Vince Manfeld
@AureliusStoic1
MINI THOUGHTS on President Trump’s rally speech in Durham, New Hampshire:
* 90 minute speech.
* Durham is very near the coast of the Atlantic Ocean.
* Crowd was packed and probably between 5,000 to 6,000 very loud and engaged people. Someone on site (Auntie) said there were many young people there. The arena they used is, I think, party of the University of New Hampshire, so that may have helped bring out some younger folks.
* The speech was focused on the failed Joe Biden presidency and had a heavy economic and border focus
* Trump called Bidenomics the “Bidenomics from hell” which drew a roar from the crowd. He added that the American Dream was dead under Biden.
* Trump deftly took a populist turn in saying Biden is only making banks and rich people richer. Great fuel for the MAGA base.
* He said Biden is running on the largest tax hike ever in wanting to roll back the Trump tax cut.
* Trump took time to explain how his administration had sent back MS-13 gang members but Biden was letting them in.
* He implicitly referred to DeSantis and Nikki Haley as sellouts who would betray the voters just as they personally betrayed him. Very effective lines.
* He said he likes Vivek Ramaswamy because Vivek likes (and respects) him.
* He spent a fair amount of time denouncing NH Gov Chris Sununu and he detailed the history of their riff
* As he has done recently, he repeated that Joe Biden is a threat to democracy.
* At this point in the speech a loud “We love you!” chant broke out.
* Several of the Afghanistan withdrawal gold star families were at the rally and Trump talked about getting to know them. Very touching.
* He said there would be no more endless wars. I believe NH is very anti-war so that message should resonate and it was loudly cheered.
* Trump began his outro with a group of items he will act upon as soon as he is back in office. He mentioned some law and order measures and the address focused on that at various times.
* He brought up the controversy swirling around elite colleges
in the past few weeks and talked about how he would fix the issues.
* The team used the outro music again, to good effect. The speechwriters did a good job on this section IMO.
* Trump concluded the speech on a hopeful and unifying note and said we will pray and be with God
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OVERALL: High-energy, large rally with Trump in top form and the crowd happy and participating. A seamless transition today from some of the cozier venues the campaign has been utilizing in (mostly) Iowa.
4:17 PM ยท Dec 16, 2023
Thanks exit! Perfect summary of today’s speech. It was very good. I particularly noted when President Trump said, enthusiastically, that he liked Vivek. I think if Vivek were any kind of nefarious globalist or enemy, Trump would not have said this. I’m still leaning on my own personal theory of Vivek being on Team Trump. I call him Proxy Trump lol.
“He said Biden is running on the largest tax hike ever in wanting to roll back the Trump tax cut.”
I thought Biden had already rolled them back as my taxes were higher this past year on less income then they were when Trump had cut them.