{"id":2325339,"date":"2024-08-15T19:53:02","date_gmt":"2024-08-15T23:53:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-five-takeaways-from-trump-press-conference-at-bedminster-washington-examiner\/"},"modified":"2024-08-15T19:56:03","modified_gmt":"2024-08-15T23:56:03","slug":"top-five-takeaways-from-trump-press-conference-at-bedminster-washington-examiner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/top-five-takeaways-from-trump-press-conference-at-bedminster-washington-examiner\/","title":{"rendered":"Top five takeaways from Trump press conference at Bedminster- Washington Examiner"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Ftop-five-takeaways-from-trump-press-conference-at-bedminster-washington-examiner%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2325339&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Here are the five takeaways from Donald Trump&#8217;s \u200dpress conference held at his Bedminster golf club in New Jersey:<\/p>\n<p>1. **Call to End the\u2063 War\u200c in Gaza**: Trump urged Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin \u2063Netanyahu to swiftly conclude the conflict\u2063 with Hamas, which has resulted in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/russia-has-problems-putins-war-in-ukraine-is-now-a-bloody-stalemate\/\" title=\"Russia Has Problems: Putin\u2019s War in Ukraine Is Now a Bloody Stalemate\">significant civilian casualties<\/a> and many hostages. He emphasized the need for a\u200d decisive victory and the cessation of \u200bviolence.<\/p>\n<p>2. **Critique of \u200cEarly Voting**: Despite the Republican Party&#8217;s push for acceptance of\u200b early voting, Trump labeled it as &#8220;ridiculous.&#8221; He argued for a return to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vivek-ramaswamy-claims-mike-pence-missed-an-opportunity-for-heroism\/\" title=\"Vivek Ramaswamy says Pence missed chance to be a hero.\">single-day voting<\/a> with paper ballots and voter ID requirements, reinforcing his stance against early \u200cvoting practices.<\/p>\n<p>3. **Defense of Personal Attacks on Kamala Harris**: Trump asserted he was justified in making personal attacks against Vice President Kamala Harris, citing her own derogatory remarks \u2063about \u200dhim. He\u200d expressed low regard \u200dfor her intelligence and reiterated his\u200b opinion that she would\u200b make\u200b a \u200dpoor\u200d president.<\/p>\n<p>4. \u200d**Comments on Harris&#8217;s Time \u200cMagazine Cover**: Trump\u200c made\u200d multiple references to Harris&#8217;s cover on Time magazine, criticizing its\u200c artistic representation instead \u200bof \u200can actual photograph. He used this as a \u2062rallying point during \u200chis \u200dspeeches, continuing\u2064 to question the \u2063media&#8217;s portrayal of \u2064her.<\/p>\n<p>5. **Openness to Nikki Haley**: Trump responded \u200bpositively to former U.N.\u2063 Ambassador Nikki Haley&#8217;s criticisms of his approach to \u200cattacking Harris, suggesting that he would welcome\u2062 her support\u200b on the campaign trail. Haley had previously called Trump&#8217;s\u200b attacks &#8220;whining&#8221; and urged a focus on issues rather than personal disputes.<\/p>\n<p>Trump&#8217;s conference \u2063showcased his ongoing adversarial stance \u200ctowards Harris, his criticism of voting practices, and his engagement with international \u2063affairs regarding Israel.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-header-search-button-mob dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><span class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-button\"><i class=\"tdb-mobile-menu-icon td-icon-mobile\"><\/i><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search\" aria-labelledby=\"td-header-search-button\">\n<div class=\"tdb-drop-down-search-inner\">\n<form method=\"get\" class=\"tdb-search-form\" action=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\"><\/form>\n<div class=\"tdb-aj-search\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/#\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"Search\" class=\"tdb-head-search-btn dropdown-toggle\" data-toggle=\"dropdown\"><i class=\"tdb-search-icon td-icon-search\"><\/i><\/a><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<h1 class=\"tdb-title-text\">Top five takeaways from Trump press conference at Bedminster<\/h1>\n<div><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-title-line\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<div id=\"Brid_1730913\" class=\"tpd-featured-video bridtv\"><\/div>\n<p>Former President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Donald Trump<\/a>&lsquo;s press conference at his Bedminster golf club&nbsp;in New Jersey featured a roughly 46-minute monologue with frequent attacks against Vice President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/kamala-harris\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Kamala Harris<\/a> while repeating key topics from the campaign stump. <\/p>\n<p>This is Trump&rsquo;s second press conference in about a week as he aims to pressure Harris into sitting down for a substantial press interview, which she has so far avoided. Last week&rsquo;s press conference was held at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. The former president claimed Harris is &ldquo;not smart enough&rdquo; to face media questioning.