Trump trolls Joe Biden, who called Trump supporters "garbage", by showing up to Green Bay Rally in a garbage truck.

 

Trump in the Trump branded garbage truck. New York Post/AP.

A day after Joe Biden called supporters of Donald Trump "garbage", Trump showed up at his rally in Green Bay Wisconsin in a Trump branded garbage truck. New York Post. Trump said "how do you like my garbage truck?" and said that the truck was in honor of Joe Biden and Kamala Harris. Biden had said "the only garbage I see floating out there is his supporters". Biden was referencing a joke during Trump's MSG speech in New York where an insult comic made a joke about Puerto Rico. Biden claims he misspoke but the damage could already be done. Comparisons have been made to Hillary Clinton's ill advised "basket of deplorables" speech she gave in 2016, which may have contributed to her loss. 

BREAKING: Trump taking questions from press while driving a garbage truck!!

"How do you like my garbage truck? This truck is in honor of Kamala and Joe Biden."

HE DID IT !! HE ACTUALLY DID IT ! 😳

What a legend 🤣 pic.twitter.com/OmJJfoSvsZ

— حسن سجواني 🇦🇪 Hassan Sajwani (@HSajwanization) October 30, 2024

My Comment:

This is a major own goal from the Democrats to the point where I wonder if there wasn't some kind of revenge play by Joe Biden. The one rule in politics is that you attack your opponents but never their supporters. The reason why is obvious, you want to win some of those supporters over and you don't want to do anything that increases turnout. 

Biden's comments were probably just a flub, even Trump admits that. But the damage has already been done. That's the problem with having a senile president. He often says things that are damaging to himself or others and this is a very good example of this. 

Indeed, this could be as damaging as Hillary Clinton's "basket of deplorables" comment. Though the damage that did was probably overstated, but it certainly didn't help Hillary Clinton. Biden calling Trump's supporters garbage could turn people off of Harris, even though Biden isn't officially on the campaign.  

It's also going to get the Madison Square Garden faux controversy out of the news. Though I question the wisdom of bringing an insult comic to a political rally, the fact of the matter it was one harmless joke that the media covered for three days. I don't think the story was doing any actual damage, but it was dominating the headlines. But instead of a supposedly bad story dominating the news against Trump, we now have one that is absolutely negative dominating the news. And the media's attempts to downplay or cover up the gaffe isn't going to work. 

Because this is Trump we are talking about, he made it even more damaging for the Harris campaign. Trump showed up riding a Trump branded garbage truck and trolled the media with it. He held an impromptu press conference in the truck and then did his Green Bay rally wearing a safety vest. Not only did he twist the knife in, he did it in hilarious fashion. And he got another iconic meme image out there to go along with his mug shot, his "fight" photo after the assassination attempt and the McDonalds photo. 

I'm honestly impressed that Trump was able to pull this off. It only took him a day to scrounge up a Trump branded garbage truck. To be fair, I live near Green Bay and I have seen a few garbage trucks around here with Trump stickers, so I think they had a sympathetic company in town, but even then, it's an accomplishment to get it together this quickly. It's just another example of how much better Trump's campaign is being run in 2024 compared to 2020. Indeed, it seems like a lot of the 2016 "meme magic" is back.