Donald Trump Blames 'Crappy Contractor' After Onstage Wobble

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Source: Newsweek

Published May 17, 2024 at 11:56 PM EDT


Former President Donald Trump on Friday night blamed the stage contractor after appearing to momentarily wobble during his rally in St. Paul, Minnesota.

A clip of the moment was posted by the X, formerly Twitter, account Biden-Harris HQ, which is associated with President Joe Biden's reelection campaign. In the footage, Trump leans on his podium and tips toward the left while addressing his supporters, moving the dais with him.

"You know, this is the worst platform," Trump said after his lurch. "Who put this stage up?" "It keeps tilting further left," the former president added. "Like too many other things."What a crappy contractor this was."

The Biden-Harris HQ account described the former president as "feeble" in the incident, writing in its post, "A feeble Trump nearly falls down on stage after he leans on his podium too hard and then goes on an angry rant calling his event workers 'crappy.'"

Read more: https://www.newsweek.com/donald-trump-blames-crappy-contractor-after-onstage-wobble-1902159

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A feeble Trump nearly falls down on stage after he leans on his podium too hard and then goes on an angry rant calling his event workers “crappy”
9:39 PM · May 17, 2024

[gab13by13]

1. Meh, the dais looked wobbly to me.

I would have laughed though if TSF did a nose dive.

[birdographer]

14. Yeah...

It didn't look like anything he did (sad to say). And his response was not befuddled, as I think it would be if he was the one who stumbled. I would love it if he tumbled down a huge staircase, but I am not going to see stuff that isn't there just because I want to. Just MHO.

[stopdiggin]

17. 2nd Yeah. It just simply didn't happen the way described

"A feeble Trump nearly falls down on stage .. "

No. Nothing even close. And nothing to be gained by pretending - when clearly anyone that sees the clip - is gonna' be saying, "WHAT .. where ..?"

[Deuxcents]

2. What a crappy speaker that is

[Roy Rolling]

3. Inferior Work?

That doesn’t look like the work of IATSE stagehands or related crafts. The cheap podium looks like a campaign prop, not a sturdy stage device for “real men” with girth like him.

The boy gets what he pays for, he should’ve paid for a podium size “husky”. And hired a union crew.

[Traildogbob]

4. Contractors

That have been stiffed by RNC in state after state.
Lara hired em.
Or he is just a fat ass that needs to lean heavy on a podium to even stand, and his pants got filled up adding weight.

[question everything]

5. Blue tie? After all his wannabe in NY had red ones?

[maxrandb]

12. NO! It's a Trap!

He's just testing to see which of his bootlockers is paying attention.

Woe to any sychophant who fails to get the subliminal message and shows up to stroke his scrotum wearing a red tie instead of blue on Monday.

[lastlib]

6. But,but,but,but,but--he.....

only hires the BEST PEOPLE.....!

(translated: he only hires the people he can stiff at payment time.)

[Aristus]

7. Or a good contractor who didn't get paid...

n/t

[jmbar2]

8. An ironic bit...

In a longer version of this clip that I saw, an ad pops up to the right of him advertising a new Trump children's book being sold by Mike Huckabee, whose daughter is in a scandal over purchasing a grossly overpriced podium.

Maybe he could stiff the people that she bought hers from.

[twodogsbarking]

9. Should have hired a union contractor who knows how to do it right.

[OnlinePoker]

10. Friggin' Newsweek had to attack Biden in a Trump story

The top video on the feed I see is Biden falling on stage at an Air Force graduation and the Trump video is embedded in the text of the story. And the Biden video is in large format whereas the Trump video is in the small X format. More MSM bullshit.

[tonekat]

13. Newsweek is garbage now

It used to be respected, but that was pre-80's.

[riversedge]

11. Trump should have asked @SarahHuckabee if he could borrow her new $19,000 podium........

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[Bayard]

15. Looks like cheap plastic wood laminate

Somebody got ripped off in more ways than one.

[truthisfreedom]

16. That's the only kind of contractor who will work for him.

Nobody of value will take a job from a known non-payer.

[ZonkerHarris]

18. are we that desperate that we need to push BS like this? The podium did move when he leaned on it.

hit him for real stuff
theres plenty

[BumRushDaShow]

20. It's called "trolling"

and is something that Democrats need to do MORE of so we don't continually have DU whining about -

1.) "'Democrats' have no spine"
2.) "'Democrats' are keeping their powder dry"
3.) "'Democrats' are pearl-clutching"
4.) "Democrats' bring feathers to a gun fight"
5.) "'Democrats' always "go high when they go low"
6.) "'Democrats' never fight back"
7.) "'Democrats' always 'turn the other cheek'"

and other nonsense that I have seen posted here the past 16 years.

This gets reflected in why the so-called "mainstream media" continually headline their articles "Democrats worry...", "Democrats are concerned that...", "Democrats fear that..." and other bullshit.

We need to get tough.

[ZonkerHarris]

22. It's called losing credibility. Toughness requires truth and facts. Hard truth, Every BS lie/troll

lets people say "both sides are the same"

[BumRushDaShow]

24. No, the "credibility" is very much there

and has generated quite a bit of "enthusiasm" among Democratic voters and the party "base".

The "both sides" argument doesn't apply here because "politics" is a rough and tumble occupation and it's long past time to get "rough and tumble".

When a bully hits you, you hit back.

For far too long, Democrats have been painted in negative terms as "weak", with mocking like the denigration of "bleeding heart liberals", and more recently, painted as so-called (fragile) "snowflakes" and other nonsense because of past, weak-kneed responses to attacks.

We don't have to "work harder" but "work smarter", and in this new environment, the trolling IS having an effect, as it's not expected. In fact, it has completely thrown off the opposition's game plan. Bullies are cowards and when they are confronted and called on it, they ultimately slink away.

[SoFlaBro]

19. Stupid orange motherfucker should have face planted and eaten greasy shit.

[diva77]

21. I clicked on the OP link and it took me to a video of Biden falling instead

[sinkingfeeling]

23. That happens when an insane elephant leans on it.

[GP6971]

25. Locking per Host Consensus.

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