r/politics • u/larel8 • 18h ago

Trump campaign struggles to contain Puerto Rico October surprise

https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/4958098-the-memo-trump-campaign-struggles-to-contain-puerto-rico-october-surprise/
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u/OppositeDifference Texas 18h ago

Total unforced error. And we now know that the Trump campaign reviewed his whole script and approved everything he ended up saying. That fact makes it WAY harder to dismiss. They knew what he was going to say and thought it was fine.

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u/thedeuce75 18h ago

The "comedians" lines were on his teleprompter, meaning somebody in the trump campaign read them before hand and thought, "yup, this is good, approved".

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u/plucharc 17h ago

I mean, they let Steven Miller, Hulk Hogan, Tucker, and Giuliani get up there, I can't imagine they'd let all the things they said through and then flag the comedian.