Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump attacked the Manhattan judge and prosecutor in his New York criminal trial, while hinting at a range of possible economic policies at a sizable rally in New Jersey on Saturday.
\nSpeaking before tens of thousands of supporters on a chilly beach on the Atlantic coastline, the former president disparaged District Attorney Alvin Bragg\u2019s appearance and dismissed the various state and federal charges he faces as a form of political persecution.
\n\u201cFat Alvin, corrupt guy,\u201d said Trump, who is on trial for allegedly falsifying business records to hide a hush money payment to a porn star before the 2016 presidential election that he won.
\nTrump also took aim at the trial judge, Justice Juan Merchan, accusing both men of working at the behest of President Joe Biden, his Democratic rival in this year\u2019s presidential rematch \u2013 an allegation for which there is no evidence.
\n\u201cThey\u2019re doing the bidding for crooked Joe Biden. This is all being done by crooked Joe Biden.\u201d
\nThe New York case is one of four state and federal criminal trials Trump faces and may be the only one to be held before the Nov. 5 election. He has pleaded not guilty in all of them, portraying them as politically motivated.
\nTrump was in the beachside town of Wildwood, New Jersey, a conservative part of an otherwise Democratic state.
\nThough the former president told supporters he plans to win New Jersey, that is unlikely given that Biden beat the then-president in the state by 16 percentage points in 2020.
\nBut Wildwood is less than 90 minutes from Pennsylvania, one of the nation\u2019s most competitive states, and it is a popular weekend spot for residents of metropolitan Philadelphia. Trump referred frequently to Pennsylvania during the rally.
\nHe alluded to policies including a tax cut and fresh tariffs should he return to office.
\nRecounting a conversation with an unnamed automotive executive who had built factories in Mexico, Trump said he had pledged a 200% tariff on some imported cars. It was not clear what countries would be affected by the tariff or if his recounting of the conversation amounted to a formal policy proposal.
\nThe Biden White House is itself poised to dramatically raise tariffs on Chinese electric vehicles in the coming days.
\n\u201cI said, \u2018I will put a 200% tax on every car that comes in,’\u201d Trump told the crowd.
\nTrump also said he would halt offshore wind projects in New Jersey and pledged to implement a new tax cut, without offering details.
\nTrump has come out in favor of extending a major tax cut that he signed to law in 2017, and Reuters reported in April that Trump was mulling an additional tax cut geared toward the middle class.
\n\u201cInstead of a Biden tax hike, I\u2019ll give you a Trump middle-class, upper-class, lower-class, business-class big tax cut,\u201d he said.
\nWarming up the crowd was North Dakota Governor Doug Burgum, a one-time rival in the Republican primary race. The governor has since become a top contender to be Trump\u2019s vice-presidential candidate, according to multiple people who have talked to the former president. Trump appeared to allude to Burgum taking a major administration role in his speech.
\n\u201cGet ready for something, OK?\u201d Trump said, while discussing Burgum. \u201cJust get ready.\u201d
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