The day after Donald Trump won the Iowa caucuses, his supporters ignored the freezing rain and came out for a rally in New Hampshire to celebrate the victory. According to Politico's Ian Ward, when Trump arrived, it was clear he didn't want to be there.
Ward writes that Trump rallies have gone from being the primary attraction in MAGA world to "awkward sideshows in his grander political drama, which is now unfolding primarily in closed courtrooms and six-page legal orders."
Ward also posits that Trump's speeches, while always rambling and sometimes incoherent, now have simply become "inescapably monotonous."
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"His rallies aren’t fundamentally different than they have been in past elections, but therein lies the problem: There’s little new substance or material in this year’s revival of the Trump Show. His core grievances — against the 'radical left Democrats,' the deep state, the RINOs, the globalists, the media — are little changed since he first started running for president in 2015, and his schticks — spinning out new nicknames for his rivals, goading the crowd to boo the press — are all retreads," Ward writes.
Trump's fans seem to be noticing the monotony too, according to Ward. Towards the end of Trump's Iowa speech to around 5,000 people, the audience "started to look a little bored," Ward writes, adding that some people started heading for the exits as Trump was talking.
Nevertheless, the rallies provide Trump supporters an opportunity to see the Trump phenomenon in person. One "MAGA diehard" told Ward that the rallies give him "hope."
“Politics aside, Trump rallies are the greatest show on earth," the man said.
Read the full report over at Politico.
