Trump delivered a speech at the Pennsylvania Petrochemicals Complex in Monaca, Pennsylvania. Shell Oil owns the company, which plans to turn natural gas into plastic pellets. The plant is currently under construction and employs roughly five thousand, temporary construction workers. Once the company is operational, it will employ around 600 permanent employees.
As usual, Trump went off script and turned it into a campaign rally.
Trump, speaking to energy workers in PA, is embarrassingly ignorant about how wind power works.
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 13, 2019
"Some day the environmentalists are going to tell us what's going on with that. And then all of the sudden it stops — the wind and the televisions go off." pic.twitter.com/u5cojEfnJz
During his campaign rally, speech Trump shared with the audience his love for trucks.
Trump, speaking to energy workers in PA, is embarrassingly ignorant about how wind power works.
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 13, 2019
"Some day the environmentalists are going to tell us what's going on with that. And then all of the sudden it stops — the wind and the televisions go off." pic.twitter.com/u5cojEfnJz
He also alluded to opening an investigation into how the Obama’s got multimillion-dollar book deals. Somehow, Trump has conflated their book deal with his Emoluments Clause violations. It appears he doesn’t understand that how the Obamas make their money AFTER leaving office is not a conflict of interest.
TRUMP complaining about emoluments lawsuits:
— JM Rieger (@RiegerReport) August 13, 2019
“These are the most litigious people."
Over the past three decades, Trump was involved in at least 3,500 legal actions in federal and state courts.https://t.co/aCvREjrtqf pic.twitter.com/OZiTfbAg3I
Trump also told the crowd employees that we should just do away with term limits, elections, and make him president for like…kind of like his BFF Kimmy:
Trump is joking about calling off the 2020 election and serving a 3rd term during a speech to energy workers in PA that is not supposed to be a campaign event pic.twitter.com/EI9jZA1HaO
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 13, 2019
Of course, he took a few swipes at the Democratic candidates calling Senator Warren Pocahontas.
Trump on Elizabeth Warren: "We'll have to hit Pocahontas very hard again if she does win."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) August 13, 2019
(This is not supposed to be a campaign speech.) pic.twitter.com/UBlejLKFhf
According to CBS, “two workers said they were paid to be there Tuesday, although they had the option of staying home from work.”
