Trump: I can win New York in 2024
Former President Trump talks stock market meltdown, presidential immunity and setting his sights on winning New York before heading to court.
Former President Donald Trump Before entering a Manhattan courtroom for the seventh day of the trial, he criticized the state of the economy under President Biden’s administration, citing campaign events in the heart of the Big Apple.
“There have been some pretty big things that have happened, but the biggest thing seems to be that GDP is going to bring us down to 1.6% and it’s going to go south. It’s going to get worse. Gas prices in California Prices also dropped to $7.60. “Energy costs are going up and the stock market is kind of collapsing,” Trump said before leaving the courtroom Thursday morning.
“This is Bidenomics. It’s catching up with them,” he said.
Following his comments the Bureau of Economic Analysis estimated that the economy grew at an annual pace of 1.6%. During the first trimester, which means US economy grew slowly More than expected.
A court sketch shows the third day of former President Donald Trump’s criminal trial in Manhattan Criminal Court on Thursday, April 18, 2024. Jury selection for an alleged hush money case continues today after the first two seated jurors were dismissed. (Christine Cornell)
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“The big news today, I think, is 1.6%. When you look at 1.6 GDP, it’s a number that no one thought about. It’s a really bad number. And it looks like The speculation is going in the wrong direction. And that’s why the stock market is down so much today,” Trump said.
Trump also mentioned some rallies he planned to hold in New York City and suggested he could also be competitive in the liberal state in the November presidential election.
“I think we have a good chance to win New York. We’re going to give it a big game. We’re going to the South Bronx to have a rally. We’re going to have a rally at Madison Square Garden, we believe.” … We are going to have a big rally in honor of the police, in honor of all the people including firefighters and teachers.”
Supreme Court will hear arguments in Trump presidential immunity case
Trump faces his second week manhattan court this week, as part of an ongoing trial where he faces 34 charges of falsifying business records in the first degree. He has pleaded not guilty on all counts.
Former US President Donald Trump speaks to the media as he leaves court during his trial for allegedly covering up hush money payments in Manhattan Criminal Court on April 22, 2024 in New York City. (Brendan McDiarmid-Poole/Getty Images)
The case focuses on Trump’s former personal attorney Michael Cohen, who allegedly paid porn actress Stormy Daniels $130,000 before the 2016 election to silence her claims of an affair with Trump in the early 2000s. Was. Trump has repeatedly denied having an affair with Daniels.
Prosecutors allege that the Trump Organization reimbursed Cohen, and fraudulently recorded the payments as legal expenses. Prosecutors are working to prove that Trump falsified records with the intent to conceal or commit a second crime. Prosecutors this week identified the second complaint as “conspiracy to promote or interfere with the election.”
The lawsuit is expected to be filed Thursday against former American Media Inc. It will continue with testimony from CEO David Pecker, who oversaw outlets like the National Enquirer. Judge Juan Marchen may also rule on Trump’s alleged ban order Violations, which could result in Trump paying a $1,000 fine for each of at least 10 alleged violations.
Trump continued in his comments Thursday that Biden is a “dyster” of a president, while pointing to anti-Israel issues. Protests on college campuses and the Biden administration’s border policies.
Former US President Donald Trump welcomes union workers at the construction site of the new JPMorgan Chase building on April 25, 2024 in New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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He said, “This is a country in the worst shape right now, probably anywhere. You can’t be any worse than this.” “We have a president who is the worst president in the history of our country.”
On Thursday morning, Trump stopped at a construction site in the city to thank construction workers for their support.
Former President Donald Trump is first seen cheering on union workers at the construction site of the new JPMorgan Chase building in New York City on April 25, 2024. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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Trump told the press, “We have a big case today – this judge won’t let me go, but we have a big case in the Supreme Court today on presidential immunity.” From Special Counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution in the election interference case.
“A president should have immunity,” he said. “If you don’t have immunity, you just have a ceremonial president.”
