\u201dI don\u2019t have to do any polling\u201d
\nDonald Trump, who has spent years calling Biden \u201cSleepy Joe\u201d or \u201cCrooked Joe\u201d, tested out the updated nickname while addressing what he claimed was a 20,000-person crowd in Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania, on Tuesday night.<\/p>\n
President Trump\u2019s speech in Pennsylvania was supposed to reassure voters about rising costs. Instead, he frequently veered off message, returning again and again to his usual themes, especially immigration.<\/p>\n
And while working the crowd, Trump slipped into a profanity-laced rant while boasting about his popularity in Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n
\u201cHistorically, when I\u2019ve done polls, you know, from people, you know, I do my own polls. I go to a big arena. We have 20,000 people. I say, which do you like? Sleepy Joe, crooked Joe, and I learned that I saved millions of dollars. I don\u2019t have to do any polling. Okay? Typically, crooked Joe wins. I\u2019m surprised, because to me, he\u2019s a sleepy son of a b\u2014-,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n
Targeting Ilhan Omar
\nTrump also targeted Democratic Representative Ilhan Omar, noting that she is Muslim and was born in Somalia. He commented on her appearance, saying she wears a \u201clittle turban,\u201d repeated the long-debunked rumor that she married her brother, and described her home country as a \u201chell hole.\u201d<\/p>\n
He later criticized a chart shown at the event, claiming it looked like \u201cs***\u201d compared to the immigration chart he credited with saving his life in Butler, Pennsylvania, as he glanced toward it and narrowly avoided an assassin\u2019s bullet.<\/p>\n
\u201cThis is crazy because I haven\u2019t made a speech in a little while,\u201d he admitted, surveying the crowd. \u201cYou know, when you win, when you win, you say, \u2018I can now rest.\u2019\u201d<\/p>\n
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Trump went on to credit his Chief of Staff, Susie Wiles, whom he jokingly called \u201cSusie Trump\u201d \u2014 as the person who pushed him to start holding rally-style appearances again.<\/p>\n
\u201cDo you know Susie Trump, sometimes referred to as Susie Wiles? Susie Trump. She\u2019s a great chief of staff,\u201d he said, before quickly moving on.<\/p>\n
He continued, addressing the title itself:<\/p>\n
\u201dThey don\u2019t use the word chief of staff anymore because the Indians got extremely upset. But now the Indians actually want their name used. Which is true. They never didn\u2019t want it used,\u201d Trump said.<\/p>\n
\u201cBut the chief of staff and she\u2019s fantastic,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n
Repeatedly blamed Biden
\nThe president\u2019s appearance came as multiple surveys show voters growing skeptical of Trump\u2019s economic leadership.<\/p>\n
Republicans also suffered disappointing outcomes in recent off-cycle elections, prompting the White House to argue that the economy is stabilizing and that ongoing inflation concerns are unrelated to Biden\u2019s policies.<\/p>\n
Trump has repeatedly blamed Biden for \u201chistorically high inflation,\u201d even though price increases moderated in 2022 before rising again after Trump announced his sweeping \u201cLiberation Day\u201d tariffs in April. Economists and businesses have warned that the import taxes could push prices higher for American consumers, a prediction that has largely come true, but Trump continues insisting the opposite.<\/p>\n
At the White House on Monday, he claimed,<\/p>\n
\u201cWe\u2019re bringing prices way down. You can call it \u2018affordability\u2019 or anything you want \u2014 but the Democrats caused the affordability problem, and we\u2019re the ones that are fixing it.\u201d<\/p>\n
Ignored the teleprompter
\nDespite using \u201caffordability\u201d as a signature message during the 2024 election, Trump now frequently calls the word itself a \u201cDemocrat hoax.\u201d<\/p>\n
Tuesday\u2019s rally took place in the district of Republican Rep. Rob Bresnahan, who narrowly won his 2024 race by about 1.5 percentage points and is considered a top Democratic target. Scranton Mayor Paige Cognetti is running for the Democratic nomination to challenge him.<\/p>\n
During Trump\u2019s visit, the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee launched digital ads attacking Bresnahan over his stock trading and accusing Trump of failing to address corruption in Washington.<\/p>\n
Before Trump took the stage, Bresnahan told supporters that the administration was working to lower costs, while noting that voters \u201caren\u2019t asking for partisan arguments \u2014 they\u2019re asking for results.\u201d<\/p>\n
About an hour into the event, Trump acknowledged that things weren\u2019t going according to plan. His speech ultimately ran for an hour and 36 minutes.<\/p>\n
\u201cI haven\u2019t read practically anything off the stupid teleprompter,\u201d he said. \u201cAnd then my speechwriters, they\u2019re getting awards for some of the finest speeches, and I haven\u2019t even read them,\u201d he added with a laugh.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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