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Trump Finally Reveals Why We Don’t See Him Smile Very Often


Former President Donald Trump has demonstrated his sense of humor while in office and on the campaign trail, but he’s not someone who usually does a lot of smiling.

During a recent Fox News Channel town hall event, he addressed his often somber expression, noting it is in reaction to the dire state of the nation.

According to the Daily Caller:

United States Customs and Border Protection (CBP) has reported over 6.6 million encounters with illegal immigrants at the U.S.-Mexico border since the start of fiscal year 2021.

“So, I just don’t see that much humor in what we’re doing. This is a very serious charge and this is a very serious thing I’m doing and I don’t want to be,” Trump told Ingraham. “You know, if I start talking with a smile, they will say he smiled because the fake news is just terrible: He smiled, what was he smiling about, and I don’t really want to smile. I want to smile when we complete the task and make America great again.”

Trump’s performance during the town hall, particularly the impact it had on voters, sparked significant social media conversation:

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Trump also used the forum to take aim at his final remaining serious GOP presidential primary rival, as reported by Fox News:

Trump’s Fox News town hall comes four days before South Carolina’s Republican presidential primary, where the latest public opinion polls indicate he maintains a very large double-digit lead over former U.N. ambassador and former South Carolina Gov. Nikki Haley, his last major rival for the GOP nomination.

And Trump sat down for his town hall hours after his campaign, in a memo, argued that Haley’s White House bid would end “fittingly, in her home state” and that the former president would clinch the nomination by the middle of next month.

But Haley, in a speech in Greenville, South Carolina a couple of hours before Trump landed in the city, said that “some of you – perhaps a few of you in the media – came here today to see if I’m dropping out of the race. Well, I’m not. Far from it.”

“I refuse to quit. South Carolina will vote on Saturday. But on Sunday, I’ll still be running for president. I’m not going anywhere,” Haley emphasized.

And she added that “I have no fear of Trump’s retribution.”

Asked about Haley’s comments, Trump said during the Fox News town hall that “you’re not supposed to lose your home state. It shouldn’t happen anyway and she’s losing it bigly.”

“I don’t think she knows how to get out,” Trump surmised. “She just can’t get herself to get out.”

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And Trump reiterated that he’s ruled out Haley as his running mate.

Here’s Fox News host Jesse Watters with his takeaways from the town hall:



 

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