2024 CAMPAIGN: Trump wows Iowa with his dislike for “golden showers”
Donald Trump was back in Iowa today, speaking to an adoring crowd at his latest rally, and it was another doozy.
Trump explained why he built 500 miles of “wall” along the border, and yet Mexico didn’t pay for it because, well, “there’s no mechanism for that” because “we’re the ones building it.”
That’s a little odd since the government wants to send aid money to Ukraine and Israel, but there is no mechanism by which Mexico could have sent money to the U.S.?
Mexico doesn’t have a bank account? He tells us they paid even more than they would have… And remember, it’s not a wall – it’s a fence.
Roll the tape, please:
Trump: Couldn’t get Mexico to pay for the wall. There’s no mechanism to do it. How do they pay for a wall that we’re building? pic.twitter.com/h3ZWwakZ1R
— Acyn (@Acyn) November 18, 2023
How do the Saudis buy our weaponry? How did they buy Trump? Only someone incredibly stupid — or who thinks his audience is a bunch of morons — would expect this excuse to fly.
Speaking of morons, the MAGA faith leader is now calling out “little sh*ts:
This is the MAGA “Faith Chair” btw. Seriously. https://t.co/c6BZCbIOCu
— Ben Meiselas (@meiselasb) November 18, 2023
It has become absolutely normal for a Republican running for president to praise the leader of our rival superpower while being totally disrespectful of this country’s president.
Trump praises President Xi, says he’s strong like granite and a fierce person… calls Biden stupid pic.twitter.com/OGbdnx2bJS
— Acyn (@Acyn) November 18, 2023
In this particular Trump rally, we have one of those rarest of moments. Trump appeared almost like a human being for a fraction of a second. The only other time I recall this happening was when the U.N. laughed at him, and he said, “I didn’t expect that reaction, but that’s okay.”
Similar here. But his brief “human moment” ends with the last thank you. He returned to Mr. Evil’s voice, “He’s our man, that guy…”
Trump Supporter: We love you
Trump: Thank you. Doesn’t sound like my kind of a lover but that’s ok pic.twitter.com/rY504ruHcc
— Acyn (@Acyn) November 18, 2023
Trump quickly returned to his usual horrific self.
He said there was no quid pro quo over the ethanol “he” buys from Iowa for their two senators and quickly shifted to the quid pro quo in his first impeachment and wondered how Adam Schiff holds up that “fat ugly face” with his “pencil neck.”
How Trump can talk about someone else’s fat, ugly face is beyond me.
Trump: I had your two senators come in and say help me with it and I would take care of it for them. I don't know what they have done for me but these are minor details, right? There’s no quid pro quo.. nobody knew what it meant pic.twitter.com/6dh5MiPaRz
— Acyn (@Acyn) November 18, 2023
Now come the true horrors. Forget the stuff about “I love women athletes,” he ended this clip with a comment about this current “communist regime” that won’t allow you to speak the truth “or about elections.” Then, very seriously — we MUST take this seriously — he said, “And they’re not going to get away with it.”
The Economist calls Trump the greatest threat to the world in 2024.
He is telling us what he’s going to do with all of us “communists.” And he will arrest whoever he wants. Today, he said that Judge Engoron, his law clerk, and Letitia James should be “prosecuted.” He will do it.
Trump: But I love women athletes. I love women athletes but they should not be allowed, I think, it is dangerous in many cases and in some cases it is just unfair. pic.twitter.com/MBfCPi2RVf
— Acyn (@Acyn) November 18, 2023
Just an ex-president assuring the people of Iowa that he doesn’t like being pee’d on during sex. Now, tell us he’s not losing it.
Trump tells the voters of Iowa that he’s not into golden showers pic.twitter.com/bLp0sqLMWW
— Acyn (@Acyn) November 18, 2023
And below, we’re supposed to believe that President Biden is the addled one? Trump just gets done telling people he was in a packed stadium, then says you couldn’t get another person “in the room.” CNN says his gaffes can no longer be ignored.
Trump: I had an unbelievable rally in Hialeah. The place was packed, but it was thousands and thousands. It was a stadium. I'm making a speech and I looked up, you could get another person in the room. pic.twitter.com/2b5H4gwowY
— Acyn (@Acyn) November 18, 2023
Trump effectively calls the two Iowa senators losers.
Only Trump would be stupid enough to do this to the two most prominent Iowa politicians who haven’t endorsed in the race. https://t.co/cS8Glqp6AM
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) November 18, 2023
When he said, “Take over the Capital city,” he means to occupy it militarily. See his CPAC speech where he promises to send the military into cities where they “aren’t enforcing the laws properly.” He will militarily take over Washington DC.
He said that they’ll make it the most beautiful, safe, and “great” city. He tried to do it once with a MAGA army. He’ll use the real one if he can.
Trump: We’re going to take over the Capital and we’re going to make it beautiful, safe, and great pic.twitter.com/nx8D9kghKI
— Acyn (@Acyn) November 18, 2023
Let’s have a thread cleanser and end with Mark Hamil, one of the most gifted people on social media:
The Cringe is strong with this one.
— Mark Hamill (@MarkHamill) November 18, 2023
Take him seriously. There is a very dark and angry force in Trump.
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Editor’s note: This is an opinion column that solely reflects the opinions of the author.
