President Donald Trump spent nearly two hours Sunday afternoon talking about rapper Nicki Minaj’s “beautiful” rear, his indifference to Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and owning Greenland.
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Trump → spend → Greenland
Trump stopped in Port Huron, Michigan, to campaign for Senate candidate Mike Rogers and other Republicans in November’s midterm elections during his month-long rally blitz.
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Trump → stop → blitz
He spent the beginning of his speech attacking Roger’s Democratic opponent, Abdul El-Sayed, calling him a “Jihadist Muslim Brotherhood member” and demanding he go through metal detectors at the U.S. Capitol building if her were to get elected.
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her → spend → building
El-Sayed, who is muslim, has vehemently denied any ties to the Islamist organization.
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who → deny → organization
But in typical Trump fashion, the president went off-script, making for some bizarre moments.
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president → go → moments
Trump made headlines last week for oddly gushing over Republican Senator Jon Husted’s butt at a rally in Ohio.
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Trump → make → Ohio
Instead of letting the story die down, Trump brings it up whenever he can.
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he → let → it
At Sunday’s rally, Trump defended himself, saying, “I had just found out he’s a great athlete.
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he → defend → himself
A brutal tackler…I’m looking at him up and down and I’m studying him and then I made the mistake — I told, in fun, I said, ‘I looked at his ass,’ and I’ve never done that with a man before, it’s true.”
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it → look → man
Then he quipped, “Off the record — women, yes, men, no, okay?
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he → quip → record
By the way, I looked at one hell of a beautiful ass before – Nicki Minaj.”
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I → look → ass
The president pointed at Minaj, a vocal supporter who traveled with him to Michigan on Air Force One, and then said, “That’s hard to miss!
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That → point → One
That’s hard to miss!”
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That → ’ → ?
Minaji stood from her seat as the crowd cheered, and she gave them a thumbs-up.
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she → stand → up
Trump’s indifference to AOC
Despite Ocasio-Cortez constantly bashing the Trump administration, Trump suggested he was indifferent to the New York Democrat.
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he → bash → Democrat
“Somehow, I don’t mind AOC that much.
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I → mind → AOC
I don’t know why,” the president said.
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president → know → ?
“She doesn’t bug me too much.”
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She → bug → me
The same could not be said for another member of the progressive House group AOC is part of, called “The Squad.”
The president continued his attacks against Representative Ilhan Omar from Minnesota Sunday, calling her a “little troublemaker.”
“She comes from Somalia — probably, maybe the worst country in the world,” Trump said.
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Trump → say → world
Trump’s claim of ownership over Greenland
Trump claimed during his speech that the U.S. owns Greenland, a semi-autonomous territory of Denmark in the Arctic.
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U.S. → claim → Arctic
“We own Greenland — we work it with Denmark.
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we → own → Denmark
We signed a very good agreement with great lawyers,” the president said.
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president → sign → lawyers
Last month, Trump announced an agreement with Greenland that would “give the U.S. permanent access to the island and permission to build military bases there without Danish approval.”
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that → announce → approval
The deal must still be passed by the Danish parliament to be ratified.
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deal → pass → parliament
America’s ‘taking a hit’
Trump admitted that Americans are “taking a hit” with high gas prices brought on by his war in Iran.
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Americans → take → Iran
“Short term, you’re taking a hit.
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you → take → hit
I thought gasoline would go up much more,” the president said.
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president → think → ?
And you had to make sure they didn’t have a nuclear weapon.”
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they → have → weapon
“Honestly, I thought they were gonna go up much more,” Trump said.
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Trump → think → ?
The national average cost for a gallon of gas was nearly $4.30 on Sunday, according to the motor club AAA.
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cost → accord → club
Trump’s Nobel Peace Prize, or lack thereof
Trump also took time to complain about not winning a Nobel Peace Prize, while he’s in an active war with Iran.
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he → take → Iran
He said this year’s winner, Navi Pillay, a South African-born jurist and former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights, was “a woman that nobody ever heard of.”
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nobody → say → that
“So, I’m not in love with Norway.
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I → ’m → Norway
Frankly, Norway sucks,” Trump said in a rebuke to the Norwegian Nobel Committee, which picks the winner.
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which → suck → winner
“Norway has become a shithouse country, actually.”
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Norway → become → ?
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