Thread by @EliStokols

Trump, in Michigan: "You didn't have any auto plants four years ago."

He is freezing but still making time for the usual tangents, telling stories about Pavrarotti being "a diva" and inserting the windmill riff into his closing argument:

"If you want to see a lot of dead birds, go to the bottom of the windmill."

Trump on Texas, where his supporters surrounding the Biden/Harris bus forced them to cancel an event:

"Did you see our people? They were protecting his bus yesterday."

Trump explains to the crowd he has to switch teleprompters, because one forces him to look into the wind/snow.

"I have to look this way so I can breathe...I've never had this! This is a hell of a day, you guys must love Trump, this place is packed."

I think this Trump remark to his supporters was about the cold weather at this rally, but it works in more or less any context:

"It's really a contest to see if we can all stand it. And we'll get through it. And we'll love it."

Trump, reading prompter line about refugees, stops and offers a joke off the cuff...

"One of the biggest issues for Michigan this election is the subject of, refugees — with this weather, they're not coming...it's freezing up here!

"Syria never looked so good!"

Trump, who'd gone about 45 min hardly mentioning the pandemic, promises vaccines are "coming in a matter of weeks ... It's gong to go very very quickly ... You'll see something that's going to be absolutely amazing."

Trump's closing argument on Biden: "He was always known as a dummy, and that was 25 years ago. And now he's a dummy and a half."

Vowing no more lockdowns, Trump seems to express regret on having gone along with restrictions but also acknowledges that the situation hasn't improved after eight months:

"The whole world has gone through a lot. And for what?"