Former President Donald Trump went on the offensive Saturday night, attacking his Republican opponents and President Biden during a rambling speech at a campaign event in Nevada.
Trump, the Republican presidential front-runner, told an enthusiastic crowd that “the gloves are off” and that his campaign “will not play defense” at the Team Trump Nevada Commit to Caucus event at Stoney’s Rockin’ Country in Las Vegas.
Biden, 80, took the brunt of the blows, with the 45th president calling him “incompetent” and “corrupt” and mocking his recent public gaffes, such as appearing lost on stage after speeches and bump into the Air Force. A stair.
“He can’t get off the stage,” Trump, 77, said. “He can’t put two sentences together and he’s in charge of nuclear war.”
Trump then impersonated Biden by walking away from the microphone “after everything is over,” raising his hands in confusion and asking, “Where am I?” while the audience laughed out loud.
Trump criticized his 2024 rivals Joe Biden, Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis.Right Side Broadcasting Network/YouTube
“Honestly, we shouldn’t laugh, we should cry,” he said. “And thank God for the Secret Service because they grab him and show him the exit.”
He called out Biden for tripping multiple times getting on and off the president’s plane while traveling, joking that he now “gets off the kids’ stairs.”
At one point, he polled the crowd on their preference for his nickname for Biden: Sleepy Joe or Crooked Joe.
He declared “crooked” the winner, as he withdrew the word for Hillary Clinton, whom he said he now calls “Beautiful Hillary.”
Trump also went after the two candidates who pose the biggest threat to his campaign.
He harshly criticized South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, whom he recently nicknamed “Bird Brain,” for running against him after previously saying she would never do so and supporting his White House bid.
Trump spoke at the Team Trump Nevada Commit to Caucus event at Stoney’s Rockin’ Country in Las Vegas on Saturday. Right Side Broadcasting Network/YouTube
“Someone said Bird Brain is now in second place, but it’s not going anywhere,” he said of his former ambassador to the United Nations.
He said Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis, who emerged as Trump’s most formidable opponent despite trailing far in the polls, “fell like a falling bird, seriously injured from the sky.”
His campaign prepared to attack DeSantis as soon as Trump got the feeling he was going to run, he said. Trump had endorsed DeSantis in his candidacy for governor of Florida.
Trump spoke for about an hour during his speech, which he complained was largely improvised as he was unable to read prepared remarks due to poor lighting.
He also highlighted the recent endorsement of unlikely candidate Larry Elder, who recently abandoned his candidacy.
“Everyone who is leaving seems to have my back,” he said.
“I don’t know about Mike Pence,” he said of his former vice president, who suspended his own risky campaign on Saturday.
“He should back me because I had a very successful presidency with him as vice president.”
It was Trump’s second public event in Las Vegas on Saturday, having previously spoken at the Republican Jewish Coalition meeting.
Trump has a commanding lead in the primary, with 56.9% of the vote, according to the latest national polling data compiled by FiveThirtyEight.
Behind him are DeSantis with 14.1%, Haley with 8% and Ramaswamy with 5.8%. Pence was next with 3.8%.
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