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I'm going to put together a thread covering Trump's press conference in Bedminster, which apparently will feature props. Follow along for clips and commentary. Image
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interesting optics Image
reading very strongly
Trump in Kamala Harris: "She's been unbelievable in terms of her badness."
Trump says he should've been easier on Biden during the debate because then he wouldn't be out of the race
The chyron juxtaposed with the stock ticker in the corner is *chef's kiss* Image
CNN is taking Trump's press conference live. MSNBC is not.
Trump claims that "beyond the number of 100 percent" of job creation has gone to migrants
Trump predicts a 1929-style stock market crash if Kamala wins above a stock ticker showing that the Dow is over 40k
Trump claims there's a law in California that says you can rob stores as long as you don't rob more than $950 worth of stuff. Don't try that home!
"I'm a big fan of electricity" -- Donald Trump
We are 20 minutes into Trump's rant and he has yet to take a single question. He basically tricked CNN and Fox News into giving him free airtime.
CNN cut away from Trump's press conference at the top of the hour, before Trump took a single question
it's low energy "sir" story time with Trump
Fox Business is still claiming this is an "economic" press conference. In reality, Trump is currently telling a sir story about MS-13 "killers" and ICE agents brawling with migrants. Image
Trump claims Kamala Harris has "a very strong communist lean" and will deliver "the death of the American dream."
Trump: "We don't have energy. And they're getting set for the AI because they're gonna create so much electricity and we're not gonna be able to do it, but you'll do it if I have it. Because that's an emergency."
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Trump rants about "windmills" -- DRINK!
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Trump: "We're gonna be friendly, I hope, with Iran. Maybe. But maybe not. But we're gonna friendly I hope."
Trump has been incoherently ranting and raving at his private Bedminster club for nearly an hour with containers of coffee and cereal behind him. Absolutely bonkers stuff.
Trump on the head of the Taliban: "He called me 'your excellency.' I wonder if he calls that to Biden. I doubt it."

(Reminder: This is supposed to be an "economic" news conference)
reporter asks Trump if he's reflected on why god saved his life. Trump says maybe god wants him to save the world.
Trump calls early voting "ridiculous"
"I'm very angry at her ... I think I'm entitled to personal attacks. I don't have a lot of respect for her. I don't have a lot of respect for her intelligence ... she actually called me weird" -- Trump on Kamala Harris
Trump calls Minnesota "a very failed state" -- so I guess it's safe to say he's given up on winning there
Trump is now talking about Hillary Clinton's emails, which in a new twist he claims she "burned"
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Trump on questions about his strategy: "All we have to do is define our opponent as being a communist or a socialist or somebody that's gonna destroy our country."

He then takes a shot at Nikki Haley and says, "I think I'm doing a very calm campaign."
"I tend to poll low. In some cases really low" -- Trump
my 2 and 4 year old kids are going to be grown and moving out of the house before Trump wraps this thing up.
Trump on if he's comfortable with companies threatening workers who go on strike: "I want companies to get workers that are gonna love them and work for a wage that lets the company make a profit."
Trump on Elon Musk: "He got rid of lot of people on X, or former twitter -- a lot of people gone and it still works." (His interview on twitter a few days ago was delayed for a long period of time because of technical issues.)
whatever Trump was supposed to do with the food containers, he never did it. that was some weird shit. Image
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(Below is a clip of Biden and Harris arriving.)
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