<\/p>\n<p>Trump has struggled to adapt to a newly energized Democratic ticket and party after President Joe Biden suspended his campaign last month. The former president, flanked by a table full of food and coffee, blasted Harris as a &ldquo;radical-left person&rdquo; who &ldquo;wants to put price controls all over the place.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>In a surprise moment of kindness toward journalists, Trump praised CNN&rsquo;s Dana Bash and Jake Tapper for their hosting duties during the June debate against Biden. &ldquo;I have to say Jake Tapper and Dana Bash were unbelievably straight and honest. I give them a lot of credit for that,&rdquo; Trump said of the debate where Biden did so poorly he was pressured into bowing out of the race.<\/p>\n<p>Before Trump&rsquo;s press conference, the Harris campaign mocked the former president in an email with the subject line &ldquo;Donald Trump To Ramble Incoherently and Spread Dangerous Lies in Public, but at Different Home.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>Citing previous cases where Trump&rsquo;s preference for incendiary comments overshadowed his message, the campaign warned readers that &ldquo;Donald Trump intends to deliver another self-obsessed rant full of his own personal grievances to distract from his toxic Project 2025 agenda, unpopular running mate, and increasing detachment from the reality of the voters who will decide this election.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Here are the <em>Washington Examiner&rsquo;s<\/em> five takeaways from the press conference.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump tells Israel&rsquo;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/uk-govt-lockdown-to-last-12-months-expect-repeated-vaccinations\/\" title=\"UK Govt: Lockdown to Last 12+ Months, Expect Repeated Vaccinations\">prime minister<\/a> to end the war<\/h2>\n<p>The last time Trump spoke with Israel&rsquo;s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was during a 2 1\/2 hour meeting at his Mar-a-Lago resort in late July, Trump told reporters Thursday. The assertion rebuts reporting that the two leaders spoke by phone Wednesday about the Gaza hostage and ceasefire deal.<\/p>\n<p>Trump did, however, encourage Netanyahu to hurriedly end the war against Hamas that has claimed the lives of thousands of civilians and led to 115 hostages still in the hands of Hamas.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;He knows what he&rsquo;s doing. I did encourage him to get this over with,&rdquo; said Trump. &ldquo;You want to get it over with. It has to get over with fast but have victory, get your victory, and get it over with. It has to stop. The killing has to stop.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Officials from the United States, Qatar, Egypt, and Israel are in the midst of high-level negotiations in Doha to bring out a deal that would end the fighting between Israel and Hamas.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump calls early voting &lsquo;ridiculous&rsquo;<\/h2>\n<p>One day after early voting in Florida, Trump reverted to denouncing the voting strategy even as the GOP is pushing for the base to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/majority-support-trump-in-2024-gop-primary-straw-poll-at-turning-point-action-conference\/\" title=\"Most attendees at Turning Point Action Conference back Trump for 2024 GOP primary.\">embrace early voting<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>Trump encouraged people who are struggling in credit card debt to vote for his campaign but segued into attacking early voting. &ldquo;They should on Nov. 5 or sooner, if it&rsquo;s early voting, which largely it is which is ridiculous, we should have one-day voting paper ballots,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;We should have voter ID, and we should have proof of citizenship because people are voting.