Donald Trump provided hilarious insight into his campaign team’s decision to dress him in a fluorescent orange vest at his rally in Wisconsin last night.
The 45th president arrived at the event in a garbage truck after Joe Biden’s extraordinary gaffe the day before when he called Trump supporters “trash.”
Seizing the moment in classic Trumpian style, the former president decided to keep his orange vest on as he took the stage in Green Bay.
He told the crowd that he wanted to take off his high-visibility clothing, but his team advised him that it would be better if he wore it for his speech.
‘I said “No way!” but they said it actually makes you look thinner,’ Trump joked. “And they caught me. I said I wanted to wear it on stage… I may never wear my blue jacket again.” I can go on this.
Donald Trump provided hilarious insight into his campaign team’s decision to dress him in a fluorescent orange jacket at his rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, last night.
Republican presidential candidate and former US President Donald Trump sits inside a garbage truck while wearing a high-visibility vest, on the tarmac at Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Wednesday.
The crowd erupted in laughter and applause during the rally, and a clip of Trump’s comments quickly went viral.
One person tweeted: “We forget he’s actually the funniest politician in the Western world…by far.”
Another said: “It’s amazing how people hate this man.” It’s so fun and legendary! He really loves this country and its people!’
A third person wrote: ‘Anyone who hates this man is sad. It’s a national treasure.’
Biden’s extraordinary gaffe on Tuesday has immediately been compared to Hillary Clinton’s infamous “deplorables” label for Trump supporters in 2016.
The 81-year-old’s comment has undermined Harris’s narrative of working with those who disagree with her and overcoming the bitter divisions that define American politics.
Answering questions while sitting in the garbage truck, Trump said Biden “should be ashamed of himself” and that Harris was guilty by association.
Trump supporters ‘aren’t trash,’ the former president said.
Meanwhile, Trump distanced himself from comedian Tony Hinchcliffe at his Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday, who sparked another political storm by calling Puerto Rico “a floating island of garbage.”
“I don’t know who he is… I don’t know anything about him,” Trump said, adding, “I love Puerto Rico and Puerto Rico loves me.”
On stage at the rally, Trump was joined by former Packers quarterback Brett Favre.
‘Thank you, Brett. What a great honor! What a great champion,’ Trump said shortly after taking the stage at the Resch Center. Describing Favre’s fingers as “like sausages,” he said, “No wonder he could throw the ball.”
Brett Favre criticized US President Joe Biden’s ‘trash’ outburst at Donald Trump rally
“I’m a little upset because I think he got more applause than me, and I’m not happy,” the former president continued, joking about the ovation Favre received in a county that Trump narrowly won in 2020.
Trump joined Favre in the critical battleground state with just six days left until the election.
In a sign of the state’s importance, Kamala Harris was simultaneously campaigning in Madison, 140 miles to the south, with an overwhelmingly Democratic vote.
Wisconsin is the closest of the battleground states, with Harris leading by just 0.2 percentage points in an average of major polls compiled by Real Clear Politics.
Trump has considerably narrowed the gap at the beginning of the month, when Harris’ lead was 0.7 percentage points.
Favre, who won three NFL MVP awards and a Super Bowl for Green Bay in the 1990s, praised Trump before the former president arrived, telling the crowd: “Just like the Packer organization, “Donald Trump and his organization were a winner.”
“The United States of America won with his leadership,” Favre said.