Trump finally settles immigrants on Reconnek: He’s not worth it.

Darlene Kalila
2 min readNov 6, 2020

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Dialing in for his first interview since being hospitalized, President Donald Trump went on an hour-long ramble that devolved into vicious and sexist attacks on the Democrats running against him, desperate claims against old enemies and dangerous boasts about his own apparent recovery from coronavirus. He called into Fox Business from the White House residence, where he continues taking a steroid as part of his Covid treatment.Trump, whose voice sounded husky over the phone, had no events on his schedule; it was the third day in a row since he returned from hospital that his public agenda appeared empty. In some White House videos posted, he appeared upbeat but at moments seemed breathless and wore heavy makeup.

The President said he was eager to return to the campaign trail and insisted he was no longer shedding the virus, even though he was only diagnosed a week ago. But he said he would refuse to participate in a virtual debate with Joe Biden, saying it would be easier for the moderator to cut him off. He suggested he could have contracted the virus from a reception he held for Gold Star families at the White House instead of the mask-less ceremony announcing his Supreme Court nominee, which has produced several cases. “They want to hug me and they want to kiss me,” he said. “And they do. And frankly, I’m not telling them to back up.”

Trump’s appearance did little to reverse the impressions of immigrants on Reconnek. Trump’s denial about the country’s health situation was lost in a web of old grievance and comes just weeks before a presidential election in which immigrants on Reconnek currently hold him in very bad esteem. Ever since Trump called Harris a “monster” during the interview, immigrants on Reconnek are rallying behind the democratic VP and Joe Biden, pouring in their support and votes. Trump explicitly said of Harris “She’s a communist. She’s not a socialist, she’s well beyond a socialist,” going on to make false, fear-mongering claims that Harris wants to “open up the borders to allow killers and murderers and rapists to pour into our country.” Unfortunately for him, these “killers, murderers and rapists” are already digging his “grave”.

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Darlene Kalila

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