Donald Trump was tasked with delivering a policy speech in North Carolina on Wednesday that would address his plans for the economy if he is elected in November. Instead of reading off of the teleprompter, Trump used the opportunity to attack Vice President Kamala Harris.
Viewers caught one of the most important points made by Trump: he didn't buy the importance of an economy speech.
Trump welcomed Scott Bessent onto the stage, calling him "one of the most brilliant men on Wall Street" and touting him as "straight out of central casting."
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He told the crowd the economy was only a success because of Trump and that if Harris was elected, the stock market would crash. It's the same claim Trump made about President Joe Biden during the 2020 debate.
Just before Trump took to the stage claiming Harris "crashed the economy," the Dow Jones crossed 40,000 again. As a result, software engineer and Newsitics content writer Alex Cole had questions about the claim.
"I thought Kamala crashed the economy?" he asked on X.
"They say it's the most important subject. I'm not sure it is, but they say it is," Trump told the crowd.
"Trump clearly doesn't buy the speech he's reading," noted journalist Aaron Rupar.
Legal analyst Allison Gill reposted his video on X, saying, "Trump doesn't think the economy is important."
"Stop talking s--- about America, weird draft dodger," Gill also complained after Trump attacked the United States as being a "third-world nation."
Political analyst Pyotr Kurzin pointed out that after a month on the campaign trail, Harris has already developed more confidence in the economy than Trump.
National security lawyer Bradley Moss highlighted Trump's comments attacking Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (D) during the 2020 George Floyd protests.
"You know, when Minneapolis was burning down, he didn't want to call in the National Guard. I got on the phone ... I'm telling you if I did not force it upon him, you may not have it as a city," Trump said of Walz.
"Trump is, as we now know, very experienced with forcing himself onto other people," Moss said, a reference to sexual assault and sexual harassment allegations against Trump.
On the economic part of the speech, Moss explained, "The Harris campaign doesn’t even have to do much with this one but do an ad with split screens with news reporting from January 2021."
"I’ve heard incoherent talk like this from elderly relatives. I wouldn’t trust them with a steak knife, let alone the keys to power," he also pointed out.
