President Trump doubled down on his criticism of Barack Obama even as he struggled to keep his voice amid a nearly nonstop midterm campaign rally blitz to keep his Republicans in control of Congress.
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he → double → Congress
“I should save my voice because Barack Hussein Obama, have you heard of him?” he told a crowd in Mississippi on Monday night, pointing to the former president’s Saturday claims that Trump was too concerned with White House renovations.
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Trump → save → renovations
“I didn’t take any time,” Trump said.
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Trump → take → time
“I literally do it when I walk home from the Oval.”
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I → do → Oval
He also blasted Obama for bringing the Cheesecake Factory into the argument, calling it “a very successful company.”
“He doesn’t like successful companies,” Trump said.
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Trump → blast → companies
Obama, while campaigning for Democrats in Ohio Saturday, told supporters Trump “should be on HGTV” due to his focus on construction.
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Trump → campaign → construction
“He’s got the White House looking like Saddam Hussein opened a Cheesecake Factory,” the 44th president added.
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president → get → Factory
Trump offered a prolonged defense of his White House renovations — which have included tearing down the East Wing to build a ballroom, repairing and repainting the North Portico columns of the residence, paving over the Rose Garden and blinging out the Oval Office in gold wall fixtures — as necessary to maintain the historic property.
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which → offer → property
“Nobody loves it like I do,” he said of the White House.
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he → love → House
“Nobody loves it, and now the White House is in beautiful shape.
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House → love → shape
“We have to have a beautiful, beautiful, well-kept White House, a symbol of our country,” he added.
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he → have → country
Trump has struggled to make himself heard the past few days and kept his rally in Mississippi on the shorter side — a little less than 90 minutes.
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himself → struggle → side
His speeches usually go almost two hours.
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speeches → go → ?
The president acknowledged his scratchy sound as he implored the MAGA faithful to come out and vote in next week’s election.
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he → acknowledge → election
“God didn’t make your vocal cords to do a rally every day, but when you love the people, it’s fine — and we love you, we really do,” the president said.
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president → make → you
Trump is moving through a whirlwind travel schedule, taking him to 30-plus campaign stops ahead of Election Day.
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Trump → move → Day
“We’ve been doing the rounds.
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We → do → rounds
We’ve been doing the rounds,” he said.
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he → do → rounds
He has two campaign stops in Texas on Tuesday, will visit Ohio on Wednesday, rally in South Carolina on Thursday, and be in Florida on Friday.
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He → have → Friday
He vowed to help Republican candidates for the next eight days.
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He → vow → days
Sen. Cindy Hyde-Smith (R-Miss.) is doing “great,” Trump said at Monday’s rally.
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Trump → do → rally
He argued he was in the deep-red state, which he won by almost 23 points in the 2024 election, to “make sure.”
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he → argue → election
The last time Democrats won a Senate seat in Mississippi was 1982.
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Democrats → win → Mississippi
“I’m here because Cindy’s doing great, but I just got to make sure I can’t take a chance,” he said.
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he → ’m → chance
Democrats face an uphill battle to win control of the Senate, needing victories in several red states to take the majority.
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Democrats → face → majority
But party strategists believe traditional Republican strongholds like Texas, Iowa, Ohio, Kansas and Alaska are in play.
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strongholds → believe → play
The problem, Trump explained, is “sometimes when you think somebody’s doing so well, nobody votes.
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nobody → explain → ?
They all stay home.”
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They → stay → ?
“We did a little ceasefire, which I never liked very much,” he said, calling it “sort of a waste of time.
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he → do → time
But, you know, you like to listen to professionals.”
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you → know → professionals
His administration reached a cease-fire with Iran in June, but that deal quickly collapsed.
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deal → reach → June
The president’s biggest applause of the night came when he made a promise close to voters’ hearts.
Musing about how he’d like to rename a river and an ocean as he renamed a gulf and a lake, the president reassured the crowd that one river is off-limits.
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river → come → crowd
“I promise I will never change the name of the Mississippi,” he said as the crowd gave a thunderous roar of approval.
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crowd → promise → approval
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