Posted on 08/18/2024 5:49:45 AM PDT by Oldeconomybuyer
Former President Donald Trump on Saturday repeatedly swerved from a message focused on the economy into non-sequiturs and personal attacks, including declaring several times that he was better looking than Vice President Kamala Harris.
Trump wound back and forth between hitting his points on economic policy and delivering a smattering of insults and impressions of President Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron as he held a rally in northeastern Pennsylvania.
The former president has seemed to struggle to adjust to his new opponent after Democrats replaced their nominee. Over the past week, he has diverged during campaign appearances away from the policies he was billed to speak about and instead diverted to a rotation of insults.
Trump on Saturday hammered Harris on the economy, associating her with the Biden administration's inflation woes and likening her latest proposal against price gouging to measures in communist nations. Trump has said a federal ban on price gouging for groceries would lead to food shortages, rationing and hunger and on Saturday asked why she hadn't worked to solve prices when she and Mr. Biden were sworn into office in 2021.
"Day one for Kamala was three and a half years ago. So why didn't she do it then? So this is day 1,305," Trump said.
Trump laced in attacks on Harris' laugh and said she was "not a very good wordsmith" and mocked the names of the CNN anchors who moderated the debate he had with Mr. Biden in June.
When he began musing on Harris' recent image on the cover of Time magazine, he forked off, commenting on the picture's resemblance to classic Hollywood icons Sophia Loren and Elizabeth Taylor and then took issue with a columnist remarking this month on Harris' beauty.
"I am much better looking than her," Trump said ...
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This propaganda article is such a great piece of evidence that the left has zero sense of humor. Trump is hilarious and brilliant; they are anal retentive and very boring.
Dems hate it when someone uses the same tactics they use on us, on them.
The democrat MSM does most of the insulting and personal attacks for the RATs but we have to do it ourselves just to keep it closer to even.
Did Trump call for violence against his political opponents?
Than he is one up on Biden and the Democrats.
That was easy to predict.
See how it works?
Personal insults are now anything that disagrees with Kamala
“Her policies will be a disaster for this country. “
“Biden was bad, she is worse than him.”
These are now “insults.”
Don’t fall for it like Haley and Luntz want you to.
I agree.
The media needs to put on their big boy pants and deal with the fact that for 8 years, they called Trump every name in the book.
…because nobody EVER “personally insults” Donald Trump…
Holy mackerel…
They hate Trump because he fights them on their level
Republicans rather lose and be friends not him
I’m sure that bit about not knowing how to pronounce Dana Bash’s name persuaded some undecided voters to vote for him.
Well, oldeconomybuyer you posted today an article from NBC and CBS. What’s next? ABC? CNN?
Actually, it’s a rebroadcast of an Ape Pee story
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“personal insults” ... every one of which is well-deserved (and well-earned by the recipients).
The honeymoon has officially ended
“Trump... hammered Harris on the economy, associating her with the Biden administration’s inflation woes.”
Remarks should be personal. I want to know about “that arsehol” over there and cannot count on the likes of the MSM to do anything but lie.
POOR cBS. Day after day hour after hour minute after minute Plank time and Plank time media whores and democrats insult Trump and every Trump supporter with the most disgusting and ridiculous smears.
They’ve done nothing but insult Trump for 9 years...and now they are offended by his insults.
CBS
COMPLETE,BS.
It’a amazing how many incompetent fools try to tell Trump how to run his campaign. The Rats will never learn.
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