Today Donald Trump decided to finally take to the podium and give a formal response to some of the things presumptive Democratic nominee has been saying about him over the past few weeks. So there he was with his prepared speech and teleprompter, doing his best to regain some relevance as his campaign flounders about.
As you might expect, it was the usual Trump boilerplate: Build a wall, make America great (already is, Donald!), and there was even this bit of lunacy when made the unproven allegation that Hillary Clinton would create “totally open borders for the United States.”
But it was social media–Trump’s favorite mode of communication–that had the best criticism of Trump’s speech, as you can see:
This Trump speech sums up the entire GOP, spittle inducing rage and lies about Democrats and NOTHING of substance at all
— #NotMyPresident (@JesseLaGreca) June 22, 2016
.@realDonaldTrump is delusional if he thinks @BernieSanders supporters will overlook his racism, bigotry, misogyny. #UnitedAgainstHate
— MoveOn (@MoveOn) June 22, 2016
It's clear from this speech that Trump is still spending his time trying to appeal to Republican voters. All conspiracy, no policy.
— Holly Shulman (@HollyShulman) June 22, 2016
Trump: With my dad's millions, and a willingness to rip off anyone, I'm the only one you can trust to cut rich people's taxes.
— LOLGOP? (@LOLGOP) June 22, 2016
Donald Trump is now talking about "peaceful Muslims" as if everyone will forget he wants to ban them from the country.
— Hell-mant Mehta (@hemantmehta) June 22, 2016
Also, as Trump spoke, on several occasions there were audible inhalations of air through his nose and mouth, and that did not go unnoticed:
Every Trump inhale sounds like he's doing a line of coke and straining to stay on script. "Must… not… ignore… teleprompter…"
— “Scary Terry” Estep (@terry_estep) June 22, 2016
https://twitter.com/PixelGhost25/status/745631635668766720
Then the focus turned to what a “yuuuuuuuuge” hypocrite Trump is:
Trump has seamlessly pivoted from ruthlessly mocking teleprompters to regularly using teleprompters
— Judd Legum (@JuddLegum) June 22, 2016
This whole speech is an affront to the institution of journalism.Trump figures his lies will not be mediated.And so people will believe them
— Vote November 6th ? (@neeratanden) June 22, 2016
Trump is finally emulating other Republicans: Saying completely crazy things in a sober and restrained tone of voice.
— Chemi Shalev (@ChemiShalev) June 22, 2016
Donald Trump may think he struck back today against Hillary Clinton, but he’s still way behind in the war of words, and she’s a lot better debater than he can ever hope to be. In other words, he’s a fool, and he will continue to prove that fact every single time he opens that big yap of his.
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