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Trump on his popularity among Republicans: "A couple of them compare me to some of the greats. They talk about Abe Lincoln, honest Abe. They say great things."pic.twitter.com/9WsJA4jwgL

Trump on tariffs: "President Obama, it was not his thing [boos]. Frankly it wasn't anybody's thing for the last 30 years. It's my thing. I love it."pic.twitter.com/ty4npUm0LD

While riffing about trade, Trump says he "doesn't want to embarrass people" by naming names of officials he's negotiated with, then immediately mentions Jean-Claude Juncker's name. #lulzpic.twitter.com/zkgOMyAt5J

Trump's stream-of-consciousness ranting about trade is even harder to follow than usual. Tell me if you can make sense of what he's talking about in this 84-second clip.pic.twitter.com/V5ZhvDdjyc

TRUMP: "When I charge them I will keep them to a minimum of 20%, it wipes out the deficit. We go positive & make money. They are not going to pay 20%. It is too much. The higher I make it the better. They will come to Ohio and built a plant because then they pay nothing." #wutpic.twitter.com/j1yqwvV25u

TRUMP: "Often times I'm getting ready to do my fake news with CNN and MSNBC. MSNBC is so corrupt, it's so disgusting. I would say almost they're worse, they are really a fake news group of people." He then name-drops Fox News hosts, says "*we* are blowing them away." pic.twitter.com/6pJvD7xhxQ

Trump warns his followers to disregard "suppression polls" that reflect poorly upon him, smears journalists as "the most dishonest human beings you'll ever meet."pic.twitter.com/Q2jtDVarZT

TRUMP: "I never knew I was going to win the women. My wife, the First Lady said, 'the women really like you.' They do like me, and I like them. I said 'how did we win the women?' We won the women. That was a surprise to a lot of people."pic.twitter.com/ybBIGnEe9z

Trump casually uses an anti-Semitic dogwhistle. "The globalists think it's wonderful when they close up a plant in Ohio and move it to Mexico or some other country."pic.twitter.com/CT6aRK6Rvb

If you had "Trump sings the praises of William McKinley" on your Trump bingo card, tonight is your lucky night!pic.twitter.com/yPvbb6CZem

After repeatedly falsely claiming that US Steel is opening a number of new steel plants (the company hasn't announced any new plants), Trump has modified his baseless talking point to: "United States Steel is building or renovating or improving over seven new plants."pic.twitter.com/cWy9r7bAN6

TRUMP ON INTERFERENCE IN THE MIDTERM ELECTIONS: "If there is any meddling or any problems, I guarantee you it will happen really big now because we are taking our wealth back. We are take our jobs back." pic.twitter.com/apagWpvu1q

TRUMP on the OPIOID CRISIS: "We approved $6 billion for opioid. We are fighting opioid. It's down 20%." #wutpic.twitter.com/4JOxFSbat4

TRUMP on his "SPACE FORCE": "So much is happening now in space. I am not just talking about Mars and the moon. I'm talking about tremendous defense capability, offense capability. It's in space, so we're going to do the Space Force."pic.twitter.com/4KAXCLpSza

TRUMP on DEMOCRATS: "They are lousy politicians, they have stupid policies...They have tremendous hatred. They are haters."pic.twitter.com/91IYfkJAzG

TRUMP on OHIO: "Ohio is the home of everything, everything good."pic.twitter.com/LIFYXpdfrh

Trump's speech in Ohio ends without him so much as alluding to LeBron James, the Ohio legend who he attacked less than 24 hours ago on Twitterpic.twitter.com/SDqALJo1DD