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topicnews · September 24, 2024

Trump reveals his plan to steal jobs from other countries in an economic policy speech and attacks the “cognitively impaired” Kamala

Trump reveals his plan to steal jobs from other countries in an economic policy speech and attacks the “cognitively impaired” Kamala

Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would take jobs from other countries if he were re-elected to the White House – while attacking his rival Kamala Harris for being “more cognitively impaired” than President Joe Biden.

Trump traveled to Savannah, Georgia, to outline his economic vision, but the speech also took some twists and turns.

In the 82 minutes he also talked about the double murder attempt, the Philadelphia debate, his argument with Oprah Winfrey and exploding hydrogen cars.

“Under my leadership, we will take jobs away from other countries,” Trump said. “Your only concern will be what job you take,” he promised his supporters to loud cheers.

Trump said he would encourage companies to manufacture products in the United States by threatening them with tariffs if they refused.

“I will give you the lowest taxes, the lowest energy costs, the lowest regulatory burden and free access to the best and biggest market in the world,” he said. “But only if you make your product here in America.”

Former President Donald Trump said Tuesday he would take jobs from other countries if he were re-elected to the White House – while attacking his rival Kamala Harris for being “more cognitively impaired” than President Joe Biden.

Trump said he wanted German car companies to become American companies. But ultimately his conversation turned to his aversion to electric cars. He complimented Tesla CEO Elon Musk, who supported him.

“Elon Musk is great. He builds great cars. And he has supported me in ways you wouldn’t believe,” Trump said.

From there, the former president warned about the cars of the future – hydrogen-powered vehicles.

“The new thing – and I’m sure Elon will understand if it’s good – has one little problem: It explodes,” Trump said. “Hydrogen. They say the new thing is hydrogen cars. But they have a problem. If it explodes, you land about seven blocks away and you’re dead.”

Trump talked about not allowing Japanese company Nippon to buy Pittsburgh-based US Steel, which is currently under review by a US national security panel.

And then he talked a little about the status of the 2024 race.

Trump boasted that he had more work than Harris – and that he had won the debate in Philadelphia against Harris earlier this month.

He spent a long time remembering the two attempts on his life.

Trump thanked God for his rescue in Butler, Pennsylvania, and said of West Palm Beach: “I tell you, God was watching there, too.”

The former president also mentioned the immigration table he was looking at in Butler when the gunman shot Thomas Matthew Crooks.

“I sleep with this card every night. I kiss it. I love it,” he said.

The audience cheered when the diagram was shown.

Trump appeared to fill the Johnny Mercer Theater Civic Center in downtown Savannah, a smaller venue than the places where he usually holds his rallies.

Savannah is one of the “blue dots” in Georgia – while the larger Chatham County voted 59 percent to 40 percent for President Joe Biden and against Trump four years ago.

Harris visited the city at the end of August.

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, in a red dress and cowboy boots, was one of the Republican politicians scheduled to warm up former President Donald Trump's Savannah supporters on Tuesday.

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene, in a red dress and cowboy boots, was one of the Republican politicians scheduled to warm up former President Donald Trump’s Savannah supporters on Tuesday.

Before Trump’s appearance, Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene was among those who riled up the crowd.

Wearing a red dress and cowboy boots, Greene received much louder cheers than other Republicans in Georgia, including former Senator David Perdue, whose election loss in 2021 helped swing the Senate in Democrats’ favor.

The congresswoman told the audience that “November 5th is a job interview.”

“Are we going to hire a woman who has spent her life in government pay and abused the power of government?” Greene asked. “Or are we going to hire a successful businessman?” she said to applause.

“The American people are not stupid, but the media thinks you’re stupid,” she continued. “They want to convince you that Donald Trump is worth all these nasty names they’re calling him. Well, all these nasty names and all this talk almost got him murdered twice.”

On Tuesday, snipers were seen entering the hall ahead of Trump’s visit as security measures around the former president were tightened.

Harris plans to deliver her own economic address in Pittsburgh on Wednesday.

Ahead of former President Donald Trump's economy-focused speech in Savannah on Tuesday, businessman Mark Cuban appeared on a Zoom video on behalf of the Harris campaign to urge that her economic policies be more concrete.

Ahead of former President Donald Trump’s economy-focused speech in Savannah on Tuesday, businessman Mark Cuban appeared on a Zoom video on behalf of the Harris campaign to urge that her economic policies be more concrete.

In the run-up to Trump’s remarks, the Harris-Waltz campaign team hired Mark Cuban to reject the Republican candidate’s economic plans.

“In short, the vice president and her team are thinking about their policies,” Cuban said Tuesday morning. “She’s not just saying off the cuff what she thinks people want to hear, like the Republican nominee.”

Cuban pointed out that Harris’ campaign team has a “complete policy team” and when he asks them a question, “I get a serious, well-thought-out answer.”

“This is the exact opposite of what Donald Trump does,” Cuban said. “He spontaneously says things that are often ridiculous, if not crazy.”

Cuban spoke out against Trump’s recent threat to impose 200 percent tariffs on John Deere if the company moves its production to Mexico.

The “Shark Tank” star said the net result of such a move would be that Trump would increase the competitiveness of Chinese manufacturers against John Deere.

“You are literally facing the destruction of one of the most historic companies in the United States of America,” Cuban said, calling Trump’s proposed policies “ridiculously bad and destructive.”

Cuban also mocked Trump’s push to cap credit card interest rates at 10 percent.

“Next on the what-the-hell-is-he-thinking list is the 10 percent cap on credit card interest rates. I mean, Bernie Sanders only proposed a 15 percent cap, right?” Cuban said. “So now we have Donald Trump, who is more involved in price caps and price controls than the self-proclaimed socialist Bernie Sanders.”

“And I think that says a lot about how far Donald has gone with his socialist and communist tendencies, doesn’t it?” Cuban blurted out.

The billionaire investor said he realized it “sounded weird and a little crazy.”

“These things he’s thinking up in his head, he’s thinking them up in real time and everyone around him is trying to justify them,” the Harris deputy said. “And that’s the even crazier part.”