Trump makes supporters pledge to “cheat like hell”
At his Dallas convention appearance, Trump led supporters through a pledge declaring him the greatest president in American history. Then he said he did not care whether he was registered and would “try and cheat like hell like they do.”
The line came as Trump encouraged voting and repeated his claims about Democrats cheating. A president turning election cheating into an applause line deserves scrutiny, particularly when he is asking supporters to repeat his words.
Rachel Scott asks a question. Trump gets in her face.
ABC News correspondent Rachel Scott pressed Trump on his proposed $5,000 checks and the case for sending them if his economic policies were already working. Trump defended the proposal as a reward, and our reel shows him sharply leaning toward Scott during the exchange beside his aircraft.
The money is a proposal, not an approved payment. Questions about its cost and purpose are basic accountability questions, and the president’s response is worth watching in full.
The 9/11 footage—and the contrast with Biden
As victims’ names were read at the Pentagon on the 25th anniversary of September 11, our footage showed Trump seated with his eyes closed for part of the ceremony. The White House denied that he was sleeping.
A separate reel put that scene alongside Joe Biden standing at the Ground Zero commemoration, where the four living former presidents gathered. Biden’s office announced in May 2025 that he had prostate cancer that had spread to his bones; that documented diagnosis is the medical background to the comparison in the clip.
AP: memorial coverage · Biden medical announcement · White House response
Mamdani offers Giuliani a handshake
New York Mayor Zohran Mamdani approached Rudy Giuliani and shook his hand at the Ground Zero memorial. The gesture followed Giuliani’s public argument that Mamdani should not attend, including attacks on the city’s first Muslim mayor.
Mamdani chose a brief, civil encounter at a ceremony centered on the victims and their families. That was one of the day’s clearest examples of putting the occasion ahead of a political feud.
The wider shot raises another question about Trump’s health
Our final reel focuses on Trump’s ankles in the wider Pentagon footage. There is already a relevant public medical record: his physician’s July 17, 2025 memo said testing after lower-leg swelling found chronic venous insufficiency.
The memo reported no evidence of deep vein thrombosis or arterial disease in that evaluation. That history gives the footage context; an updated, detailed medical report would give the public more useful information about the president’s current health.
Source: presidential physician’s memo
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