Donald Trump, Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool
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By the time President Donald Trump had concluded his hourlong closing argument speech in front of the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool on Monday, the water in the basin behind him had become still, a perfect mirror of the Washington Monument and a grey November sky.
As Americans went to the polls for an election widely seen as a referendum on his second term, President Trump again downplayed concerns over the cost of living and addressed unpopular foreign policy matters.
The president is “always on top of the most important issues facing Americans,” one critic snarked.
Americans delivered an emphatic repudiation of President Trump Tuesday as Democrats took control of both chambers of Congress by wide margins.
Tens of millions of Americans will vote today. Republican strategist Erin Maguire and Democratic strategist Joel Payne break down President Trump's speech ahead of Election Day.
It took 10 years, but Trump’s blunders have finally led Republicans to a ruinous election result.
A Times review of the president’s public speeches finds that he is more profane, more absolutist, longer-winded and less coherent than he was in 2016.
Donald Trump has set a new benchmark for his second presidency by giving a record-breaking rambling speech. The 80-year-old president held court at a campaign rally for Republican Senate candidate Ashley Hinson and gubernatorial hopeful Zach Lahn in Iowa on Sunday,
