Donald Trump, campaigning in the border state of Arizona on Thursday, called the country a “dumpster” because of the Biden administration’s immigration policies.
“We’re like a dumpster, you know, it’s the first time I’ve ever said that,” Trump said in Tempe, Arizona, home of Arizona State University. “And every time I come and talk about what they did to our country, I get angry. First time I’ve ever said “garbage can,” but you know, it’s a very accurate description.
Candidates and their surrogates for both presidential campaigns are racing in swing states like Arizona in the final two weeks before Election Day. Republican vice presidential candidate JD Vance held two campaign rallies in Arizona earlier this week. Joe Biden and former President Barack Obama will visit this week, as will Tim Walz, the Democratic vice presidential pick.
A banner behind the stage read: “Vote Early!” — a change in strategy for Republicans and Trump, who have sown doubt about early and mail-in voting by falsely claiming it is a vehicle for widespread fraud. About the Arizona vote, he said, “They have a problem. You have to make it too big to manipulate.” An image of Trump, fist raised and bloodied ear after his assassination attempt in Butler, Pennsylvania, was on display before he came out. Early on, he showed on screens behind him the migration map he credits with saving his life.
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“We must defeat Kamala Harris and stop a radical left agenda with a landslide that is simply too big to manipulate,” he said. “And we do that. We do that, we do that. If these numbers hold up, and they probably will, why wouldn’t they? Who on earth wants these people in office?’
His speech began with a menacing message on migration, a key issue for Trump’s re-election bid, in what campaign officials cast as his final pitch to voters: that Harris “broke” the country and Trump will “fix” it, according to Fox News .
He called increased immigration under the Biden administration “the most egregious betrayal that any leader in American history has ever inflicted on our people,” by allowing in an “army of migrant gangs.”
He designed a slew of policies targeting migrants: invoking the death penalty for any migrant who kills a U.S. citizen or law enforcement officer, ending migrant flights, banning sanctuary cities, and hiring 10,000 more border agents and raising their pay.
He tried to tie Medicare and Social Security to immigration, saying the presence of migrants will “erase” the two programs, and claimed that Latino and Black people are losing jobs to migrants, a call to two of the groups Republicans are trying to more to win. votes of.
Trump called Biden a “stupid fool” and Nancy Pelosi “as crazy as a bedbug.” He said Harris is a “low IQ person.” He implored women watching to tell their husbands to vote: “Get your fat ass off the couch, you’re going to vote for Jimmy, you’re going to vote, we’re going to save our country, Jimmy.”
He endorsed Elon Musk, the ultra-wealthy owner of X who has become one of Trump’s most vocal supporters and backers, and praised Musk’s companies, including Starlink and SpaceX. Among his list of campaign promises was that he would “land an American astronaut on Mars.”
“Thank you, Elon, thank you,” he said. ‘How good was his approval? I mean, his approval just kept coming. He said if we don’t win these elections, we won’t have a country. And he’s a smart cookie.”
Trump again asked former Maricopa sheriff Joe Arpaio, known for his tough immigration policies that cost county taxpayers hundreds of millions due to resulting legal issues, to stand and receive applause, although he did not include him at the cheek kissed like he did at a meeting. previous rally in Arizona.
