Just five months after being fired from his leadership role in Donald Trump’s mass-deportation campaign, former U.S. Border Patrol Commander-at-Large Greg Bovino is eyeing a run for president. He made his interest formally known earlier this week, after having justreturnedfrom aracist convention in Portugalin which he appeared alongside literal neo-Nazis.
“If running for President is what it takes to actually get it done, then all options are on the table,” Bovinowrotein a post on X endorsingthe exploratory bid.
This post raised a lot of questions. Does terrorizing a major American city for weeks on end really serve as a strong platform for a run for office? Are there height restrictions for presidential candidates? And who, exactly, is behind this effort?
After all, to most observers, you’d have to be on meth to think that Bovino could actually prevail in a 2028 GOP primary against the likes of Vice President JD Vance or Secretary of State Marco Rubio. Right?
Bovino’s 2028 exploratory run is the brainchild of Jacob Engels, a formerprotégéof notorious dirty trickster Roger Stone and a Laura Loomer pal who has since turned on them and the rest of Trump world.
Engelsput out a videoannouncing this effort back on May 31. Walking across a bridge in a suit and sunglasses, sporting a tightly cropped haircut, Engels extolled Bovino’s tough leadership and blasted White House chief of staff Susie Wiles for “86”-ing the former border commander from the administration. Engels then hawked a Cash App link to help fund the nascent effort and pledged to send Bovino back to Minneapolis for a “hero’s welcome.” Engels alsolauncheda website for the campaign, now promoted by Bovino himself, that featuresweird fascist imageryand a picture of Bovino under theGame of Thrones-style name “House Bovino”:
In an interview with me, Engels confirmed his involvement and said he thinks Bovino could offer “true leadership.”
It’s quite a come-up for Engels. He has no obvious campaign experience at this level. And if this one actually does take off, he could have several distractions while spearheading it. Because just a few weeks ago, Engels was being wrestled to the ground and handcuffed by police outside a motel, allegedly with meth in his pocket.
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According to a police incident report obtained byFalse Flag, sheriff’s deputies in the small Wisconsin town of River Falls were called to a budget motel around 1 p.m. on May 20. Engels must have been starting to catch the notice of law enforcement, because the night before, he and his mother had been arguing so loudly that police had been called to separate them. When the cops showed up again the next afternoon, Engels was refusing to check out of the motel.
Source: Drudge Report
