Is Donald Trump running for president again? When he appeared at a rally in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania Saturday night, he was ostensibly there to prop up two GOP candidates sagging in the polls: Doug Mastriano, who’s running for governor, and Dr. Mehmet Oz, who’s running for Congress. But as is his wont, he mostly spoke about himself, his many enemies, and his many strange thoughts on things like electric cars, Ukraine, and Democratic Senate candidate John Fetterman, whom he baselessly accused of taking drugs.
Trump’s speech went on for two grueling hours. Much of it was him playing the hits. But he had some fresh material. For one thing, it was his first rally since the FBI searched the resort in which he now resides. Though Trump tried to get ahead of the news, painting himself yet again as a victim, it’s become increasingly clear that he may have committed some serious crimes. He may even wind up finally getting his comeuppance. So he did what he does best: He made dubious, out-of-nowhere claims, including about the feds searching his son Barron’s room.
Trump suggests FBI agents tampered with evidence in Barron Trump's room pic.twitter.com/3TKmQEGQBN
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 4, 2022
“They rifled through the First Lady’s closet drawers and everything else,” a slurry Trump told the crowd, “and even did a deep and ugly search of the room of my 16-year-old son, leaving everything they touched in far different condition than it was when they started.” He then accused the FBI and the Justice Department of becoming “vicious monsters, controlled by radical left scoundrels, lawyers, and the media, who tell them what to do” — he then ominously pointed to the reporters in the back — “and when to do it.”
Was Trump really accusing the FBI of planting evidence or simply being sloppy? Who can tell with a guy who was able to goad his supporters into an old fashioned “lock her up!” chant even as he himself may be heading for the slammer.
Under criminal investigation, Trump goads his audience in Wilkes-Barre into "lock her up!' chants pic.twitter.com/Kjh2hlrZxg
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 4, 2022
Later he got the same crowd to boo aid to Ukraine during the Russian invasion.
Trump goads his Pennsylvania audience into booing aid to Ukraine
(he then lies about his 2020 election loss) pic.twitter.com/ntmJX8PQsf
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 4, 2022
He also called COVID-19 “China dust” for some reason.
Trump describes Covid as "China dust" pic.twitter.com/1t0NZWy6DU
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 4, 2022
And he claimed “weirdo” Mark Zuckerberg visited him at the White House…last week.
Trump says Mark Zuckerberg came to the White House last week and kissed his ass pic.twitter.com/QT7zBHjedy
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 4, 2022
He ranted about electric cars.
Trump's anti-electric car rant is really something pic.twitter.com/hJOUs8fXsW
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 4, 2022
Oh, and he’s still calling Elizabeth Warren “Pocahantas.”
Trump is still using this smear pic.twitter.com/TQDwT4hPom
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 4, 2022
And he’s still ranting about windmills.
Nobody:
Trump: pic.twitter.com/TFLP8UAFwp
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) September 4, 2022
It went on for two whole hours. At one point “adderall” was trending.
https://twitter.com/B52Malmet/status/1566417268267008002
Does Adderal abuse make you hallucinate? https://t.co/cb96YLEFQg
— LiA (@LibsInAmerica) September 4, 2022
Where’s he gonna get Adderal? https://t.co/d4gdeYgxKw
— Bobbie Oliver AmazonPrimeGreatestHits (@thebobbieoliver) September 4, 2022
Perhaps Trump’s latest epic speech will give a boost to Mastriano, who attended the Jan. 6 Capital protests, and/or Oz, whose campaign has been slammed for making light of John Fetterman’s stroke. Or maybe it will do wonders for the campaign he may have to run from prison.