Trump uses Madison Square Garden rally to project an aura of invincibility

His six-hour rally on Sunday in the world-famous 20,000-capacity arena was the main game nine days before polls close in his 2024 election against Democratic presidential candidate Vice President Kamala Harris, despite the race being decided is expected to be decided in the 2024 elections. fields.

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After Harris took over from President Joe Biden this summer, she experienced a surge in activity that has since dissipated as Nov. 5 approaches.

Trump’s $1 million rally in New York rather than the battleground state was a show of confidence and an opportunity to not only make his closing argument but also announce a new tax break for caregivers, a similar political event , like Harris’ expansion of Medicare for Sandwich Generation members.

“We are not just against Kamala, she means nothing, she is just a vessel,” he said. “We are up against something much bigger than Joe or Kamala, and more powerful than them, namely the massive, vicious, crooked, radical leftist machine that runs today’s Democratic Party.”

In a 90-minute speech broadcast live on all three cable news channels, Trump presented the prospect of Congress passing the Alien and Sedition Act of 1798 to carry out mass deportations of illegal immigrants, as well as his proposal for a one-year prison sentence for people who burned the US flag and repeated their criticism of Democrats as “the enemy from within.”

“When I say the enemy within the other side is going crazy,” he said. “They have done very bad things, they really are enemies from within.”

Donald Trump was introduced by his wife, former first lady Melania Trump, a surprise special guest appearing on the campaign trail for the first time this election cycle outside of the convention, who declared that “New York and America need to get their magic back.”

The couple embraced on stage in a rare public moment on the campaign trail, and the president praised his wife’s new memoir.

“This is a great book. You know what? I was nervous when I read it, I said, ‘I wonder if she said anything bad about me,’ but she’s great,” her husband said of her best-selling memoir. “Congratulations on that, it’s a big deal.”

Donald Trump was also introduced by Tesla, SpaceX and X billionaire businessman Elon Musk, who in turn was introduced by Trump transition co-chair and Cantor Fitzgerald CEO Howard Lutnick as the next co-secretary of the Department of Government Effectiveness.

“Make the margin of victory so large that you know what can’t happen,” Musk said of the election.

Trump’s pre-show entertainment ranged from Tucker Carlson, who downplayed Harris’ role as a “low-IQ Samoan Malaysian ex-California prosecutor,” to shirt-ripping Hulk Hogan. Opening remarks included an expletive and middle finger from 10X stock fund manager Grant Cardone, a joke about Puerto Rico being the “trash island” from comedian Kill Tony, anti-bullying tips from Dr. Phil McGraw and a live art exhibit. by Scott LoBaido.

“You know something Trumpmaniacs? I don’t see any stinking Nazis here. I don’t see any stinking domestic terrorists here,” Hogan said.

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-Los Angeles) described the Democratic Party as “not your grandfather’s Democratic Party” but “totally committed to Marxism” as Democrats compared Trump to German dictator Adolf Hitler and fascists and Sunday’s rally to a Nazi . The event after the German-American Bund held it at Madison Square Garden in 1939.

“We’re going to increase that majority, and New York is going to make it happen,” Johnson said. “You are going to elect your officials here and our applicants. And you will make a big difference.”

The Speaker’s colleague Sen. J.D. Vance (R-Ohio) was greeted with “Tampon Tim!” the crowd chanted as he expressed sympathy for his fellow Democratic vice president, Gov. Tim Walz (D-Minn.). As governor, Walz passed legislation requiring public schools to provide sanitary products in all restrooms used by students in grades four through 12.

“I have the easiest job in American politics. All I have to do is remind people what life was like when Donald Trump was president,” Vance said.

Many of the high-profile speakers, including UFC CEO Dana White, echoed the lineup at this summer’s Republican National Convention, when Trump triumphantly appeared on stage just days after his first assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania.

The Republican convention in Milwaukee coincided with Trump’s political near-invincibility as Biden tried to allay concerns about his age and mental acuity. However, Biden dropped out of the race soon after, and Harris enjoyed a post-convention surge in momentum that appeared to level off in October as Trump built up his latest surge.

Former New York City Mayor Rudy Giuliani, who this week had to hand over his Manhattan penthouse apartment, a 1980s Mercedes-Benz and a Joe DiMaggio New York Yankees jersey to Georgia election officials who the court found defamed him, also appeared and received a standing ovation. David Rehm, Trump’s childhood friend who is running for mayor of New York, called Harris “the devil” and the “antichrist” as he held a crucifix.

Rep. Elise Stefanik (R-N.Y.), a New Yorker who is optimistic about her home state, stressed the importance of protecting Jewish students amid pro-Gaza protests on college campuses across the country, Rep. Byron Donalds (R-Fla.) emphasized the importance of social issues, including anti-transgender policies and the sanctity of women’s sports, while former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy did the same for election security and integrity.

Former Democratic presidential candidate Robert F. Kennedy and former Hawaii Democratic Rep. Tulsi Gabbard, both of whom withdrew their support for the Republican nominee, criticized former Vice President Dick Cheney, the Iraq War, the Patriot Act and the CIA. Harris is reaching out to Republicans who might consider voting for her over Trump.

As for Kennedy, Trump said that as a member of his administration he would encourage the health care advocate to “go crazy on health,” “go crazy on food” and “go crazy on drugs,” but as an environmental lawyer, “the only thing “that I don’t think I’ll let it even get close to the liquid gold that’s under our feet,” a reference to oil.

Republicans seen in the crowd included Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, but they were not available to speak.

A two-hour drive from Philadelphia Youth Basketball’s Alan Horwitz “Sixth Man” Center, Harris unveiled her plan for Puerto Rico, a pitch to Pennsylvania’s small but growing Latino population, while her campaign seized on the political divide between that and a joke “Kill Tony.” about the island of the USA.

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Harris’ rally was briefly interrupted by a pro-Palestinian protester, whom she addressed during her speech before returning to her iconic speech.

“Philadelphia, we have nine days to do this. And for the next nine days, no one will sit on the sidelines,” she said. “There’s too much at stake.”