Trump Revisits Greatest Hits: David Clarke, The Election, NAFTA, ‘THE WALL’

President Donald Trump reacts before speaking at a rally at the Phoenix Convention Center, Tuesday, Aug. 22, 2017, in Phoenix. (AP Photo/Alex Brandon)
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President Donald Trump on Sunday revisited some highlights of his presidential campaign and policy promises amid backlash to his pardon of former Maricopa County sheriff Joe Arpaio and ongoing rescue efforts amid the destruction wrought by Hurricane Harvey in Texas.

Trump started the morning by touting “a great book by a great guy” — Milwaukee County Sheriff David Clarke, one of the nation’s most controversial law enforcement officials.

Trump announced he would visit Texas as soon as he could do so “without causing disruption,” and said he would also visit Missouri, touting his win “by a lot” in that state in the 2016 election.

He went on to repeat his promise to build “THE WALL” on the U.S.-Mexico border, though in a departure from his usual refrain that Mexico would pay for any such physical barrier, Trump claimed Mexico would pay “through reimbursement/other.”

He also railed against the North American Free Trade Agreement and suggested the United States “may have to terminate” its negotiations with Mexico and Canada.

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  1. And yet … and yet … about two-out-of-five of our fellow citizens still believe it’s a great thing to have Donald Trump in the White House.

    Ignore his ridiculous and offensive tweets and think about that, 'cause that’s the very real threat facing this country today.

    Sooner or later, somehow or other, Trump will be gone. But the basest of his base supporters will remain. Think about that, and about what that means for any possibility of a decent future for whatever remains on the United States of America.

  2. Little Donnie can’t stand Harvey getting more coverage.

    Motherfuck the motherfucking motherfucker.

  3. Trump’s sketchy behavior about trade is causing Mexico and the EU countries to source grain from Latin America, rather than risk a trade-disrupting Tan-Trump/hissy fit later. Trump is hurting Farmers.

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