Dream".

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What Trump said

Donald Trump said he wants Meghan Markle to run for president in 2024 because it will help him make a decision about his own future. The Daily Mail.

In an interview with Fox News the other day, Trump was asked what he thinks about Megan's meeting with the Democrats and a possible election race.

He replied: "Well, I hope this will happen, because in this case I will have an even stronger feeling about participating in the race."

Trump added: “I’m not a fan of Meghan and what she says about the Royal Family and the Queen. I think I know the queen. "As you know, I've met the Queen and I think the Queen is a fantastic person and I'm not a fan of Meghan."

Trump's comments follow Meghan and Prince Harry's high-profile interview with Oprah. Former Trump senior adviser Jason Miller spoke about Trump's reaction to the interview. Trump suggested he might "make little news" by sharing his reaction to the interview, he said, but ultimately decided it was a bad idea.

“When I spoke to the President this morning ... he said, 'Yeah, [Megan] is no good. I said that, and now everyone can see it. "

“But you realize that if you say anything negative about Meghan Markle, you will become a victim of cancel culture, like Peter Morgan,” Miller says.

According to Wikipedia, cancel culture is a modern form of ostracism in which a person is deprived of support and condemned in social or professional communities, both online and in social media, and in the real world. This happened to famous TV presenter Piers Morgan. He resigned from his post on Good Morning Britain over his comments about Meghan's interview.

The host said that he “didn’t believe a single word” of what Meghan said about how she experienced royal racism and thought about suicide when she was pregnant with Archie’s son.

Trump has spoken out against Meghan in the past, including when he called her "vile" in 2019.

Miller, who served as Trump's chief spokesman during his 2016 campaign and his senior adviser in the 2020 campaign, quoted Trump as saying: “I'm on Team Pierce. Piers is the best, he is the greatest, and they tried to "cancel" him simply because he criticized Meghan Markle. This is just the latest chapter of woke culture."

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Trump and the Sussex have a history of exchanging barbs.

The then president weighed in on Harry and Meghan's decision to leave the royal family in January 2020 and expressed sympathy for Queen Elizabeth II.

“I think it's sad. The Queen is a great woman," Trump told Fox News. "If you look, she's never made a mistake. I mean, she behaves impeccably."

Asked by host Laura Ingram at the time if Harry should "return to the family," Trump said, “I don't want to go into details. But I just have a lot of respect for the queen. I don't think this should be happening to her. "

Trump hooked Meghan again last fall after she and Harry made an unprecedented decision to comment on the upcoming U.S. election, which many interpret as backing incumbent President Joe Biden.

"I'm not a fan of hers," Trump said of Meghan. “I would have said it—and she probably heard it.” I wish Harry luck because he's going to need luck."

Meghan and Harry broke with the royal convention when they released a video message that thinly veiled criticism of Trump. In the video, which was included in the Time 100 in connection with the publication of the list of the most influential people of 2020, Harry called on Americans to "reject hate speech," and Megan called it "the most important choices in our lives." Many saw this as an attempt to prick Trump.

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