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Aaron Rupar

@atrupar

Jul 24, 2018 • 23 tweets • 8 min read • Read on X

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Trump's speech to the VFW convention in Kansas City will begin any minute. Follow me for a video thread.

Here's Trump jamming out to "God Bless the USA"

Trump mangles the word "auxiliary"

Trump is slurring his speech

TRUMP: "We don't apologize for America anymore... and we stand up for our national anthem... We're destroying the blood-thirsty killers known as ISIS."

"what..... WHAT!"

Trump brags about the fact that he decided to relocate a US embassy to Jerusalem, despite the fact that pretty much all world leaders warned him not to 🤔

Trump brags that "we've removed unnecessary restraints on our war fighters in Afghanistan."

🚨TRUMP STILL HASN'T FIGURED OUT THAT STEALTH PLANES AREN'T LITERALLY INVISIBLE 🚨

With the budget deficit set to hit $1 trillion next year, Trump is nonetheless out here touting his new "Space Force"

Trump, speaking to his audience as though they are children, touts that he's made it easier to fire VA employees

TRUMP alludes to the pain his trade war is causing: "We got to stick it out. We got to fight it. Nobody else fought it... Just be a little patient. They're all aiming at anybody that likes me."

TRUMP, in rant mode, begs his supports not to abandon him and attacks the media: "Stick with us... just stick with us. Don't believe the crap you see from these people, the fake news."

TRUMP tells his audience, "just remember, what you're seeing and what you're reading is not what's happening." #WarIsPeace

Trump is speaking to a very diverse audience

TRUMP on trade: "I understand that issue better than anybody and I don't like it when they close a factory in your state... I don't like it. I don't like it."

Trump smears Democrats: "They want open borders and crime is okay."

@RepMaxineWaters

Trump smears @RepMaxineWaters as "a really low IQ person."

Trump starts paying tribute to a World War 2 veteran, but gets sidetracked by bragging about his margin of victory in Missouri in 2016

WW2 VET: "I had 4 brothers serve in World War II. My oldest brother was lost off the coast of Italy. Many times, I just wish that he could come back to the land of the free and the home of the brave again."

TRUMP closes with this: "When we see an American in uniform from the Army, Navy, Marines, AF or Coast Guard, our hearts swell w/pride. Anywhere those uniforms appear, our enemies tremble w/fear because they know there's no greater force for peace & justice than the US military."

Trump asks his supporters to ignore their senses, and instead place blind faith in him thinkprogress.org/trump-vfw-spee…

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