'You're not getting bored, right?' Concerned Trump senses reporters lost interest in rant
President Donald Trump rambled after he held up photo after photo of people whom he claimed were criminal immigrants in Minnesota.
To mark the first anniversary of his second term, Trump took the podium in the White House briefing room on Tuesday.
"We've done more than any other administration has done, by far, in terms of military, in terms of ending wars, in terms of completing wars. Nobody's really seeing very much like I think it's appropriate that because Minnesota, so much in the fray," Trump began. "And I said to my people all the time, so busy doing other things like they should. Ending murders, drug dealers, a lot of bad people, and these are just some of the more recent ones. That we have. I can show you some of the people."
With that, the president began a 15-minute presentation, holding up photos of various people. Each photo had the word "Minnesota" printed at the top.
"These are out of Minnesota, just Minnesota," he noted. "These criminal illegal aliens said, in many cases, the matter is that drug lords, drug dealers, and the mentally insane. There's some of them were brutal killers and mentally insane, they're killers. But they're saying. These are just in Minnesota and California. It's worse. In the states. Worse. No, Minnesota. The crime is incredible. The financial crimes are incredible. And the problem is because of the educators, an insurrection is what have you with troublemakers. But they're paid agitators. An insurrection is — nobody talks about the fact that $19 billion at a minimum is missing in Minnesota, given to a large degree."
"But these are people that you have to see," Trump continued. "Strong arm rape, aggravated assault with a weapon, and many other crimes. Gang member, known as one of the toughest people around. These are tough people."
The president paused, sensing he was not captivating his audience.
"You're not getting bored with this, right?" he asked the reporters. "I hope you don't."