Trump Promises Government Shutdown Over Wall During Insane Phoenix Rally
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Trump Promises Government Shutdown Over Wall During Insane Phoenix Rally

In case you missed it, “presidential” Trump showed up at Fort Myer in Arlington, Va. on Monday night and managed to make it through an entire foreign policy speech without morphing into his alter ego, Pennywise, the racist orange clown.

Of course Trump is now caught between a rock and hard place. Disgruntled former employee and preexisting condition, Steve Bannon, is gunning for what remains of the President’s base.

As we documented early Tuesday morning, Breitbart immediately took aim at the President over his Afghanistan “flip-flop” in a scathing hit piece. We imagine that will be the first of many attempts by Bannon’s staff to erode whatever support Trump has left among the Breitbart crowd. As Steve put it on Friday, “the Trump presidency that we fought for, and won, is over.”

Well on Tuesday evening, Trump used his rally in Phoenix to prove that the reality TV show host who swept into office last year on the back of Bannon’s populist platform isn’t going to go down without a fight in the battle to prove he’s still just as crazy as he was before old Steve was sent packing back to the Breitbart barnyard.

Here are some fun highlights from Tuesday night’s batshit crazy rally, starting with a video of his super-epic entrance:

  • “If we have to close down our government, we’re building that wall.”
  • “One way or the other, we’re going to get that wall.”
  • “Personally, I don’t think we can make a deal, on Nafta”
  • “So I think we’ll end up probably terminating Nafta at some point”

  • “Obstructionist Democrats oppose plan for border wall; says they “are putting all of America’s safety at risk”
  •  “The only people giving a platform to hate groups is the media itself and the fake news”
  • “Without social media I probably wouldn’t be standing here”
  • “I’m a person who wants to tell the truth. I’m an honest person”
  • “The media is trying to take away our history and our heritage”

  • “Fox News has treated me fairly [but] some day they might not treat me fairly, and I’ll tell you about it”
  •  “What happened in Charlottesville strikes at the core of America”
  • “This entire arena stands united in forceful condemnation of the thugs who perpetrate hatred and violence”
  • “Media doesn’t want to report” facts, just like they don’t want to report that I spoke out forcefully against hatred, bigotry after Charlottesville remarks
  • “You know where my heart is.”

There was also a jab at John McCain:

Oh, and some rambling about North Korea:

Here’s Politico recapping:

The president quickly became animated, moved off script and began a broadside against the “very dishonest media,” as the crowd booed loudly. Apparently lifted by the energy of the crowd, Trump appeared to disregard his prepared remarks for large portions of the address.

“I have a home in Charlottesville,” Trump quipped, before attacking the press and re-reading his initial statements from after Charlottesville, claiming repeatedly that he was misrepresented by the press. He did not repeat his call for blame on “many sides.”

Trump derided The New York Times, The Washington Post, CNN – the crowd chanted “CNN sucks!” – and “little George Stephanopoulos” of ABC. The crowd roared along with each attack, as Trump was repeatedly interrupted by protesters, one of whom he berated for not having a “powerful voice.”

It is the fault of the media, Trump declared, for “fomenting divisions” in the United States.

“They are trying to take away our history and our heritage, you see that,” Trump said, an apparent reference to removing monuments to Confederate generals.

“These are really, really dishonest people and they’re bad people and I really think they don’t like our country,” Trump said of the press. “The only people giving a platform to these hate groups is the media itself and the fake news.”

And on, and on. You get the idea.

Bottom line: @realDonaldTrump is back and @POTUS is tied up in a basement somewhere presumably alongside John Kelly, who was nowhere to be found when Trump tried to give him a friendly shoutout:

https://twitter.com/AmericanoAngry/status/900200627539771392

https://twitter.com/PalmerReport/status/900197715312816130

Let’s see how Wall Street reacts tomorrow now that Trump has promised (literally) a government shutdown if he doesn’t get to build his wall.

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