Trump attacks his former press secretary after she calls New Hampshire a ‘good night for Joe Biden’

Add Kayleigh McEnany to the list of former Trump White House officials spurned by the former president after a perceived betrayal.

The final press secretary of the Trump administration appeared on Fox News on Tuesday as part of the network’s primetime New Hampshire primary coverage. At one point during the broadcast, Ms McEnany described the night as a positive one for Joe Biden due to the relatively competitive turnout in the Republican primary while Mr Biden himself won a write-in campaign for the Democratic ticket.

“This was actually a fairly good night for Joe Biden,” she said. “When you look at our voter analysis, only 10 per cent said, ‘I would not vote for Joe Biden if he’s the nominee.’”

“He won a plurality of voters who said he was too old. He won a majority of voters who are upset about the Gaza war. So the divides in the Democrat Party, and this is a small sample size, but perhaps aren’t as stark as one would think.

She then went on to describe how Mr Trump had not achieved that same unifiying performance in his own battle against Nikki Haley, who lost the state handily while performing better than some polling suggested she would in the last few days of the race.

“[W]hen you look at the Republican Party, seven in ten Nikki Haley voters said, ‘I would not vote for Trump,’” said Ms McEnany.

That commentary was not sufficiently complimentary for the former president, well known for lashing out at former allies who criticise him.

On Truth Social, he wrote that Ms McEnany was a RINO [Republican in Name Only], in an angry post sent just before midnight that also referred to his rival for the GOP nomination with a derisive nickname: “I don’t need any advice from RINO Kayleigh McEnany on Fox. Just had a GIANT VICTORY