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Trump was chained to his teleprompter and confronted indifference and largely muted applause even from his adoring viewers at CPAC.
It will be cheap to count on that Trump would freely ship his feedback as an enthusiastic viewers member at CPAC, however the first downside was that Trump clearly couldn't be trusted to ship a speech with out his teleprompter, so The teleprompter discovered at CPAC exhibits Trump studying his speech in a largely monotonous voice.
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Trump studying his speech from a teleprompter at CPAC, “Sufficient. Considering. About this. This.” The place are the mainstream media tales about Trump being unable to ship a speech with out a teleprompter? pic.twitter.com/YklTCMtPPg
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-Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) 24 February 2024
Trump reiterated his comparatively new assertion that Biden is an actual menace to democracy, which drew applause.
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Trump studying his speech from a teleprompter at CPAC, “Sufficient. Considering. About this. This.” The place are the mainstream media tales about Trump being unable to ship a speech with out a teleprompter? pic.twitter.com/YklTCMtPPg
-Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) 24 February 2024
The Trump as persecuted martyr shtick, which the previous president cherished to make use of on the marketing campaign path, is over with a bang.
Trump calls himself a political dissident regardless of zero applause:
Trump claims he’s a political dissident. I don't assume he is aware of what these phrases imply, “I stand earlier than you right this moment not solely as your previous and hopefully future president. However as a proud political dissident, I’m a dissident.” pic.twitter.com/zf8L8AfkPD
-Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) 24 February 2024
Not like earlier Trump CPAC speeches, this was a comparatively muted and low-key affair. Trump hit all his now commonplace factors about how America will finish if Joe Biden wins and the way unfair all of the impeachments in opposition to him are, however to cite a music by blues legend BB King, the joys is over. Has gone.
The feel and appear of Trump at CPAC 2024 was like a bunch of individuals, together with Trump, merely taking motion.
Each the MAGA motion and the Republican Social gathering appear bored and drained, and Trump's speech flopped miserably.
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