Takeaways from Trump’s 1st rally speech as president-elect

PHOENIX — President-elect Donald Trump came to Arizona on Sunday for his first rally speech since winning the November election. We’re going to really give it a shot.” Trump, who likes to say that his clear but close victory was a landslide, argued: “There’s a spirit that we have now that we didn’t have just a short while ago.” Trump adds Panama Canal to his international tough talk Besides his “Make America Great Again” motto, Trump’s policy brand that resonates so strongly with his supporters is “America First.” It encapsulates his criticisms of foreign aid, certain U.S. military interventions overseas and his plans to impose sweeping tariffs on imported goods. He recently mocked Canada as a U.S. state and referred to Prime Minister Justin Trudeau as “governor.” Trump’s supporters love the brashness and argue he is simply using leverage and public pressure to U.S. advantage. “He’s not gonna be president.” Still, the charge flowed freely after Musk’s social media posts helped spike one bipartisan congressional budget deal and pushed Washington to the brink of a partial government shut down. Trump celebrates a broadened Republican coalition The president-elect relished reliving political pundits’ analysis that he had a weak voter turnout effort — “ground game,” in campaign parlance.