Donald Trump said he has a “very fertile brain” as he defended his rambling speeches at a rally in Wisconsin on Friday.

Public speeches by former president seemingly become more disconnected and unfocused something in recent months New York Times correspondent Maggie Haberman upgraded CNN‘s Source show last month.

Responding to comments that his speeches were rambling in Milwaukee on Friday night, the former president said: “I have a very efficient, very efficient brain, but this is the knitting and this is what we do, this is the way you tell a story and you cover 15 subtopics but you don’t get to the final answer.” you reach.”

In his previous speech, Trump explained what he meant by “pattern,” which he defined as the manner of speaking that is part of telling a story.

The former president said: “He would say ramble, I don’t chatter. I knit, do you know what knitting is? It’s a story.”

Republican While speaking, the candidate made a gesture with his hand to imitate a knitting motion.

“As you tell the story you realize it’s a little off, but the important thing is you have to go back and then you tell the story and you get to the bottom of it and you do another weave and sometimes you weave another from one weave,” Trump added.

The clip was: Posted on X by Harris campaign accountbefore excitementlater that night and has since amassed over 320,000 views.

Trump’s answers to questions and his inconsistent speeches have been discussed for the past few months.

in mid-october, Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait interrupted Trump during an event at the Economic Club of Chicago: To remind him that the question he was asking was about tariffs, not the wars Trump is discussing.

Answering a different question to the one being asked is something Trump has done several times in an interview; at one point he was referring to a question. Ministry of Justice Voter rolls case in Virginia when questions about secession are raised Alphabet, Google‘s parent company.

The former president’s estranged niece, Mary, also called Trump’s reactions at the Economic Club of New York in September a “disjointed riff.” Republican candidate suggests tariffs would lower child care costs.

Commenting on his response, Mary said: “I defy anyone trying to follow the course of this nonsense to tell me what it means. No one can.”

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