Trump vows to help GOP take back the House in 2022 in meeting with Kevin McCarthy

Former President Donald Trump appeared to mend fences in a "good and cordial meeting" with Republican House Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy (Calif.) at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida Thursday, during which Trump committed to helping the GOP take back the House in the 2022 midterm elections.

"President Trump has agreed to work with Leader McCarthy on helping the Republican Party to become a majority in the House," the pro-Trump Save America PAC said in a statement following the confab. "They worked very well together in the last election and picked up at least 15 seats when most predicted it would be the opposite. They will do so again, and the work has already started."

In the weeks since a mob of Trump supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol, tensions simmered within the party over Trump's place within it moving forward. Amid a second impeachment and backlash against Trump from some Republicans for stoking the violence, rumors swirled that the former president may abandon the GOP to start his own party should he run again in 2024.