chris ruddy in florida, welcome to hardtalk. stephen, good to be back with you.t's great to talk to you. now, you know donald trump well, you talk to him pretty regularly. do you believe that he has been rattled by the transformation in the presidential election race that we've seen since kamala harris replaced joe biden as the democratic nominee? well, i would say, stephen, yes and no. it's probably a bit disconcerting. i actually spoke to him last night by telephone. i got a sense that he's quite...quite surprised and pleasantly surprised, i would say, by the pick of walz. you know, it doesn't seem like a smart political choice for the democrats — a far left governor of minnesota who nobody really knows nationally, but has a very liberal record. the republicans are already calling him a radical. they've been calling kamala harris a san francisco radical. so it doesn't seem to be a smart political choice. and i think the president... president trump, sees this as a great opportunity for his campaign. well, it's interesting that you've alighted so quickly on harr

chris ruddy in florida, welcome to hardtalk.

my guest is chris ruddy, a long—time trump friend and ceo of the conservative media group newsmax.

my guest is chris ruddy, a long—time trump friend and ceo of the conservative media group newsmax.s team trump veering off track? stephen, good to be back with you. it's great to talk to you. do you believe that he has been rattled by the transformation in the presidential election race that we've seen as the democratic nominee? it's probably a bit disconcerting. i actually spoke to him last night by telephone. i got a sense that he's quite...quite surprised trying to portray the ticket of harris—walz as dangerously liberal. but if you actually look at walz�*s record, for example, he served two decades in the national guard. his signature issue as governor of minnesota was delivering universal free school meals. he's a man who for many years has advocated gun rights.