Defying the Odds: Trump’s Bronx Speech and Its Impact › American Greatness
Roger Kimball
10–13 minutes
Donald Trump’s Bronx rally on Thursday was memorable not only for its display of political virility in a foreign—i.e., Democrat—clime but also for the rhetorical excellence of the speech that Trump, in his usual circuitous manner, delivered.
Tweeting (or X-ing) the column I wrote about the event, I dilated on the suppleness of Trump’s speeches. “I know this sounds odd,” I wrote,
but here goes: Donald Trump has delivered some of the very best political speeches in American history. We’re not supposed to notice that because, well, Trump. But it is true. Go back and listen to his 2017 speech in Warsaw. It is a masterpiece. Ditto his 2020 speech at Mount Rushmore. Although delivered in a different register, his speech yesterday in The Bronx will, I predict, turn out to be one of the most significant of the 2024 campaign. Among other things, it will be seen to mark the moment when Trump’s gathering momentum became unstoppable.Time will tell whether I am right about that concluding observation. While we wait, I thought I would share some reactions to my column—or, rather, to a misreading of something I said in response to a reader. I was asked “Do we know who writes [Trump’s speeches]?” I replied, “Well, I do!” meaning I, like many people, know who writes Trump’s speeches, not that I write them myself.
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