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>On Wednesday, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/campaigns\/presidential\/3121459\/trump-votes-early-florida-felony-conviction\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" title>Trump cast<\/a> an early vote ballot in Florida as a convicted felon. Trump was convicted of 34 felonies for falsifying business records, but depending on sentencing in New York and other legal cases, his right to vote could be curtailed.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump &lsquo;entitled&rsquo; to personal attacks against Harris <\/h2>\n<p>For weeks, Harris and her running mate, Gov. Tim Walz (D-MN), have poked fun at Trump and his running mate, Sen. J.D. Vance (R-OH), via Generation Z-inflected memes, harsh campaign emails, and media appearances brandishing the GOP as &ldquo;weird.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>These attacks, according to Trump, allow him to lob criticisms right back at Democrats. &ldquo;I think I&rsquo;m entitled to personal attacks,&rdquo; Trump said when asked about a more disciplined approach. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I don&rsquo;t have a lot of respect for her. I don&rsquo;t have a lot of respect for her intelligence, and I think she&rsquo;ll be a terrible president, and I think it&rsquo;s very important that we win,&rdquo; Trump added. &ldquo;And whether the personal attacks are good, bad, I mean, she certainly attacks me personally. She actually called me weird. &lsquo;He&rsquo;s weird.&rsquo; It was just a sound bite, and she called J.D. and I weird. He&rsquo;s not weird. He was a great student at Yale. He went to Ohio State, graduated in two years at the top of his class, and all of these different things.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>The GOP has continued to implore Trump to move away from attacks against Harris&rsquo;s race and gender and focus more on pocketbook issues, to mixed results. <\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump keeps commenting on Harris&rsquo;s <em>Time<\/em> magazine cover<\/h2>\n<p>In a Monday interview with Elon Musk on X, Trump claimed that Harris&rsquo;s <em>Time<\/em> magazine cover reminded him of his wife and former first lady, Melania. Two days later, Trump brought up the magazine cover again at a rally in Asheville, North Carolina.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;And now they&rsquo;re putting her on the covers of <em>Time <\/em>magazine with an artist sketch. They don&rsquo;t use a picture, they don&rsquo;t use a picture, they use an artist sketch,&rdquo; Trump said as the crowd booed. &ldquo;I want to use that artist. I want to find that artist. I like him very much.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Thursday marked the third time that Trump publicly referenced the cover. &ldquo;What was that all about? The whole thing is crazy. I just want to win for the country,&rdquo; Trump said. &ldquo;Some people say, &lsquo;Oh, why don&rsquo;t you be nice?&rsquo; But they&rsquo;re not nice to me.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Trump&rsquo;s openness to Nikki Haley<\/h2>\n<p>Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley recently slammed Trump&rsquo;s attacks against Harris as &ldquo;whining&rdquo; and urged the campaign to focus on the liberal policies that Harris has endorsed and times pivoted away from. <\/p>\n<p>When asked about Haley&rsquo;s comments, Trump appeared agreeable to his former primary rival joining him on the campaign trail.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Sure,&rdquo; Trump said when asked about Haley as a campaign surrogate. &ldquo;I think that we&rsquo;ve done very well. I think that we&rsquo;re hitting a nerve. I think this is a different kind of a race. All we have to do is define our opponent as being a communist or a socialist or somebody that&rsquo;s going to destroy our country.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p>The former president then segued into discussing how he defeated the South Carolina lawmaker in her home state during the primary season. <\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;I beat her in her own state by legendary numbers, and I get along with her fine. I appreciate that she endorsed me and all of that,&rdquo; he said. &ldquo;I think, relatively to what they&rsquo;re doing and how radical they are and how, in many ways how sick they are. I think I&rsquo;m doing a very calm campaign.&rdquo; <\/p>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\"><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Trump has spent several campaign events attacking Harris but also engaging in rambling moments that diluted the impact of his criticisms. &ldquo;I&rsquo;m a very calm person, believe it or not. If I wasn&rsquo;t, probably wouldn&rsquo;t be around anymore you know,&rdquo; he emphasized.