In a stark contrast with Bernie Sanders' appearances, Trump was less
interested in the issues than in convoluted stories and justifications
for his behavior.…
Donald Trump, fresh from a bizarre speech in Las Vegas in the morning, appeared in the afternoon in Phoenix, Arizona, to rally thousands of haters at the Phoenix Convention Center.
There, he embarked upon a convoluted speech full of
jingoistic statements, bad jokes, and bombast, spending most of his time
at the podium talking about various odd subjects and himself, how smart
he is, his “many best sellers,” his “tremendous hit The Apprentice,” and how stupid everyone else is.
In a stark contrast with Bernie Sanders’
appearances, Trump was less interested in the issues than in convoluted
stories and justifications for his behavior.
Don’t believe MSNBC, he says, because they have Al
Sharpton working for them. He’s a nice guy but “a con man,” he says.
Sort of how he said in Las Vegas this morning how he loves Mexico, but
they send all their criminals and rapists here.
The less than honest Donald even had the temerity to
talk about “Lyin’ Brian Williams” before telling the crowd he is “more
inclusive than anybody.”
Because Univision attacked him
(at least, that’s how Trump sees it), the man who has declared multiple
bankruptcies claimed they are over-leveraged, and again claimed the
Mexican government is behind everything. And they’re able to do it, he
said, because we have a “stupid government.” To cheers, he announced
that he had sued Univision for $500 million.
This makes you wonder if his solution to China and
ISIL will be to sue them as well. The Trump Doctrine would entertain
historians for centuries.
It is beginning to look like the Donald Trump
Apologetics Tour. But excuses don’t get the job done, and The Donald
seems to be the last guy willing to accept personal responsibility. It’s
all everybody else’s fault.
He appealed to the Tea Party in Las Vegas this
morning, so in Phoenix he revived their mantra by proclaiming “we have
to take our country back” so we can run it properly (which hopefully
does not mean multiple bankruptcies). “Don’t worry,” he said, “We’ll
take our country back soon.”
It is bizarre to hear a plutocrat like Trump, one of
those responsible for killing the American dream for all Americans
except rich corporatists like him, say, “The American dream is dead but
I’m going to make it bigger and stronger than ever.” Even more bizarre
was to hear the deluded cheers.
Trump said that Jeb Bush is stupid too (remember,
they all are), and behind Common Core, which, he dishonestly claimed,
meant children in Phoenix would be using Common Core. But Common Core is
not a government program or law. States decide to follow it or not.
This was classic Donald Trump, short on details, and long on bombast and derision for everybody else. Stay tuned for a lot more.
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