President Trump's Rally Comes To an Emergency Halt After What He Immediately Spotted In
The Crowd
As most everyone is aware of by now, last Saturday night the President skipped the White
House Correspondents Dinner in order to go out to the red state of Michigan and have
a rally for his supporters.
But something that happened during his speech was truly amazing.
As President Trump was giving the speech he got wind of some kind of medical emergency
happening in the crowd.
So he paused in the middle of a comment about ICE agents dealing with gangs to ask for a
doctor to come and take care of whatever issue was happening.
After roughly stopping for 3 minutes you can hear shouts saying "Thank You, Sir!"
As President Trump then leaves the podium and walks to the edge of the stage he nods
and claps along with audience members who saw the situation was being handled.
When he returned to the podium he said, "Those are the people we love, those are great people,
I'll tell you.
And the doctors, thank you, doctor.
Great job.
Amazing!
What people we have, what people we have."
He would rather stop everything until he knows that the person whom he doesn't even know
personally is properly taken care of.
How many times can we say we have been able to witness something like this.
Then again, how many people can garner so much support at a rally a year and a half
after being elected?
Obama sure couldn't!
And this reason is why Donald Trump won us over.
He actually cares about us.
And you can see this in every single thing he does.
He isn't a narcissist like Obama, an excuse-maker like Hillary or even a plastic figure like
Mitt Romney.
He is a genuine human being who cares about us Americans.
And it has been a long time since we Americans have been able to say that about our president.
Here is more on this rally via The Washington Post:
President Trump bragged about his economic and diplomatic accomplishments and savaged
the media during a raucous rally Saturday before thousands of supporters in a state
that is critical to his reelection hopes.
The campaign-style event held at the Total Sports Park was billed as counterprogramming
to the annual White House Correspondents' Association dinner in the nation's capital,
which the president skipped for the second consecutive year.
"You may have heard I was invited to another event tonight," the president told a crowd
that began gathering under cloudy skies hours before the scheduled 7 p.m. kickoff.
"I'd much rather be in Washington, Mich., than Washington, D.C."
The president treated the crowd, dotted with the familiar "Make America Great Again"
hats, to his customary litany of immigration complaints, gibes at prominent Democrats including
House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and boasts about purchases of "brand-new" military
equipment.
The president also complained that the media had not given him sufficient credit for making
possible Friday's meeting between leaders of the two Koreas, saying he had "everything"
to do with it.
He also predicted that he would achieve the "all-time record" for appointing conservative
judges and boasted that his tax and economic policies were working.
"Let me tell you: Our country is doing great," he said.
"Trump conceded that the stock market, which peaked in January and has gone sideways since
then, has been hurt by his tough "America First" trade policies.
But he said it was necessary to push China for concessions beyond what Beijing has offered
to date, even if it inflicts short-term "pain" on many Americans.
"I can't let other countries take advantage of us," he said to cheers.
Less than 20 minutes into the speech, as Trump jumped from assailing former FBI director
James B. Comey to the European Union in a speech that appeared largely unscripted, some
in the mostly white and older crowd headed for the exits.
At nearly 80 minutes long, the rambling tour d'horizon was lengthier than most State
of the Union addresses and featured nods to space travel, the price of the new U.S. Embassy
in Jerusalem, promises of "crystal clean water," entertainer Kanye West and plans
to rehabilitate local infrastructure.
Trump showcased themes for the fall election campaign, warning Republicans against complacency
and claiming that Democrats would raise taxes, welcome unlimited numbers of illegal immigrants
into the country and whittle away at gun rights.
He brushed aside polls warning of a Democratic wave heading for congressional Republicans,
predicting, "We're going to win the House."
The rally, about 40 miles north of Detroit, capped another tumultuous week for Trump,
including visits from French President Emmanuel Macron and German Chancellor Angela Merkel
as well as controversy involving several members of his Cabinet.
During Saturday's rally, Trump reprised familiar talking points from his campaign,
boasting about cutting taxes, spurring job growth and protecting American workers from
unfair U.S. trading partners.
"Jobs are booming and confidence is soaring.
All over the world, they're talking about this success," the president crowed.
Since Trump took office, the U.S. economy has added 2.7 million jobs — an average
of 181,000 per month — while growth was fastest in counties that gave Trump the most
votes, according to a Washington Post analysis of U.S. Labor Department data.
He told rally attendees that companies were returning to the United States from abroad
and vowed that the economy would accelerate in coming months.
"They're leaving other countries and they're c oming back to Michigan," he said.
Still, Michigan's total employment grew a bit less over the past year than the national
average, and its factories added jobs at only a quarter of the national pace, according
to Labor Department statistics.
Trump's visit reflected the state's role in his unlikely 2016 triumph and his prospects
for reelection.
Washington Township is in Macomb County, traditional home to the "Reagan Democrats" who helped
Trump eke out a Michigan win by fewer than 11,000 votes.
The township is 93 percent white and significantly more affluent than the county as a whole,
according to the Census Bureau.
Michelle Kalil, 52, a physical therapist, praised Trump for reviving the economy.
" I think he's doing an amazing job and I'm glad he's sticking to his guns,"
she said.
Trump's approval rating stood at 40 percent in a Washington Post-ABC News poll this month,
up from 36 percent in January.
More than half of those surveyed, 56 percent, said they disapproved of the president.
The president also was greeted by a small group of protesters.
Ryan Drutchas, 33, a high school science teacher, called Trump's rhetoric "vile."
Trump derided what he called "the phony" Washington press dinner, saying that the journalists
who attended "hate" him.
Trump, who has attacked the press as "the enemy of the people," skipped the dinner
last year too.
But this year, he encouraged members of his administration to attend, and press secretary
Sarah Huckabee Sanders plans to "represent the administration" at the head table, WHCA
President Margaret Talev said.
Trump is the first president to skip the dinner since Ronald Reagan, who missed it in 1981
while recovering from his wounds after an attempted assassination.
Trump also said that he had a "a long and very good talk" Saturday morning with South
Korean President Moon Jae-in, who met Friday with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un.
"Things are going very well, time and location of meeting with North Korea is being set,"
Trump tweeted Saturday.
"Also spoke to Prime Minister Abe of Japan to inform him of the ongoing negotiations."
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