Trump in New York: “America has become a third world country”

Donald Trump fights back after two assassination attempts But you could clearly see the Republican nervousness during an appearance on Long Island. Either way, he is horrified by his hometown of New York. “Die Press” was one of his events.

“I thought now that smart guy was coming on stage.” Donald Trump stands on the podium at the Nassau Veterans Memorial in Uniondale, near New York. Four days ago, a man tried to shoot him for the second time in eight weeks.

“You know, I've got a little bit of an Ips problem here,” Trump jokes. He uses a golfer's term to describe his nervousness. Involuntary muscle twitching. “It was just crazy. I was ready for a fist fight,” the former president says, raising his elbow and then thanking one of his bodyguards in the front row.

Anxiety everywhere

Trump was as entertaining as ever that evening, but shock was definitely in his bones. Once, on July 13, in Pennsylvania, he naturally fell to the ground when he heard a gunshot. Last Sunday, Secret Service agents swooped on the Republican presidential candidate's West Palm golf club after they found a barrel in the bushes. The episode went smoothly and the suspected killer is now under investigation. However, the Pennsylvania bomber was shot down.

Trump played golf in Palm Beach, and in the first few minutes of his hour-long speech in Uniondale, he couldn't help but praise his golf course's “amazing greens.” The tension is not only for him but for everyone here. In the packed arena, the audience spotted a plastic bag in one sector and alerted the police. Sheriffs in big hats inspect them: false alarm. And the atmosphere in front of the Coliseum is deceptive, superficially resembling a football game. Here, those who can't get a seat in the hall sit in camp chairs, watch Trump on big monitors, drink beer and smoke. But every siren from the emergency vehicles around them wakes the crowd.

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