The Washington Post reports:
Seventeen days from the election, here in arguably the most decisive swing state, Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump spent the first 10 minutes of his speech without mentioning politics. Instead, he delivered a long tribute to Arnold Palmer, the late golfer who was born here and is the namesake of the airport where Trump was speaking. Trump’s soliloquy about Palmer included an account of how other athletes reacted to seeing him in the showers.
“Arnold Palmer was all man. And I say that in all due respect to women and I love women. But this guy, this guy, this is a guy that was all man. This man was strong and tough. And I refused to say it, but when he took showers with the other pros, they came out of there, they said, ‘Oh my God, that’s unbelievable.’ I had to say it. I had to tell you about the shower part because it’s true,” Trump said.
The Associated Press reports:
Trump senior adviser Jason Miller told reporters before the speech that Trump planned to preview his closing argument against Vice President Kamala Harris and “start to get into that framing.” Candidates have traditionally used their final days on the campaign trail to sum up for the electorate why they deserve to win the White House.
He instead boasted of creating strong tax policies and a strong military during his first term in office. He slammed Harris as “crazy” and added a profanity.
“You have to tell Kamala Harris that you’ve had enough, that you just can’t take it anymore, we can’t stand you anymore, you’re a shit vice president,” Trump said to roars of the crowd. “The worst. You’re the worst vice president. Kamala, you’re fired. Get the hell out of here.”
X, unsurprisingly, has been in an uproar.
Trump goes on long confused ramble: “Arnold Palmer is all man. I mean no disrespect to women, I love women, but he was all man. When he took showers with the other pros they came out saying ‘Oh my God.’ I had to say it… I had to tell you the shower part because it’s true” pic.twitter.com/Xq8BDbqXJU
— Kamala HQ (@KamalaHQ) October 19, 2024
I’m confused how laughing at Trump for rambling on and on about the size of Arnold Palmer’s dick is attacking Arnold Palmer. pic.twitter.com/Ra0AWI8Bx6
— Ron Filipkowski (@RonFilipkowski) October 19, 2024
Arnold Palmer’s daughter, Peg, in 2018 discussing how he felt about Trump pic.twitter.com/IJdokupKsx
— John (@Believeland46) October 19, 2024
NEW from the Harris campaign >>
“Trump’s Pennsylvania Closing Argument is Literal Junk”
Earlier today, VP Harris warned that Trump is “becoming increasingly unstable and unhinged.” pic.twitter.com/8WrMVbhzCX
— Sharon Yang (@sharonjqyang) October 20, 2024
A nonzero number of Americans are voting for Trump so they can call stuff “gay” again and meanwhile their guy’s out here lost in a reverie about the late Arnold Palmer’s literal penis pic.twitter.com/2mHtuZqnwT
— Pablo Torre 🕳️ (@PabloTorre) October 19, 2024
It really is time for the guys with the big white nets to come take him away https://t.co/ihT2pN7MEo
— George Conway (@gtconway3d) October 20, 2024