- President Trump spoke at a campaign rally in Duluth, Minnesota, hours after signing an executive order that he said would keep undocumented immigrant families together when they are detained at the southern border.
- See below for highlights.
President Trump held a rally tonight in Duluth, Minnesota, after signing an executive order that he said will keep far more families together at the border.
During his speech, Trump blasted Democrats, praised North Korean leader Kim Jong Un and said he was smarter than the elites.
President Trump, questioning why some people are considered "elite," bragged tonight in Duluth that he has a “much better apartment than they do” and is “richer than they are.”
President Trump heckled a protester who interrupted his campaign rally in Minnesota.
Trump was talking about immigration when he stopped mid-speech to acknowledge the protester.
"Get him out of here," Trump said."Get him out of here Go home to your mom, darling. Go home. Get him out of here. Out."
The crowd of Trump supporters chanted "USA," as the President looked on.
"Was that a man or a woman?" Trump asked. "Because he needs a haircut more than I do. I couldn't tell. I couldn't tell. I couldn't tell."
President Trump decried the Russia investigation on Wednesday, using the case of Peter Strzok and Lisa Page to accuse the government of favoring Hillary Clinton over him.
“No matter what she did, no matter how many crimes she committed, which were numerous, they wanted her to be innocent,” he said at a rally in Duluth. “With me, nothing. No collusion, no nothing. They just wanted to take all of us and wanted to put us in trouble."
“It's not working,” he said, calling the alleged bias “disgusting.”
He insisted that Moscow would have preferred Hillary Clinton in the White House.
“All the things we’ve done, including sanctions, so many things, they’re looking back and thinking I wish crooked Hillary won that election,” he said.
President Trump blamed Sen. John McCain for the collapse of health care repeal, repeating a line he has used in most rallies for months.
"We had a gentlemen way into the morning hours, go thumbs down," Trump said. "He went thumbs down."
The president did not mention McCain by name, but it was clear who he was referring to.
“He’s a war hero!" a woman shouted from the crowd. "He’s a war hero!"
The president moved onto another topic and did not engage.
The President's rally is taking place hours after he signed an executive order halting the separation of undocumented immigrant families on the US-Mexico border.
"It was a great meeting," Trump said of his historic meeting with Kim in Singapore earlier this month. "Chairman Kim... will turn that country into a great, successful country. Let me tell you this, a year and a half ago no one thought that was possible."
Trump has sought to cast his meeting with Kim as a turning point in North Korean relations, hoping that the boost on the international stage will help Republicans running in the midterms elections this year. But the outcome of Trump's meeting in Singapore has been largely overshadowed of late by his decision to separate families on the US-Mexico border.
Touting his summit with Kim Jong Un, President Trump said Wednesday North Korea has sent back the remains of 200 US soldiers killed in the Korean War.
The return of remains was a key accomplishment from the summit, Trump said, along with ending nuclear tests.
"They stopped everything that they would want you to stop and they blew up sites where they test," he said.
He expounded upon his personal ties to Kim.
"I got along with Kim Jong Un," he said, "and that's a good thing, not a bad thing."
"Right now you are so safe," he told the crowd in Duluth.
MAGA hats. American flags. And signs that say, "Promises made" and "Promises kept." That's the scene inside Amsoil Arena in Duluth, Minnesota, as we await President Trump.
President Trump is delivering remarks at a campaign rally tonight in Minnesota.