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All right we've all been watching watching former President Donald Trump delivering remarks.

He's been going on for almost a half an hour so far, an opening statement at what was supposed to be a news conference so far.

So far, he hasn't answered one question hasn't taken any

questions he's doing all of this at his New Jersey golf club we're gonna check

back in once he starts taking some questions from reporters but right now I want to

get some analysis from our political

experts who are joining us right now. And Kristen Holmes you cover the campaign, the

Trump campaign for us. He appears to be talking pretty much on his message so far, reading from his notes carefully

scripted as we all can see for much of his remarks.

Is this what his campaign actually wanted him to do today?

This is what they've been wanting him to do for the last several weeks.

I mean, he's not just carefully scripted.

He's literally reading almost word for word from a binder in front of him. Now he has props they're framing this as a

speech on the economy and I continue to remind our viewers this is one of the

messages that they have tried to get Trump to hammer home.

If you look at the polling pre-Kamala Harris

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