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Donald Trump once again talked nonsense. © Joe Raedle/AFP
Donald Trump is making up stories again. One Republican can only shake his head: Trump seems to be using the marijuana laws in Florida to his advantage.
Washington, DC – Donald Trump is known as a liar. At least he doesn’t always take the truth very seriously. A look at the numbers shows this: during his term as US President alone, he has, according to the Washington Post A total of 30,573 false or misleading claims were made, or about 21 per day.
Nothing has changed to this day. Trump keeps claiming things that are completely untrue. It was no different at his confused press conference in his Mar-a-Lago villa on August 8th. He even said that more people were present at one of his rallies than at the famous “I Have a Dream” speech by civil rights activist Martin Luther King in 1963 at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, DC.
Donald Trump is once again talking big
“Nobody has spoken to larger crowds than I have,” Trump said on live TV. “Look at Martin Luther King when he gave his speech, his great speech; and then look at ours: same grounds, same everything, same number of people. If anything, we had more people.” Trump was referring to his speech on January 6, 2021, which preceded the riots at the Capitol.
The numbers, of course, tell a different story. King gave his most famous speech on August 28, 1963, in front of around 250,000 people. What was it like with Trump? The special committee of the House of Representatives that investigated the incident on January 6 determined the exact data. According to them, around 53,000 people were there at the time.
In addition, Trump also claimed that an overwhelming majority of people in the US supported his MAGA agenda: “The base is probably 75 percent of the country.” And why? Because the Republicans are a party of “common sense.” “And I am a person of common sense.” A few months before the 2024 US election, however, the polls between Trump and Kamala Harris currently tell a different story.
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Republican Steele can only shake his head at Donald Trump
Even a member of his own party has his doubts. Michael Steele therefore made fun of Trump. The former chairman of the Republican National Committee, the party organization of the Republicans, said in the MSNBC-Program “The Weekend” smugly commented that Trump was currently “taking advantage of Florida’s marijuana laws.” He must be “totally high” “if he compares himself to Martin Luther King,” said Steele, who supported Democrat Joe Biden in the 2020 election. Medical use of cannabis is permitted in Florida, and a referendum on recreational use will be held in November.
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But Steele was also serious. What really bothered him about Trump’s press conference was the way “the press lets it all go and doesn’t really fight it.” The media should follow up and ask Trump on what basis he believes these rallies are comparable. “It just frustrates me that this guy gets away with so much crazy nonsense.” (cs)
