Donald J. Trump was totally on his game the other day in a campaign stop in Erie, Pennsylvania.
Trump has more charisma in his little finger than the combined carcasses of the anemic Mike Pence and the hollow Ron DeSantis.
Trump walks to the podium to thunderous cheers from the audience, occasionally pointing to individual members of the audience and saluting them. The crowd noise nearly matches that of 15 year old girls welcoming the Beatles to New York in 1964, but in a much deeper register.
The crowd anticipates every familiar Trump line, then roars as he repeats them.
"Don't call him DeSantis," he tells his followers.
"It's DeSanctimonious!" Trump admonishes, then makes up other variations of the Florida governor's last name.
It's a tried and true methodology, one Trump used to win the Republican nomination for President in 2016, defeating 17 other Republicans by mocking them with ridicule, dehumanizing them.
"We love you Erie," Trump declares.
"We've been winning Erie from the beginning," he asserts.
Next, Trump recites Trump talking points like ringing a bell.
"It's an invasion. Millions and millions are coming in across our southern border," he claims.
"The Green New Deal will destroy our country."
"Men are competing in women's sports. That will stop Day One of my administration."
"We will purge the Deep State. We will prevent World War III."
"Our military today has no ammunition. When I was president we had so much ammunition, we had to build additional storage."
"I gave the farmers $28 billion," Trump tells the crowd. "You think the farmers aren't going to vote for Trump after I gave them $28 billion?" he repeats.
This Erie, Pennsylvania crowd is buying every word of this just as the rest of America's farm belt, eating up the Trump schtick like buttered corn on a stick.
Of course, Trump doesn't tell the crowd that he still owes the City of Erie, PA for his last campaign visit there and he won't be paying for this one.
Reports indicate that Trump has even stiffed the lawyers who helped him deal with four recent indictments while raising $250 million in campaign contributions.
Even Rudy Giuliani is said to have only received reimbursement for expenses from Trump, but no fees.
Well, that's been Trump's modus operandi for many years. Just ask the vendors who supplied services and product for his casinos.
As for Trump's performance as President, here's a partial list of former administrators in the Trump administration who've made public statements since indicating he was not qualified for that office:
National Economic Council Director Gary Cohn, Secretary of State Rex Tillerson, National Security Advisor John Bolton, Secretary of Defense James Mattis, Chief of Staff John Kelly, Navy Secretary Richard Spencer, National Security Adviser H.R. McMaster, Homeland Security Adviser Tom Bossert, Directors of Communications Omarosa Newman and Anthony Scaramucci and White House Counsel Ty Cobb.
Of course, none of those statements register with the campaign crowd at Erie. They laugh at every joke he recites without realizing that Trump himself is the biggest joke of all.
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