The crowd expressed no dissent
The Times does a quick rundown of Trump’s horrors on CNN.
In little over an hour, Donald J. Trump suggested the United States should default on its debts for the first time in history, injected doubt over the country’s commitment to defending Ukraine from Russia’s invasion, dangled pardons for most of the Capitol rioters convicted of crimes, and refused to say he would abide by the results of the next presidential election.
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In New Hampshire, the audience of Republicans lapped up Mr. Trump’s one-liners and slew of insults — to Ms. Collins (a “nasty person,” he jeered, echoing his old attack on Hillary Clinton), to former Speaker Nancy Pelosi, to E. Jean Carroll, the woman whom a jury this week found Mr. Trump liable of sexually abusing and defaming. And the crowd expressed no dissent as he again tried to rewrite the history of Jan. 6, 2021, when his supporters stormed the Capitol in an attempt to overturn his election loss.
“It was a beautiful day,” Mr. Trump said.
If he becomes president again, he said, he would “most likely” pardon “a large portion” of his supporters who were convicted over their actions on Jan. 6. “They were there with love in their heart,” he said of the crowd, which he beamed had been the “largest” of his career.
We’re doomed.
I’m just going to note that the first time I realized Trump was a serious contender in for 2016 was when I saw CNN display an empty podium where Trump was GOING to speak, for a full thirty minutes, while a bunch of talking heads gave what amounted to pre-game analysis. That sort of attention was absolutely empowering to his campaign.