Trump 'booed off the stage' while promoting his golden sneakers: reports

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Trump 'booed off the stage' while promoting his golden sneakers: reports
President Trump concludes his campaign speech at the rally in the Bojangle's Coliseum. (Jeffery Edwards / Shutterstock.com)

Donald Trump on Saturday was reportedly booed off stage while promoting his new golden sneakers at "Sneaker Con," an event in Philadelphia.

The former president was ridiculed mercilessly by political experts and internet users for the controversial fundraising attempt, with President Joe Biden's campaign joking that the sneakers are the closest Trump will ever come to "Air Force Ones." Some MAGA influencers, however, were excited to buy a pair of the limited items to support the ex-president.

But later in the speech, there was a moment of consistent booing that at least appears to be aimed at the former president.

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"A lot of emotion. There's a lot of emotion in this room. Thank you," he says over the loud boos. "The nice thing is... we have lines... I want to thank Chase and I want to thank Allen. But we have lines going all around the block." He then continued speaking over them.

Social media users were quick to mock the ex-president's awkward moment.

"HA!! Trump got booed off the stage at Sneakercon in Philadelphia, PA today. His handlers did not vet this well," @Laurieluvsmolly wrote.

"Lol Fraud trump is booed heartily in #Philly. I've never been prouder," user Brian Lane added.

Baldy Banks wrote, "Orange Jesus was booed off stage in Philly this afternoon. This might’ve been the shortest appearance ever for him."

Ernest Owens, an award-winning journalist, added, "Okay, Philly. Y'all representing correctly. Trump getting booed is the correct response."

Another user compared the move to a past mistake of the Trump team.

"Trump getting booed at a sneaker convention lands very close to the four seasons total landscaping conference in vibes," @girldrawsghosts wrote on Saturday.

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Trump walking into a trap of his own making: James Carville

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville says President Donald Trump is walking into a trap of his own making with his midterm convention 'scam.'

Speaking on a Wednesday episode of The Daily Beast Podcast, Carville argued that the two-day Dallas gathering set for September 9-10 will only supercharge an already energized Democratic electorate while setting Republican money on fire. Carville called on Democrats to welcome the spectacle and push the media to cover it relentlessly.

"The stupidest s— I hear is we shouldn't give them platforms," Carville told The Daily Beast Podcast host Sarah Ewall-Wice. "And for God's sake, cover this convention wall to wall. It's the most beneficial thing we got going."

Carville described the event as a gift that will boost Democratic turnout, saying, "you're not gonna come up with any better news that's gonna excite...and irritate and turn out more Democrats."

Trump's midterm convention is a "giant scam" built to squeeze cash out of loyalists, Carville argued. House candidates face a $25,000 entrance fee, a roundtable seat with Trump runs $250,000, and donors who want a photo with the president must pay $88,600 more, according to an invitation obtained by the Wall Street Journal.

"How'd he come up with $88,600?" Carville said. "It's a giant scam. A seat costs a quarter of a million dollars... It's all a grift. It's all a scam. It's a giant money-making operation."

Carville said that Republicans are boxed in. They're unable to embrace Trump without alienating independents and unable to snub him without angering his base, Carville explained.

"They don't want to show up in one sense," Carville said. "But they know they can't disrespect the king in another."

The convention would only help a candidate in a "really hardcore Trump place," Carville said. "Maybe somebody from, like, North Louisiana, it might help them, or somebody from, you know, central Alabama."

At least 45 House Republican candidates and members told Politico on Wednesday they would skip the event, with dozens more declining to say whether they will attend.

The White House hit back at Carville, according to The Daily Beast. Spokesman Davis Ingle told The Daily Beast that Carville is "a stone-cold loser who suffers from a severe and incurable disease known as Trump Derangement Syndrome, and it has completely rotted his peanut-sized brain."

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'Remarkable': Military expert's detail about Hegseth's impact floors Kaitlan Collins

A retired Air Force secretary's description of how Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has impacted the military shocked Kaitlan Collins.

During a Wednesday interview, Collins interviewed Frank Kendall about the military under Hegseth. Kendall said that Hegseth's "witch hunt for people who are supposedly woke" and attack on dissent have frightened the ranks and diminished morale to the point where the military is struggling to operate.

"In a word, it's dysfunctional," Kendall said, answering a question from Collins about his assessment of what's happening in the military and Pentagon right now. "I've worked with and had a chance to work for maybe a dozen secretaries of defense. He's doing active harm to the Department of Defense. It's not passive. It's active harm."

Kendall penned an op-ed for the New York Times on Tuesday in which he argued that the military can't deny the damage of the Trump administration any longer. Kendall expanded on the arguments he made in the piece during his interview with Collins and pointed to problems like the firings of dozens of general officers and the removal of people from promotion lists.

"Both of these are totally unprecedented," Kendall said about the firings and removals. "The climate of fear that's been created is very palpable. It's affecting everybody in how they work. It's affecting the quality of advice that's being given. People are afraid to say something that's not going to be approved of."

Kendall said that Hegseth's "witch hunt" on woke "has a lot of people scared. Even in the first Trump administration, when emphasizing DEI was part of policy, people would make speeches about it, and now they're being punished for that."

He described it as "a very tough climate to work in," and added, "I am in touch with a lot of people. I just talked to someone recently who are service and questioning whether they should remain in the service or not continue to serve their country because of the climate they're working in."

Collins reacted to the detail by shouting, "That's remarkable," and followed up by asking, "You've spoken with people who are considering leaving the military altogether because of the environment right now?"

"That's right," Kendall said, which was followed by a long silence.

'No notes!' Jen Psaki laughs as Trump blows his $400 million war chest

MS NOW's Jen Psaki kicked off Wednesday evening's edition of "The Briefing" with a look at how President Donald Trump's allies are spending his $400 million war chest during a time of crisis for Republicans in Congress.

"Let's be honest here. I mean, Donald Trump's options of what he can do to actually help Republicans in these midterm elections is kind of limited," said Psaki, noting that polls across the board show Trump and his policies are in the toilet. "But Trump does have one thing that could really, really help Republicans this cycle. Lots and lots of money."

Specifically, she said, MAGA Inc., the principal super PAC backing Trump, has around $400 million in funding, "and Republicans have practically been begging Donald Trump on Fox News and other shows on television to spend that money on their races to help them get reelected."

They're finally starting to do so, said Psaki — but their first ad doesn't boost any vulnerable Republican incumbents. Instead, it just talks on and on about how great Trump himself is.

"He is the toughest, most resilient person that I've ever met. And nothing was going to stop him from fighting so hard for the country he loves," said a clip from the ad, quoting Dana White of UFC. Another said, "There is no challenge Americans cannot overcome, no frontier too vast for us to conquer, and our top priority will be to create a nation that is proud, prosperous, and free."

"Mr. President, no notes ... you keep doing you!" said Psaki. "I particularly love the way it makes you and your record the focus of this election, especially given your stunning 33 percent approval rating. And what a bold and really innovative choice to not even mention Congress or the midterms or the work you've done with members of Congress up for re-election at all."

Republicans, said Psaki, are bound to be "absolutely tickled pink that this is how you're spending the money from your massive war chest." Moreover, it's clear "the brilliant idea for this Trump-focused ad campaign came directly from Trump himself, because The Atlantic reported last week that the president personally ordered a series of television advertisements about his own record that will serve as a backdrop to the hundreds of individual House and Senate contests."

All of this, she added, comes as the GOP is preparing to hold a massive Trump-focused midterm convention in Dallas next week — yet another massive gamble on Trump's funding.

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