I'm going to put together a thread covering Trump's campaign event in Mint Hill, North Carolina. Follow along for clips and commentary. 
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Trump oddly just stood in front of the mic while his entire theme song played
With Fox News carrying his speech live, Trump works in a promo for his golf club
Trump begins his speech by alleging an Iranian connection to the assassination attempts against him and calls for Apple to "open the six phones from the second lunatic."
"They had no problem breaking into the apps of the J6 hostages," Trump adds
"They had no problem breaking into the apps of the J6 hostages," Trump adds
Trump says that if he was president he would threaten to blow Iran "to smithereens"
fresh off the stock market closing at a record high for the fourth straight day, Trump claims "the economy is doing really, really badly"
Trump lies that migrants have done a "hostile takeover" of Springfield
ranting about Kamala Harris and McDonald's has become a daily thing for Trump
Trump calls for a federal investigation into jobs reports being revised down
Fox News cuts away from Trump's speech after he goes on a lengthy rant about the allegedly declining quality of furniture
Trump: "All your furniture-makers are going to come back and come back bigger and stronger and better than ever before. They're mostly gone. They're all coming back. This is why people in countries want to kill me."
Trump: "Over the years I've been into politics, but mostly on the other side. Like writing checks for politicians. Campaign contributions. Extremely legal."
Trump on the 2020 election "They beat us by a whisker."
Trump lies that migrants are "literally taking over those towns -- hundreds of towns and cities throughout our country. Including the big ones. Look at New York."
Trump on migrants: "They come from parts of Europe. They come into our country. Many of them are major, major criminals. Murderers."
Trump: "The jobs are going to illegal migrants that came into our country illegally. Our Black population all over the country, our Hispanic population, are losing their jobs."
Trump claims that "thousands" of "rough terrorists" are coming into the country
Trump: "If any senior doesn't vote for Trump, we're gonna have to send you to a psychiatrist to have your head examined."
In this two minute clip, Trump's brain flits from the war in Ukraine to fear-mongering about world war 3 to shitting on electric tanks to Elon Musk.
Trump says Zelenskyy is "making little nasty aspersions toward your favorite president -- me" then adds that he "got along very well with Putin."
"He's probably the greatest salesman on earth," Trump adds derisively of Zelenskyy
"He's probably the greatest salesman on earth," Trump adds derisively of Zelenskyy
Trump claims Ukraine could've "given up a little bit" and everybody would be better off
He then criticizes Zelenskyy for "refusing to make a deal"
He then criticizes Zelenskyy for "refusing to make a deal"
Trump complains at length about Obama getting a Nobel Peace Prize but then claims, "I don't care about that." (Seems like he cares!)
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