Donald Trump has told supporters all US Presidents must be given “full immunity” despite the risk they may go “rogue” or be a “bad apple”.
Speaking at a campaign rally in Manchester, New Hampshire, the former President warned that any future Commander-in-Chief would be left “impotent” and “unable to act” if they feared the opposing party “will indict them for anything they do.”
Trump told the 10,000-strong crowd that President Harry Truman would not have dropped atomic bombs on Hiroshima and Nagasaki during the Second World War if he believed he could later be prosecuted.
He also likened a lack of presidential immunity to a police officer without the “authority and power” to stop crime.
Republican presidential candidate and former President Donald Trump pumps his fist as he leaves the stage
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Calling for officers to be given greater powers, he admitted: “When you do that you’re going to have a rogue cop.
"You’re going to have a bad apple somewhere along the line… and perhaps you’ll have that also with president[s] but there’s nothing you can do about that.”
Trump’s immunity plea comes as he faces four criminal indictments, including inciting insurrection.
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US President Joe Biden could be running against Donald Trump again in 2024ReutersHe urged the US Supreme Court to have the “courage” to uphold his presidential immunity and claimed if they failed “it will totally change our country”.
Ahead of the New Hampshire primary, Trump also called on Democrats to vote for Minnesota Congressman Dean Phillips instead of President Biden who will not be on the ballot.
“I think the Democrats should vote for the congressman just to send the signal you don't abandon us like that. Nobody gonna abandon New Hampshire.”
Nikki Haley is currently polling second behind Trump ahead of the New Hampshire voteReutersBiden is the first President running for re-election to skip the Granite State primary in more than 50 years after the Democratic National Committee decided the New Hampshire primary was “non-compliant” with its new rules.
Biden's supporters are mounting a write-in campaign to avoid an embarrassing loss but Congressman Phillips has said he hopes to expose Biden's “weakness” by doing well in the poll.
Trump and former UN Ambassador Nikki Haley will tonight make their closing arguments to supporters just hours before voters go to the polls in the crucial vote on Tuesday.
