Trump poses question to Pennsylvania crowd: 'Have you improved since 2016?'

'Winning Pennsylvania would secure the entire election.'

Trump poses question to Pennsylvania crowd: 'Have you improved since 2016?'
Trump poses question to Pennsylvania crowd: 'Have you improved since 2016?'

On Saturday, at an outdoor rally in Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, Pennsylvania, former President Trump mirrored Ronald Reagan's words, querying, "Have you improved your situation since four years ago?"

The Biden-Harris administration was criticized by Trump as a "nightmare of inflation, invasion, and humiliation" from the start.

On Friday night, the Republican presidential nominee remarked on his attendance at the Catholic Charities' Al Smith Dinner, where Vice President Kamala Harris was conspicuously absent.

She is the only one in years, decades who didn't show up. She didn't show up.

"Trump stated that Harris's tape was pitiful and an insult to Catholics because she was criticizing religion during an event where she said that the location was incorrect, which was a knock on Christianity and religion, as she lacked knowledge on the subject."

Donald Trump speaks at rally in Latrobe, Pennsylvania
Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign rally, Saturday, at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

During Saturday night's rally, former NFL star wide receiver Antonio Brown joined Trump.

""I want to clarify that we are not crazy, as the media may label us and Trump, for having me speak here," Brown stated."

The rally was attended by a large and optimistic crowd, with many children dressed as the former president and steelworkers wearing hard hats.

Trump began his nearly two-hour speech by paying tribute to his late friend and renowned golfer Arnold Palmer.

Donald Trump supporters in Latrobe, Pennsylvania
Supporters listen as Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign rally at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, Saturday, Oct. 19, 2024, in Latrobe, Pa. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

"But there was no one who possessed his magic. He was a thriller. He was unbelievable. He knew how to win and how to just do whatever it was that electrified a crowd," Trump said. "If I had him here right now with me, this crowd would be going absolutely crazy. They'd say, Trump, get off this stage. We want Arnold Palmer to speak."

Palmer, a native of Pennsylvania who died in 2016, was a good friend of Trump and had a villa on his Doral, Florida, property named after him.

Trump concentrated a significant amount of his efforts and concentration on Pennsylvania, particularly in the field of manufacturing employment.

Pennsylvania has long been the commercial and industrial powerhouse of the United States, but politicians like Kamala Harris and globalist radicals have been attacking the Commonwealth for years.

Donald Trump wearing hard hat
Former President Trump was welcomed onstage by Pennsylvania steelworkers, who gave him a commemorative hard hat. (Pool)

Under the Trump administration, we will reclaim our manufacturing jobs, coal jobs, oil and gas jobs, and steel mills that were destroyed by foreign nations and China.

Trump welcomed Pennsylvania steelworkers from the Mon Valley Works union onstage and presented them with a commemorative hard hat.

"The president and I saved the steel industry with tariffs," said a steelworker. "And you're my hero, the greatest president ever. We love you. So steelworkers for Trump and the rank-and-file Mon Valley Works wanted to endorse you."

If Trump wins in November, he intends to implement a "Made in America" policy, which will result in more manufacturing jobs returning to Pennsylvania and the United States.

Donald Trump rally in Latrobe, Pennsylvania
Republican presidential nominee former President Trump speaks at a campaign rally, Saturday, at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport in Latrobe, Pa. (AP Photo/Matt Rourke)

If we win Pennsylvania, we will win the entire election, according to Trump. On the first day of his new administration, he will put an end to Kamala Harris's campaign against Pennsylvania's energy industry. He is certain that she will eventually ban fracking, as she has expressed her intention to do so.

"She was against fracking and all of it, but then, about a year and a half ago, when she was losing in the polls, she said she liked fracking," he said.

A Planet Chronicle poll from late September shows that 60% of Pennsylvanian registered voters are in favor of fracking.

"Trump urged Pennsylvania residents to vote in order to put an end to the disaster. He emphasized the importance of going out and casting their ballots, urging them to bring as many people with them as possible."

Planet Chronicle Digital's request for comment from the Trump campaign was not immediately responded to.

by Jasmine Baehr

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