The pork sausage was a sign that this was going to be different. Or at least, that it was meant to be. Like a grocery store employee in front of a concession stand, Donald Trump stood framed by the everyday items of an American shopping basket. Breakfast oats. Bread. Butter. The sausage. In a 45-minute-long pre-prepared speech at his Bedminster Golf Club in New Jersey, his remarks appeared designed to signal a shift away from the usual personal attacks on his opponent.
Reading off a piece of paper - itself something of departure from his normally freewheeling style - this was instead an attempt to focus on policy and, somewhat like the ground coffee beans that remained in shot throughout, in granular detail too. The former president listed a barrage of what he said were price increases under the current administration. Flour up 38%, he said. Eggs, 46%.
"Deep into his ranting news conference on Thursday, former President Donald Trump told a truth that explained everything : "I'm very angry at her." [...] Trump's discombobulation was laid bare in a self-pitying and raging stream of consciousness delivered at his New Jersey golf club that raised serious questions about the future trajectory of his quest to return to power.[...]LOL!
As his remarks stretched into a second hour, a squadron of flies assembled, likely attracted by several packs of breakfast sausages sweating in the summer heat. The bizarre spectacle only heightened the incongruity of using Trump's private golf club as the backdrop for an event meant to illustrate the pain faced by millions of Americans at grocery checkouts.[...]
The Harris campaign is relishing the spectacle of Trump's almost daily meltdowns. After the New Jersey appearance, the vice president's team released what is said was a "Statement on Trump's ... Whatever that was." CNN: Trump's fury over Harris' switch with Biden is increasingly driving his campaign
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