Over the years, Donald Trump has been criticized for his venom and use of childish nicknames for people.
Barack and Michelle Obama set Trump up perfectly to go down that rabbit hole at the DNC, but Trump, shockingly, did not take the bait. Quite the opposite, actually.
Talking Points…
- Obama lets loose on Trump
- Trump responds
- Analysis
Donald Trump is still clearly living in the heads of Barack and Michelle Obama. Both of their speeches were filled with jabs at Trump. Michelle Obama started things off by characterizing the Trump campaign:
"It's his same old con: doubling down on ugly, misogynistic, racist lies as a substitute for real ideas and solutions that will actually make people's lives better."
Then Barack Obama followed her up, taking yet more shots at Trump, stating:
"Here's a 78-year-old billionaire who has not stopped whining about his problems since he rode down his golden escalator nine years ago.
"It has been a constant stream of gripes and grievances that's actually been getting worse now that he is afraid of losing to Kamala. There's the childish nicknames, the crazy conspiracy theories, this weird obsession with crowd sizes."
When Obama made his last statement, he made a gesture with his hands that was clearly a dig at Trump, and the crowd ate it up. But notice, here are Democrats accusing Trump of childish hits, yet that is the very thing that Obama was doing in his speech, not to mention Michelle, as always, interjecting race into the conversation.
Donald Trump was clearly seething after the comments, telling a rally crowd:
"You know, they always say, 'Sir, please stick to policy, don't get personal.' And yet they're getting personal all night long, these people.
"Do I still have to stick to policy?"
When the media stuck a microphone in Trump's face, he took the high road. I could honestly not believe that Trump held it together like this…
"I respect him and I respect his wife" -- oddly soft comments from Trump to CNN today on Obama, who he viciously defamed to fuel his political rise pic.twitter.com/7ExpvrJNVt
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 20, 2024
To answer Trump's question… yes, you should stick to policy because you are making the Democrats look like the children in the room right now versus the other way around. I know people want to see Trump go off, but that is what Democrats are baiting him to do. You see, if Trump is chucking insults, he is not talking about policy and gaining ground with the American people. So, Mr. Trump, stay on point, let them throw insults over policy, and let's see how that works out for them.
We are a month into Kamala's candidacy, and she still does not have a complete platform on her website. How much longer are the American people going to ignore the fact Harris has no agenda, just cackling and word-salad speeches? There is a reason they are baiting Trump like this, and that is because they know if he stays on point, he will win this election, so stay on point and make their worst nightmare come true.
