The Trump of Waco, Texas Is Very Different From the Trump Who Came Down the Escalator in 2015
Joe Cunningham
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At a rally in Waco, Texas, former president Donald Trump spoke to thousands of fans about what he believes are the biggest issues of the day.
If you were to pay attention to the news cycles and the American people’s biggest concerns, you might think Trump spent hours talking about persistent inflation, a minor financial crisis, border security, the fentanyl epidemic, China, Russia, energy independence, etc. None of that really seemed to be on Trump’s agenda Saturday night, however.
Instead, what we got was an airing of grievances from the former president. It was a rally focused on his personal enemies – the Department of Justice, Ron DeSantis, Joe Biden, Mitch McConnell, Manhattan DA Alvin Bragg, and others. It was a rally that elevated what has long been central to Trump’s post-2020 rhetoric: He is the victim, and the American people should rally to his plight.
To be fair, there is a segment of the Republican base that will sympathize with Trump, and those who may have been fans but were on the fence about him as the GOP nominee in 2024 have decided that the persecution must stop and that he must be the nominee to put an end to the weaponization of the justice system against him. I’m not sure that it’s going to move the needle in Trump’s direction as much as others are, but it will probably be a factor.
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