Only obscure right-wing channels that cater to MAGA types carry the full rallies in real time; the rest provide video snippets, if that. After the first half-hour or so, what struck me most was not what Trump said but how his audience responded. A Trump rally speech isn’t punctuated by applause like the thousands of aspirational addresses I’ve heard before from other politicians. Boy, oh boy, oh boy.”)“American carnage” was a big theme, just as in his 2017 inaugural address. “Oh, that’s good, that’s smart,” he said, pointing to his brain.

Source: Los Angeles Times February 26, 2024 09:06 UTC