Donald Trump gave a hilarious insight into his campaign team’s decision to wear a fluorescent orange vest to his rally in Wisconsin last night.
The 45th president rode to the event in a garbage truck after Joe Biden’s extraordinary gaffe the day before when he called Trump supporters “garbage.”
The former president seized the moment in classic Trumpian style, deciding to keep the orange vest on as he took the stage in Green Bay.
He told the crowd he wanted to take off the reflective clothing, but his team advised him to wear it during his speech.
“I said, ‘No way!’ but they said it makes you look thinner,” Trump joked. “And they got me — I said I wanted to wear it on stage… I might never wear my blue jacket again. I can comment on that.”
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Donald Trump gave a hilarious insight into his campaign team’s decision to dress him in fluorescent orange at his rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin, last night
Republican presidential candidate and former U.S. President Donald Trump sits in a garbage truck wearing a safety vest on the tarmac at Green Bay Austin Straubel International Airport in Green Bay, Wisconsin on Wednesday
The crowd erupted in laughter and cheers at the rally, and a clip of Trump’s remarks 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. He’s so funny and legendary! He truly loves this country and its people!”
A third person wrote, “Anyone who hates this man is sad. He’s a national treasure.”
Biden’s extraordinary gaffe on Tuesday has been immediately compared to Hillary Clinton’s infamous “deplorables” label for Trump supporters in 2016.
The 81-year-old’s remarks undermined Harris’s plea to work with those who disagree with her and look beyond the bitter divisions that have marked American politics.
Answering questions while sitting in the garbage truck, Trump said Biden “should be ashamed” and that Harris was guilty by association.
Trump supporters “are not trash,” the former president said.
Meanwhile, Trump distanced himself from comedian Tony Hinchcliffe at his Madison Square Garden rally on Sunday, who caused a separate political storm by saying Puerto Rico is “a floating island of trash.”
“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.”
Trump was joined on stage 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. He described Favre’s fingers as “sausages” and said, “No wonder he could throw the ball.”
Brett Favre blasted US President Joe Biden’s ‘garbage spree’ at Donald Trump rally
“I’m a little angry because I think he got more applause than I did, and I’m not happy,” the former president continued, joking about the standing ovation Favre received in a county Trump narrowly won in 2020.
Trump joined Favre in the crucial state with just six days to go before the election.
In a sign of the state’s importance, Kamala Harris was simultaneously campaigning in overwhelmingly Democratic Madison, 140 miles to the south.
Wisconsin is the tightest of the states, with Harris leading by an average of 0.2 percentage points in Real Clear Politics’ top polls.
Trump narrowed the gap significantly at the start of the month, when Harris’ lead was 0.7 percentage points.
Favre, who won three NFL Most Valuable Player awards and a Super Bowl for Green Bay in the 1990s, praised Trump for the former president’s arrival, telling the crowd, “Just like the Packers organization, Donald Trump and his organization were a winner.”
“The United States of America won because of his leadership,” Favre said.