Travel pool report 8: rest of rally "I'm the king of the wall," Trump says, pointing to the rally regular in the "wall" suit in the front row. "By the way, Mexico did pay for that wall. I charged them tariffs and I charged them costs like they've never paid in history." Trump references renaming of Gulf of Mexico to Gulf of America, crowd cheers. Says he couldn't have done some things in the first term he's done in the second. "This is a much more powerful term, I can do stuff that's almost unbelievable." "Canada has taken advantage of us for 50 years." "We lose "$90 billion a year…at some point we're making a year." Trudeau is "not a good guy.. a loser." "Your current guy is nice, but he's not good at trade." Says Canada "spends our money" on a health care system they shouldn't have. Talks up the Senate race in North Carolina. Calls former Gov. Roy Cooper a "radical left governor, he's a lunatic." References the Willie Horton case from the Dukakis campaign. Relates it to Cooper, who he says let 88 murderers out of prison "because he didn't want them to catch COVID." Says "you should vote for Michael Whatley," the former RNC chair. Calls Whatley a "mental killer." "You should go out and work for him" He repeated claims of fraud in the 2020 election in Georgia and Pennsylvania, saying "hundreds of boxes of ballots just happened to be found." Talks about "transgender mutilization" and "open borders." "Joe Biden and his whole group of crooks handed us the dark age of America. It was the dark age and they weaponized our government." "We're in the golden age of America. Our nation is doing better than ever. But the fake news refuses to acknowledge it…. It was just announced that under Republican leadership, incomes have soared to the highest level ever." "Remember Biden? 'It's great to be in Florida,' and he was in Maine."…"President Xi was here last week, and they respect our country." "More Americans are working today than at any time in the history of our country." Says federal workers hated him but now they like him because they went out and got private sector jobs…. "I let over a million [federal workers] go." Says they've gotten better jobs, "they [women] get much more turned on" by their husbands who now make more money. "Poverty rate has just reached the best number we've ever had." "Stock market has hit 88 all-time highs" since the election, good news for 401k's. Asks folks to raise their hand if they have 401k. Many hands go up. Riffs on "Barack Hussein Obama," and how Rush Limbaugh used to call him that. "The Republican Party is starting to look pretty good…. latest poll says Ken Paxton is now leading in Texas. He's the greatest attorney general in the history of Texas." "The other guy's a freak." Talks about how Melania is correcting his pronunciation of "vegan" and telling him not to dance. "She says, you are the president of the United States, you don't dance off the stage." Why he's campaigning ahead of midterms: "I have to, because if they win the midterms, all you'll see is a slide." "That's why iIm here, working my ass off for you." "If you had a hat, if you bought a Make America Great again, you were under investigation by deranged Jack Smith." Announces that if the Republicans win, the Department of War will be investing $100 million in the pharmaceutical company Anthea in Winchester, Kentucky. "They're going to gut the Dept of War." "I rebuilt the military in the first term, then gave a lot of it away to Ukraine." "If Republicans win the House and Senate, I'm going to give all adult citizens in the US $5,000. Only Republicans can do that, he says, because we're taking in massive amounts of money thru tariffs." He acknowledges it would cost US $1 trillion, but "we have $21 trillion coming in." Only caveat: You have to spend the money in the US. Jokes they can spend it at Mar a Lago one hamburger and a small dessert will cost about $5,000, he jokes. Says Dems will raise your taxes and they're bragging about it. "Or you can defeat the Dumocrat communists, and get more money in your pockets." "No amnesty for illegal aliens." "Just think of what we've accomplished in less than 2 years' time…We've inherited the worst border…and turned it into the strongest border. In the past 17 months, zero illegal aliens have been admitted into the United States." Talks about a case in Moorhead Kentucky and Louisville's "horrible sanctuary city policy." "If you vote for Andy Barr and a Republican Congress, we will end sanctuary cities." Talks about "clean beautiful coal." On drug prices: "We went from paying the highest drug prices to the lowest" Riffs on social and cultural issues transgender, making English the official language of the US. Talks about winning affirmative action case in SCOTUS. "Iran will never have a nuclear weapon…that should have happened years ago." "There's never been two years like this anywhere in the history of our country." "Construction numbers are thru the roof," he says, touting US economy. "We're leading in SI, we're building our pharmaceutical…" "Now the radical left Dumocrats want to burn it down." Attacks Democrats on a variety of issues, including no tax on tips, voter ID and proof of citizenship to vote. "On election night, KY is going to prove that America does not belong to those who hate it, America belongs to those who really love it." Goes after Michigan Democratic Senate nominee, misstates his name as "Mohamed El-Sayed." "I'm the president of the United States, I can call you whatever the hell I want." At 3:31 pm, Trump invites Andy Barr to come up to the stage. "Kentucky loves President Donald Trump!" Barr says. Thanks Trump for investing in Kentucky "to power America." "This president believes in American energy dominance." Barr leaves the stage at 3:33 pm. At 3:36 invites Ed Gallrein, R nominee for House, to the stage, after trashing outgoing GOP Rep. Thomas Massie, whom Gallrein defeated in the primary. "One year ago today he invited me to Oval Office," Gallrein said. He called on the audience to "help me with this no-fail mission." Went back to his seat at 3:37. "We've done 9, maybe 10 of these in the last few days," he said, referring to political rallies. "They're saying something's happening these big monster rallies," in Montana, Alaska. "They're all watching, Ohio is watching. The spirit is incredible, it's infectious." re the blue wave, and history of president's party doing poorly in midterms: "We're at, out of 25 races, a sitting president has won 2. There's never been any president that campaigned like this for the midterms…. If I don't make it, they're gonna get me. If we win, I will get absolutely no credit…. Shows video of Harry Enten on CNN talking about "MAGA GOP Voting Patterns." And how MAGA has stuck with Trump. And that he's more popular than Abraham Lincoln among MAGA voters. Talks against $5,000 if R's win, promises to make the tax cuts permanent, make permanent the estate taxes, "we'll win the war on corruption and fraud," led by JD Vance; promises to prevent any future president from opening borders. From earlier in the rally, courtesy of co-pooler Kerry Picket of WashTimes: "Seventeen days from now. The people of Kentucky are going to defeat the radical left Democrat Charles Booker." (on Andy Barr): "I backed him from day one when he was running for Congress against a very tough opponent." (on Barr's chances): "I know all you'd have to do if the people turn out just a little bit, you're going to walk away, but you're going to have one of the best senators in Washington." (on Ed Gallrein, who defeated Rep. Massie in GOP primary): "I looked at him walk through the door of the Oval Office. I said, that guy is central casting…He's a Navy seal, straight up and down." "here in Kentucky's 4th district, we're going to send Ed Gallrein to the US House of Representatives." Rally ended at 3:50. YMCA is playing as pool files out Linda Feldmann The Christian Science Monitor Sat. Oct. 17, 3:52 PM

