How Mad Is Trump This Morning?
Donald Trump does not take kindly to losing. That was on full display both last night during the debate and this morning as he continues to yell about debate moderators and Taylor Swift’s endorsement of Kamala Harris. The former president’s frustration began at the very beginning of the debate, when Harris out alpha-ed him and went for a handshake he wasn’t expecting. From there, she proceeded to needle and bait him, riling him up while she sat back and let her face do the talking.
Just how mad did Trump get? Let’s take a look. First, there was the exchange in which Harris brought up how boring his rallies are. You could actually see the moment he took offense: when she said people leave early out of “exhaustion and boredom.”
Hi, yes, 911, I would like to report… pic.twitter.com/CTCcDSze0m
— Adam Parkhomenko (@AdamParkhomenko) September 11, 2024
His eyes lit up! Scary. This prompted Trump to go on one of his more unhinged rants of the evening, in which he amplified the false claim that immigrants in Springfield, Ohio, are eating cats and dogs.
Trump: Illegal aliens are eating dogs and cats in Springfield, Ohio. pic.twitter.com/As1hgA0P6G
— Ryan Saavedra (@RealSaavedra) September 11, 2024
It was obvious that Trump was not handling the debate well. He went on a nonsensical tirade about how Harris is in favor of “executing” a baby after it’s born (that is not legal anywhere). He blamed January 6 on “out-of-control police officers.” And he doubled down on his false claim that he won the 2020 election. Anyone watching, even Lindsey Graham, could see he was spinning out.
trump is sounding like a nicki minaj tweet
— ًjohn (@needtcknow) September 11, 2024
He sounds like a guy yelling at random people on 34th Street with a karaoke speaker
— Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (@AOC) September 11, 2024
Just spoke with Lindsey Graham in the spin room he said the debate team
— Tim Miller (@Timodc) September 11, 2024
should be fired and Trump was unprepared. “disaster”
This morning, Trump went on Fox & Friends to discuss the debate. He thought he won, of course, but he doesn’t think they need to do it again. Even though he thought the rigorous fact-checking from moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis made the evening “three to one,” Trump still characterized it as “one of my better debates, maybe my best debate.” He’s so not mad.
When asked about Swift’s well-timed endorsement of Harris, Trump was so not mad he basically didn’t even care. “Well, I actually like Mrs. Mahomes much better. She’s a big Trump fan,” he said, referring to Swift’s friend Brittany Mahomes, who has recently been accused of being a Trump voter. “I was not a Taylor Swift fan … she’ll probably pay a price for it in the marketplace.”
Trump reacts to Taylor Swift endorsing Kamala Harris: "Well, I actually like Mrs. Mahomes much better ... I was not a Taylor Swift fan ... she'll probably pay a price for it in the marketplace." pic.twitter.com/J9Nk56nhEB
— philip lewis (@Phil_Lewis_) September 11, 2024
“I like Brittany. I think Brittany’s great, Brittany got a lot of news last week. She’s a big MAGA fan, that’s the one I like much better than Taylor Swift,” Trump announced. Bitchy!
Do we really want to give the nuclear codes to someone who’s so emotional?
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