Flying Squid@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

Trump Did Not Realize His Town Hall Was a Town Hall Until He Got Up On Stage: ‘Why Doesn’t Someone Tell Me This Stuff?’

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Trump Did Not Realize His Town Hall Was a Town Hall Until He Got Up On Stage: ‘Why Doesn’t Someone Tell Me This Stuff?’

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Flying Squid@lemmy.world to News@lemmy.world · 8 months ago

https://www.youtube.com/live/2wMvp10TgSk?si=aJqaUqPdg5VrzkhB&t=5077 Former President Donald Trump held a town hall with Tulsi Gabbard in Wisconsin on Thursday -- but he didn't know it was a town hall until the event actually started. This is not based on insider information, this was exactly what Trump told the crowd that had gathered in LaCrosse. The whole conversation --

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Not being from the USA, I can’t find what a “Town Hall” means in this context, does anyone care to explain?
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  https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_hall_meeting
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    Thanks; I thought “his town hall” meant that the town’s administrative building (Rathaus) was named after Trump.
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