Republican candidate arrived late to Nashville speech looking flushed and exhausted to rant about Democrats, the Department of Education, the Capitol riot and the ‘silencing’ of religious groups

Donald Trump appeared on stage more than 90 minutes late in Nashville, Tennessee, on Thursday night, where he delivered a speech that was as wild as it was incoherent.

The Republican presidential front-runner appeared flushed and visibly exhausted as he arrived to address the National Religious Broadcasters’ (NRB) International Christian Media Convention, tripping over simple words like “evangelical” during an address littered with verbal miscues and false claims.

At various points, Mr Trump declared that he had made “Israel” the capital of Israel during his presidency (presumably confusing the decision to move its US embassy from Tel Aviv to Jerusalem), said that he planned to close down the Department of Education and praised the Capitol rioters, whom he again characterised as political prisoners and referred to as “the J6 hostages”, for their “tremendous spirit”.

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    4 months ago

    All of these headlines should just read, “Trump Befuddles Speech Again” and “Trump Makes Stumbles and Gets Confused in Speech Again” because that’s what happened. Stop with allowing the spin from his campaign. Report it as a what happened. Go into specific detail in the article.

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      4 months ago

      I prefer “Rapist Who Wanted Vice President Dead Stumbles and Gets Confused in Speech Again” personally

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        4 months ago

        over the last near-decade I played with this for a while, and, really, there is no “best” because it depends on whatever may hurt him most which fluctuates depending on the moment. and what’s funny at the time. like… I almost get the appeal of him because I almost have fun hating him.

        “Twice-impeached failed casino owner”

        “Soon-to-be Broke rapist and Official New York Conman”

        “Fake Billionaire and Tanning Bed Victim”

        it goes on…