Trump campaigning for Heller in Nevada: "He's been with me all the way. Once we got elected. I must tell you, he was a little bit shaky at the beginning."
Trump brands Nevada's Democratic governor candidate, Steve Sisolak, "Shady Steve." He explains, of his mean-nicknaming: "It's always good to sort of - if you can think of something like that."
Trump: "We have a good chemistry together: Kim Jong Un. We have a great - Chairman Kim, we have a great chemistry."
Trump calls the media "fake and disgraceful," vaguely citing a New York Times article he says he read.
Trump claims again that North Korea has "already" returned the remains of 200 Korean War dead. ABC and others reported this week that Trump expects this but no transfer date has yet been set. The crowd chants TRUMP TRUMP TRUMP.
"We probably lost, last year, $500 billion in trade to China. Think of it: $500 billion," Trump says of last year's $337 billion trade deficit with China.
"Mexico makes over $100 billion a year," Trump says of the $69 billion trade deficit with Mexico, correctly adding: "It's hard to believe, you say these numbers,"
After criticizing Canada's milk tariff, Trump on Trudeau: "And then they act like, you know, it's like - you probably read over the last couple of weeks, with the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau: he's a nice guy, but we can't have it."
"We have allies, great friends, we protect them for a very small cost (to them)," Trump says. "In so many ways, our country is taken advantage of, and we're settling it up."
"They don't want our farm products," Trump says of the European Union, which bought $11.6 billion in U.S. farm products in 2016, the fourth largest amount in the world.
Trump claims that Democrats just want to use the immigration issue for the election, then adds a ridiculous claim about Democrats and Ms-13: "I like the issue for election too. Our issue is strong borders, no crime. Their issue is open borders, let MS-13 all over our country."
Trump on learning about African-Americans before the election: "I'm reading: tremendous crime, bad education, bad this, bad that...income levels, home ownership, everything." He boasts that things are much better now.
Oh man. Trump says he has a "great nickname" for Dean Heller's opponent, Jacky Rosen, but won't say it now. The crowd then pleads with him for like 10 seconds to say the nickname, so he says fine, "Wacky Jacky."
The president: "Wacky Jacky is campaigning with Pocahontas."
Trump on his use of "Pocahontas," which many Native Americans consider racist, for Elizabeth Warren: "They wanted me to apologize: no! I did though, I did apologize: to Pocahontas. To the memory of Pocahontas, I apologized."
"They want to hire, now, 5,000 more judges," Trump complains, though I know of no such proposal. Ted Cruz is proposing to hire 375 more judges.
Trump is now doing his regular inaccurate description of asylum laws in other countries, falsely claiming the U.S. is the only place that has to let people stay if they set foot on national territory.
"We're already started it. We've already started it. We've started it in San Diego," Trump falsely claims of the border wall he has not started anywhere including San Diego. This is at least the 10th time he has made this claim.
Trump trying to reject any responsibility for increases in health care costs: "Every time you see an increase, that's Obamacare."
Trump is again raging about John McCain's vote against Obamacare repeal. "Nobody knew he was going to do that. He campaigned on repeal and replace! ...For years! REPEAL AND REPLACE! REPEAL AND REPLACE!...and then he walked in!"
Trump again falsely claims that the $700 billion military budget is a record. Obama signed a bigger bill for 2011.
Trump is doing a list of accomplishments: approving Keystone XL, withdrawing from the Paris climate accord, withdrawing frm the Iran deal, cutting regulations, moving the embassy to Jerusalem, renegotiating trade deals.
Trump: "We're getting rid of sanctuary cities. We're getting rid of unsafe places."
The president: Other countries have taken American jobs "like we're a buncha babies."
Trump concludes with this advice for Dean Heller: "You have to be a little bit like, you know, be careful, you never know, you just can't let Wacky Jacky do it."
Trump warns of voting for Democrats: "It's really a vote for crime. It's a vote to get rid of police officers. It's a vote to get rid of ICE! They want to get rid of ICE!"
Abolishing ICE is not currently a mainstream Dem position, despite @SeanMcElwee's efforts.
Abolishing ICE is not currently a mainstream Dem position, despite @SeanMcElwee's efforts.
Trump seemed like he was concluding but is now doing his standard routine about Latino gang members murdering beautiful girls. "They're taking beautiful young women off the street...cut up. CUT UP. Not shot. CUT UP."
OK Trump is now done.