Trans Maine Senate candidate Ashley Webb claims he is a woman because he has “hot flushes”; says his “medical records” got “destroyed.” “They told my mother they supposedly ran out of birth forms….and mine got destroyed.”

Somalian-born Maine State Representative, Mana Abdi, expresses her disdain for America: “Everything from the snow to the housing just kept getting worse. And they sent us to Kansas of all places…” Any advice for her?

🚨 DEMOCRAT MELTDOWN IN MAINE  Charlie Hurt filling in for Jesse Watters just unloaded on the Graham Platner disaster. His ex is dropping bombs on CNN: • Grabbing her by the shoulders and moving her like a rag doll when she tried to create space. • Suicide threats with plans, forcing her to keep his secrets. • Stalking her, showing up unannounced, waiting in the snow on her doorstep while she dated others. She never felt safe. Platner’s campaign is on life support. Reports say he could drop out any minute. Democrats are already circling the corpse, fighting for an open primary because they botched this one just like Harris 2024. The same geniuses who covered up Biden’s decline ignored the Nazi tattoo, multiple women accusing him of physical aggression, and all the red flags. “Believe all women”… until it hurts their polls. Then suddenly they want him gone yesterday. Hypocrites. They sold the media a fake “character arc” redemption story while the warning signs screamed. Now the clown show demands a “transparent process” after anointing another disaster. Maine Democrats own this train wreck. America is watching your vetting process, or total lack of it.  What a mess. Thoughts?

🚨 FETTERMAN GOES FULL SAVAGE ON PLATNER  John Fetterman on the Maine mess: “The trash took itself out. He leaves as an accused rapist… He defiled his marriage, sent sexual messages to women as a newlywed… Now he can go back online and do all the kinds of things. The trash took itself out tonight.” Fetterman on Platner’s emotional roadside suspension speech: “No one wants you anymore, bro. You are an accused rapist. No one wants your endorsement… You’re going straight back into oblivion. That’s his legacy.” Ouch. Even a fellow Dem is calling him a predator who turned politics into a “predator’s paradise.” Platner’s done. Campaign suspended. Tears, denials, and all. Democrats are already racing to replace their dumpster fire nominee. The left’s vetting process strikes again. How many more train wrecks before they learn? Maine deserves way better than this circus. 🇺🇸 What a clown show. Thoughts on Fetterman’s brutal takedown? 👇

🇺🇸 I guess they were doing viewer-submitted questions at the Maine Senate Debate tonight. A woman asked Sen. Collins if the U.S. democracy was under attack. She like an old lady who couldn't care less what will happen in 5 or 10 years: “I think our democracy will be just fine!” You think… but you’re not sure? Comforting! 🗑️🔥 Writer: Jamie

Alex Gibney is a partisan Democratic hack. In 2026 he made multiple donations to Graham Platner — the Maine Senate candidate who dropped out after a serious rape allegation. Gibney’s donations were made after the public knew he had a Nazi tattoo. In 2025 he gave repeatedly to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez. Gibney has 63 itemized donations on record…all to Democrats. This “documentary” is a clear political hit job on @elonmusk.

🚨President Trump is asked if he thinks Hunter Biden would do well if he ran for President in 2028: “I would say his past is out there… if the guy from Maine can do well, I guess Hunter can do well too.”