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Trump’s weird Arnold Palmer story left reporter struggling to keep a straight face
Trump shocked his audience with a number of lewd and vulgar comments targeted at his Democratic counterpart Kamala Harris.
New Delhi: A CNN political correspondent had a hard time holding back his laughter after former US President Donald Trump shared a bizarre anecdote about golf legend Arnold Palmer at the Make America Great Again rally in Pittsburgh.
“Arnold Palmer was totally a man. And I say this with all due respect to women. And I like women. But this man, this man. This is a man who was totally a man,” Donald Trump told the crowd in Pennsylvania on Saturday.
Trump then spent 12 minutes praising Palmer and describing how fellow golfers were left amazed after showering with the Latrobe native. “When he showered with the other pros, they came out of there. They said, ‘Oh my God! This is unbelievable.'”
CNN’s Steve Contorno, reporting the event, struggled to keep a straight face while covering this unusual story live. “I’m not making this up,” Contorno said, reiterating Trump’s unexpected comments.
“Trump’s campaign is telling us that tonight’s appearance is the beginning of his closing argument to voters for the upcoming election,” Contorno said. “And that closing argument started out pretty interesting.”
Trying to stifle laughter, he added, “He started with a long-winded story about Latrobe, Pennsylvania native Arnold Palmer, including — and I’m not making this up — descriptions of the Hall of Fame golfer in the men’s room, in the locker room, and what he looked like in the shower!”
The reporter tried to move on from this anecdote as quickly as possible. He got to the usual talking points that were taking place at the rally.
During his campaign stop in Pennsylvania, the Republican presidential candidate further shocked his audience with a number of lewd and vulgar remarks directed at his Democratic counterpart Kamala Harris. “It’s been a terrible four years,” Trump said, referring to the Biden-Harris administration.
Despite the unusual tone of the rally, Trump’s team stressed that the event was meant to mark the start of his final effort to win over voters in the key swing state before the election.
