

'So they're in a bowling alley slash Chinese. That such an argument is belittling to Vance and makes him look both small and desperate is of no concern for Trump. Bush took millions of documents to a former bowling alley and a former Chinese restaurant where they combined them,' Trump said. It’s that he remains uber-popular among Republicans and that every GOP candidate – Vance included – is desperate to have his endorsement. Trump is all about Trump – first, last and forever.Īnd so, the most important thing Trump wanted to get across to those in attendance in Ohio over the weekend is not why they should vote for Vance.

That’s what you always have to remember when you are trying to understand the strategy or motivation behind something Trump does. To quote Trump from more than three decades ago: “The show is Trump, and it is sold-out performances everywhere.” But what Trump is really doing is burnishing his own brand – and basking in the adulation of his most dogged supporters. Sure, he visited Ohio to campaign for Vance – at least on the surface. history to deliver a State of the Union address after being impeached. Even for those voters who like Trump, the portrayal of Vance as little more than a lickspittle isn’t terribly appealing.īut that’s not what Trump cares about. On Tuesday night, President Trump became only the second president in U.S. It’s hard to see Trump’s characterization of Vance as little more than a lackey benefiting him in his surprisingly competitive race against Democrat Tim Ryan this fall.

Vance look like a mouse, not a man,” former Virginia Republican Rep.

You can tell that by the amount of time he spends talking about himself (a lot) versus how much time he spends talking about the candidate for whom he is ostensibly campaigning (very little).īut he has rarely thrown a candidate he endorsed so directly under the bus as he did Vance over the weekend. Trump’s campaign stops have always been, primarily, about Trump. Instead, Trump’s team had simply told Vance that they would be coming to Ohio for a rally. Trump was reacting to a New York Times story that reported Vance had not actually invited Trump to campaign with him in the state. is kissing my ass he wants my support so bad,” Trump said. Joe Raedle/Getty Images His son, Donald Trump Jr., who spoke at the conference on Friday, told Fox News, with my father, you. Vance, Trump made sure the crowd knew that Vance was subservient to him – big time. Donald Trump will speaking during the CPAC held in Dallas, Texas today. Badly.Īt a rally on Saturday night for Ohio GOP Senate nominee J.D.
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The invasion of the Capitol clearly happened after the rally, but not seconds after the rally and not in the same place as the rally.ĭownload the NBC News app for breaking news and politic sĮven if there is proof that Trump "intended" to cause violence with his speech, and even if there is proof that the violence he intended to cause was the storming of the Capitol, there could be an issue of whether the violence was "imminent" enough to be criminal.Donald Trump needs you to know that Republican candidates don’t just like him, they love him. 'Vilifying 75 million citizens, plus another probably 75 to 150 if we want to be accurate about it, as threats to democracy and enemies of the state. On the same day last month that James filed the lawsuit accusing Trump, his three eldest children, and two corporate executives of 'staggering' fraud that she claims 'grossly inflated' Trump's net worth, the Trump Organization quietly registered a new entity, Trump Organization II, according to a new court filing Thursday. No violence was reported at Trump's speech, which was at the Ellipse. There's also the issue of "imminence" required for incitement. Statements like "We'll take the street again" and "If we catch any of you going into these racist stores, we're going to break your damn neck" appear closer to advocating violence than the language in Trump's speech. Courts have protected arguably more violent speech in other cases. See Trump's rally live on-demand with unedited rally coverage and view all Trump's greatest rallies right here and right now. Some will argue that Trump's intent was evident in his use of words like "strength" and "fight." That may be. Watch former President Donald Trump's speech online with Fox Nation.
