Politics

Impeachment? What Impeachment? It’s Trump-Rally Time.

As he neared the end of his 100-minute speech last night, President Donald Trump proclaimed that he’s the lone candidate putting forward a “positive vision for America.”

Anyone listening to the first hour and a half of his rally would have been hard-pressed to find it. Minutes after taking the stage inside the Target Center arena, Trump ditched the teleprompter and reenacted what he imagined was the romantic cooing between two former FBI officials, Peter Strzok and Lisa Page, who had criticized him in text messages that were made public. Displaying his dramatic range, Trump played both parts: Peter, I love you so much! I love you Peter … I love you too, Lisa. Lisa, I love you. Lisa! Lisa! Oh God, I love you, Lisa! … And if [Hillary Clinton] doesn’t win, Lisa, we got an insurance policy, Lisa. We’ll get that son of a bitch out. The crowd laughed. All that was missing was a curtain drop.

From there, the president’s speech devolved into a torrent of grievances. The Democratic presidential candidate Joe Biden, Trump said, was “only considered a good vice president because he understood how to kiss Barack Obama’s ass.”