Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally Saturday at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. Evan Vucci/AP Hide Caption
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Former President Donald Trump calls Kamala Harris a ‘fucking vice president’ and golfer Arnold Palmer is graced during a rambling Saturday rally in Pennsylvania that capped a tumultuous week of campaigning. He hinted at that.
Speaking in Latrobe, Pennsylvania, where Palmer was born, President Trump gave a long monologue about the late golfer’s life, praising Palmer as “everyman” and making a few off-color jokes about Palmer’s anatomy.
“Arnold Palmer was originally a man, and I say that out of respect for women. And I love women,” Trump said. “But this guy, this guy, this guy was totally a guy. This guy was strong and tough. And I refuse to say it, but I don’t think he was in the shower with other pros.” They came out of there and they said, “Oh my God, that’s unbelievable.”
In the final weeks of the 2024 campaign, President Trump’s rally speeches have largely reflected the same trajectory as at the start of the year, painting a dire picture of a Democratic-run, immigrant-infested America and touting a light tariff-driven economic plan. It was a meandering speech. She went into detail and lashed out at her political opponents, especially Democrats like Harris.
After a lengthy post mocking Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts, President Trump said Ms. Harris is a “crazy radical leftist” than Ms. Warren or Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont.
“So I have to tell Kamala Harris, enough is enough, I can’t take it anymore, I can’t take it anymore, you’re a fucking vice president,” Trump told the roaring crowd. “You’re the worst. You’re the worst vice president. Kamala, you’re fired! Get out of here!”
President Trump then asked the audience how they liked the high-flying campaign planes made before landing and urged them to vote.
It was an unusually energetic rally for the former president, who has appeared tired of late as he juggles multiple events and interviews a day in several battleground states.
Harris’ campaign is making a pointed attempt to highlight Trump’s energy level as part of its closing message, which argues that the 78-year-old doesn’t have the stamina or stamina to lead the country.
“He’s so focused on himself that he’s now avoiding debates and canceling interviews because he’s tired,” Harris said at a rally in Atlanta on Saturday night. . “And have you ever noticed that when he answers questions or speaks at meetings, he tends to go off-script and ramble, and generally can’t finish a thought for the life of him?”
President Trump has had a tough week, with only a few days left in the election
With less than 17 days left until the final vote in the election, President Trump’s campaign was hit by several challenges last week.
On Monday, City Hall in Oaks, Pennsylvania, was interrupted by two medical incidents inside the hot, crowded room. After summoning doctors for the second time, President Trump chose to cancel the question-and-answer session and instead played music for more than 30 minutes, swaying to his favorite songs on stage as the crowd watched.
On Tuesday, he gave a controversial interview with Bloomberg News and spoke in suburban Atlanta after taping a Fox News town hall focused on women’s issues, speaking darkly about the possibility of losing the election. Raised.
“Even if we didn’t win it was a win-win, we all had a good time, but it doesn’t matter, right?” he asked. “Sadly, because what we’ve done is amazing. To be nominated three times in a row is what we’ve done. We have to win. If we don’t win, I feel like that’s all there was to it. It wasn’t all that big of a deal. I can’t, I can’t let that happen. ”
On Wednesday, President Trump’s all-female Fox Town Hall aired, where Trump called himself the “father of IVF” and Alabama Sen. Katie Britt (a “wonderful, fascinating person”) He said he had to explain what IVF used to be. he supported it.
He also participated in a Univision town hall with Latino voters, doubled down on false claims that Haitian immigrants are eating pets in Ohio, and called the Jan. 6 attempted insurrection a “day of love.” I called it.
At the jokey Catholic Charities Dinner in New York on Thursday, the main focus of Trump’s remarks was on Harris, who was not in attendance. At Friday’s rally in Michigan, when he started talking about tariffs, his microphone stopped working within minutes of his speech.
Trump walked around the stage in silence for about 20 minutes until the audio was restored, and eventually the words “technical difficulty” and “complex business” appeared on the screen behind him.
“If they take me off the air again, I’m going to sue them off,” Trump said of the production companies, only half-joking.
President Trump is scheduled to hold another rally in Pennsylvania on Sunday night, with a full week of events scheduled in key states. More than 13 million people have already voted in the presidential election, with just over two weeks left to vote.
