posted June 25, 2023 09:54 PM            

Trump listed off a slate of "ist" that he's blaming for his ills: communists, socialists, fascists, globalists. Speaking in Michigan on Sunday evening, Trump trashed electric vehicles, which are bringing jobs back to the state in droves. But among those he trashed was also a new foe: law enforcement.

"We are a nation in decline," said Trump at the end of his speech. "And now these radical left lunatics want to interfere with our elections by using law enforcement. It's totally corrupt, and we will never let it happen. This is the final battle with you at my side. We will demolish the deep state. We will expel the warmongers from our government. We will drive out the globalists. We will cast out the communists, Marxists, and fascists, and we will throw off the sick political class that hates our country. We will route the fake news media, and we will defeat crooked Joe Biden."

Trump revealed during the speech that he has been unable to come up with a new nickname for Biden, so he is going to reuse the one he had for Hillary Clinton.

Trump has long claimed to be an advocate of law enforcement. In 2020, he promised to send sheriffs and other law enforcement officials to polling places. It's something that Democrats have long opposed and continue to oppose. But in this case it appeared Trump switched sides.

It's unclear why Trump thinks that this is his final battle. He hasn't indicated that he has any health issues, though one of his former loyalists said he should come clean about any health problems. Another possibility is that Trump thinks he might go to prison.

Trump also attacked what he called the "warmongers," a curious position for Trump since he bragged for four years that he was pumping more money into defense spending, building more ships and planes. Defense spending is typically used for the military, which means war.

Trump concluded by telling the audience, "we will liberate America from these villains once and for all. The great silent majority is rising like never before and under our leadership, the forgotten man and woman will be forgotten no longer."