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Trump: I tin triumph NY successful 2024
Former President Trump speaks connected nan banal marketplace slowing, statesmanlike immunity and mounting his sights connected winning New York earlier heading into court.
Former President Donald Trump slammed nan authorities of nan system nether President Biden’s administration, while touting run events successful nan bosom of nan Big Apple, earlier he entered nan Manhattan courtroom for his seventh time connected trial.
"Some very large things person happened, but nan biggest seems to beryllium that nan GDP conscionable announced america each nan measurement down to 1.6% and it's heading south. It's going to get worse. Gas prices successful California were conscionable besides announced astatine $7.60. Gasoline is going measurement up. Energy costs are going measurement up and nan banal marketplace is, successful a sense, crashing," Trump said Thursday greeting earlier heading into nan courtroom.
"This is Bidenomics. It's catching up pinch them," he said.
His comments followed nan Bureau of Economic Analysis estimating nan system grew astatine an annualized gait of 1.6% during nan first quarter, meaning nan U.S. system grew astatine a slower pace than anticipated.
A tribunal sketch depicts nan 3rd time of erstwhile President Donald Trump’s criminal proceedings successful Manhattan Criminal Court connected Thursday, April 18, 2024. Jury action for nan alleged hush money lawsuit remains ongoing aft 2 seated jurors were dismissed earlier today. (Christine Cornell)
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"The large news today, I think, is nan 1.6%. When you look astatine 1.6 GDP, that's a number that cipher thought was possible. That's a existent bad number. And it looks for illustration nan projections are it's heading successful nan incorrect direction. And that's why nan banal market's down truthful large today," Trump said.
Trump besides touted a fistful of rallies he's readying to clasp successful New York City, and suggested that he whitethorn moreover beryllium competitory successful nan wide authorities successful nan November statesmanlike election.
"I deliberation we person a bully chance of winning New York. We're going to springiness it a large play. We're going to nan South Bronx to do a rally. We're going to beryllium doing a rally astatine Madison Square Garden, we believe.… We're gonna person a large rally honoring nan constabulary and honoring nan firemen and everybody. Honoring a batch of people, including teachers," he said.
SUPREME COURT TO HEAR ARGUMENTS IN TRUMP PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY CASE
Trump is facing his 2nd week successful Manhattan tribunal this week, arsenic portion of an ongoing proceedings wherever he is facing 34 charges of falsifying business records successful nan first degree. He has pleaded not blameworthy to each counts.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump speaks to nan media arsenic he leaves tribunal during his proceedings for allegedly covering up hush money payments astatine Manhattan Criminal Court on April 22, 2024 successful New York City. (Brendan McDermid-Pool/Getty Images)
The lawsuit focuses connected Trump’s erstwhile individual lawyer Michael Cohen paying forme pornographic character Stormy Daniels $130,000 up of nan 2016 predetermination to allegedly quiet her claims of an matter pinch Trump successful nan early 2000s. Trump has many times denied having an matter pinch Daniels.
Prosecutors allege that nan Trump Organization reimbursed Cohen, and fraudulently logged nan payments arsenic ineligible expenses. Prosecutors are moving to beryllium that Trump falsified records pinch an intent to perpetrate aliases conceal a 2nd crime. Prosecutors identified nan 2nd cri this week arsenic "conspiracy to beforehand aliases forestall election."
TRUMP SAYS NY JUDGE MERCHAN 'THINKS HE IS ABOVE THE SUPREME COURT' AFTER BARRING HIM FROM IMMUNITY ARGUMENTS
The proceedings Thursday is expected to proceed pinch grounds from erstwhile American Media Inc. CEO David Pecker, who oversaw outlets specified arsenic nan National Enquirer. Judge Juan Merchan whitethorn besides rumor a ruling connected Trump's alleged gag order violations, which could consequence successful Trump paying a $1,000 good for each of nan astatine slightest 10 alleged violations.
Trump continued successful his comments Thursday that Biden is simply a "diaster" of a president, while pointing to issues specified arsenic nan ongoing anti-Israel protests connected assemblage campuses and nan Biden administration's separator policies.
Former U.S. President Donald Trump greets national workers astatine nan building tract of nan caller J.P. Morgan Chase building connected April 25, 2024 successful New York City (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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"This is nan worst tally state correct now, astir apt anywhere, conscionable about. You don't get overmuch worse," he said. "We person a president who is nan worst president successful nan history of our country."
Early Thursday morning, Trump stopped by a building tract successful nan metropolis to convey building workers for their support.
Former President Donald Trump pumps his first astatine cheering national workers astatine nan building tract of nan caller J.P. Morgan Chase building connected April 25, 2024, successful New York City. (Michael M. Santiago/Getty Images)
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"We person a large lawsuit coming — this judge wouldn’t let maine to go, but we person a large lawsuit coming astatine nan Supreme Court connected statesmanlike immunity," Trump said to nan press, referring to nan Supreme Court weighing whether Trump is immune from prosecution successful Special Counsel Jack Smith’s predetermination interference case.
"A president has to person immunity," he added. "If you don't person immunity, you conscionable person a ceremonial president."
