Trump Trying To Be Substantive

He’d rather spin a sinister narrative

Trump gave a rally this afternoon in South Carolina, billed as a substantive policy speech. I listened a good bit, as I was curious to know if Trump really is losing it. Many of his advisers, Fox News hosts and even Nikki Haley have been urging him to talk about policy and stop attacking Harris and I really wanted to see if he could do that. Below I share some of what I heard. If I missed anything, I watched clips, with special thanks to Aaron Rupar on Twitter.

After riffing a bit, Trump said he was supposed to do a speech on the economy, because “some people say it’s important.” He seemed to make light of this, and tease his audience with the following, as he gestured to them:

“We’re doing this as an ‘intellectual speech,’ you’re all intellectuals today.”

About Kamala’s laugh:

“That’s the laugh of a crazy person. They told her ‘don’t laugh!’ They won’t let her laugh. Her laugh is career ending. That’s the laugh of someone with big problems.”

“If she wins, our country is finished.”

“You know why she hasn’t done an interview? Because she’s not smart!”

“She can’t solve the problem because she is the problem, people like her.”