<\/p>\n<p>But ultimately, while Trump appreciated Haley&rsquo;s advice, he said, &ldquo;I have to do it my way.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p> <script data-cfasync=\"false\" src=\"http:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/cdn-cgi\/scripts\/5c5dd728\/cloudflare-static\/email-decode.min.js\"><\/script><script>!function(){var g=window;g.googletag=g.googletag||{},g.googletag.cmd=g.googletag.cmd||[],g.googletag.cmd.push(function(){g.googletag.pubads().setTargeting(\"has-featured-video\",\"true\")})}();<\/script><script>var _bp=_bp||[];_bp.push({\"div\":\"Brid_1730913\",\"obj\":{\"id\":\"27789\",\"width\":\"1280\",\"height\":\"720\",\"stickyDirection\":\"below\",\"video\":\"1730913\"}});<\/script><script defer src=\"https:\/\/services.brid.tv\/player\/build\/brid.min.js\"><\/script><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\"><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Here are the main points from Donald Trump&#8217;s press conference at his Bedminster golf club in New Jersey. The event included a 46-minute speech where Trump frequently criticized Vice President Kamala Harris and reiterated familiar campaign themes. This marks Trump&#8217;s second press conference in a week, as he seeks to pressure Harris into participating in an interview, which she has yet to do. Last week&#8217;s conference took place at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.<\/p>\n<p>During the press conference, Trump claimed that Harris is &#8220;not smart enough&#8221; to handle media questions and expressed frustration with the newly invigorated Democratic party following President Joe Biden&#8217;s campaign suspension last month. Surrounded by food and coffee, he labeled Harris a &#8220;radical-left person&#8221; advocating for widespread price controls.<\/p>\n<p>In an unexpected moment of praise for journalists, Trump commended CNN&#8217;s Dana Bash and Jake Tapper for their fairness during a debate against Biden, despite Biden&#8217;s poor performance leading him to withdraw from the race.<\/p>\n<p>Prior to Trump&#8217;s remarks, the Harris campaign ridiculed him through an email titled \u201cDonald Trump To Ramble Incoherently and Spread Dangerous Lies in Public.\u201d They warned that he would deliver another self-centered rant aimed at distracting from his controversial agenda and detachment from voter concerns.<\/p>\n<p>Key takeaways include:<\/p>\n<p>1. **Trump Urges Israel\u2019s Prime Minister**: He encouraged Netanyahu to swiftly conclude the war with Hamas while emphasizing the need for victory.<\/p>\n<p>2. **Criticism of Early Voting**: Despite early voting starting in Florida, Trump denounced it as &#8220;ridiculous,&#8221; advocating instead for same-day voting with paper ballots and voter ID requirements.<\/p>\n<p>3. **Entitlement to Personal Attacks**: Responding to attacks on him by Harris and her running mate Tim Walz (D-MN), Trump asserted his right to retaliate personally against Democrats.<\/p>\n<p>4. **Comments on Time Magazine Cover**: He repeatedly referenced Harris\u2019s Time magazine cover during speeches, expressing disbelief over its artistic representation rather than using a photograph.<\/p>\n<p>5. **Openness Toward Nikki Haley**: After Haley criticized his approach towards Harris as \u201cwhining,\u201d Trump indicated he would welcome her support on the campaign trail while maintaining that he prefers conducting his campaign according to his own style.<\/p>\n<p>Overall, while engaging in personal attacks against opponents like Kamala Harris remains part of Trump&#8217;s strategy, there are calls within GOP circles urging him to focus more on substantive issues affecting voters&#8217; lives<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2658,"featured_media":2325340,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AP24228751858841.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[38275,32818,10191,3634,32076],"class_list":["post-2325339","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-bedminster","tag-press-conference","tag-takeaways","tag-trump","tag-washington-examiner"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/08\/AP24228751858841.webp","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325339","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2658"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2325339"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2325339\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2325340"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2325339"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2325339"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2325339"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}