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Donald Trump concluded a rally in 110 degree Fahrenheit heat in Las Vegas on Sunday, just a day before he is scheduled to attend a virtual interview with probation officers ahead of his hush money trial defense team’s sentencing recommendation.
He started the rally by complaining about Joe Biden’s immigration policies, calling a recent move by Biden to halt asylum entries as “bulls***” and insisting that the president is not “old” but “incompetent.” He also hit his usual notes, telling voters they needed to “stop the steal” and railing against the press.
Meanwhile, the judge presiding over Trump’s hush money trial has alerted prosecutors and defense counsel about a Facebook comment from an apparent social media troll announcing a conviction one day before a jury handed down a guilty verdict. The comment has since been deleted.
This week Trump also took part in a wild interview with TV psychologist Dr Phil in which the Republican presidential candidate proclaimed that “sometimes revenge can be justified” as he looked ahead to a theoretical second term in the White House.
Dr Phil largely adhered to Trump’s conspiracy-laden point-of-view allowing false claims to pass unchecked, particularly regarding his recent conviction.
Senator Tom Cotton insists Trump has a ‘strong’ relationship with Zelensky, despite being impeached for blackmailing the Ukrainian leader
During a recent Fox News interview, a host asked Senator Tom Cotton about Donald Trump’s stance on the Russia-Ukraine war, specifically about the former president’s feeling that Ukraine should allow Russia to take some of the land it has occupied to bring the fighting to an end.
“Isn’t that giving Putin what he wants,” Fox News host Shannon Bream asked.
Cotton insisted that the president never offered those opinions as official policy stances, and then argued that Trump and Ukrainian President Voldomyr Zelensky have a “strong relationship.”
“Trump has said that any reports of plans like that are not authorized. Trump had a strong relationship with Zelensky,” he said.
The former president was impeached for the first time because he threatened to withhold aid from Ukraine and to revoke Zelensky’s invite to the White House if the Ukrainian leader didn’t launch a formal investigation into Joe Biden ahead of the 2016 election.
Trump tells rally-goers not to die in searing Vegas heat: ‘I don’t care about you, I just want your vote’
Donald Trump is no stranger to accusations that he has little regard for the well-being of his rallygoers. On Sunday, he added fuel to that fire.
The ex-president was in Las Vegas, Nevada for a summertime rally in the searing heat — high temperatures on the strip were projected to be around 103 degrees Fahrenheit. Trump himself hosted an outdoor rally in the city’s Sunset Park, where thousands of fans poured in to see him.
At several points in the rally, he addressed the heat, quipping to supporters that his campaign told attendees: “do not come,” which he then bragged resulted in “only 20,000” showing up.
But it was one moment wherein Trump remarked in jest that he only cared about his fans’ votes, not his supporters as people.
“I don’t want anybody going on me. We need every voter,” he said. “I don’t care about you. I just want your vote.”
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He can be president but he can’t be a nurse: The jobs Trump can’t get with felony convictions
He cannot legally bartend in Florida, but he can be president of the United States. He can be legally denied certain public housing, but he could soon live at the White House. And he cannot legally possess a firearm in any state, but he could soon command the country’s nuclear arsenal.
But unlike the millions of Americans re-entering society after conviction and incarcerations, who face countless barriers to decent jobs, housing, healthcare, childcare, and the ability to vote, among other hurdles, Trump can rely on his immense wealth, influence and potential path to the presidency to avoid them.
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He used to be an anti-abortion Democrat. Now he’s Biden’s secret weapon
In the upscale Philadelphia suburb of Glenside last month, Senator Bob Casey turned on the charm at a campaign office opening.
A lesser-known, longtime veteran of the Senate, Casey’s pullover sweaters and nice-guy demeanor have earned him comparisons to another son of Pennsylvania — Mister Rogers — as well as the nickname “Mr Pennsylvania” by his state counterpart, Senator John Fetterman.
But beneath this folksy, Biden-esque persona is a steely operator who’s supposed to prove a critical asset to the president in the 2024 race.
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Governor Kristi Noem almost calls Trump hush money trial a ‘rigged election’ rather than a ‘rigged trial’
Governor Kristi Noem, fresh off a weeks-long scandal involving her killing her dog 20 years ago, appeared on CNN to parrot Doanld Trump’s “rigged trial” talking points.
Unfortunately for her, Noem nearly got Trump’s fictions mixed up; instead of calling his hush money trial a “rigged judicial process,” she almost called it a “rigged election.”
New York District Attorney Alvin Bragg agrees to testify to Republicans in Congress after landing Trump guilty verdict
Bragg’s testimony comes at the demand of House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan, who sent a letter last month stating that the DA and Matthew Colangelo, a prosecutor on the case, participate in a House panel on 13 June.
Jordan, long a Trump loyalist, described the trial as an act of “unprecedented political prosecution” against the former president, according to The Hill.
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Trump to speak virtually at Southern Baptist Conference meeting on Monday
Donald Trump will give a virtual address on Monday to the Southern Baptist Conference’s annual meeting.
Former Vice President Mike Pence will speak the following day during a luncheon hosted by the Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission.
The conference is expected to hold a vote on resolutions supporting Israel and blaming Hamas for the war in Gaza, for recommitting to anti-abortion activism, and for urging parents with infertility to consider “ethical” options for having a child.
Trump to sit for virtual probation interview tomorrow ahead of sentencing over hush money conviction
Donald Trump will reportedly be interviewed by the Manhattan Criminal Court’s probation department tomorrow for use in the pre-sentencing recommendation and judge’s report.
Trump was convicted on 34 counts of falsifying documents to cover up a hush money payment to porn star Stormy Daniels.
The former president’s attorney, Todd Blanche, will be on hand for the interview, according to NBC News.
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Trump says only a ‘psycho’ would call war dead ‘suckers and losers’ – which a general says Trump did
During a rally Sunday in Las Vegas, the former president called the alleged comments “disinformation” reported by the “fake news.”
“Think of it from a practical standpoint, I’m standing there with generals and military people, in a cemetery and I look at them, I say, ‘These people are suckers and losers,’” he began.
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Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, who Donald Trump called a “celebrity” at his Las Vegas rally
Source: independent.co.uk
