Trump “Classic” Visits Ohio — Blasts Local Politicians, Talks OSU

President-elect Donald Trump’s visits to the Buckeye state in the past year have led to more than a couple instances of controversy including, an alleged assassination attempt in Dayton, a feud with local Columbus Fire Chief over our Convention Center, and it looks like he will not be veering off the course of his regularly high-profile speeches and city visits.

While many have watched as the newfound responsibilities have shaped how Donald Trump addresses the public (in a manner of speaking) — many of his supporters have been unsure that he’d be the same person once elected. Following a string of very somber sounding meetings with current lame duck President Barack Obama, taking back core campaign promises to hire an independent prosecutor to look into Hillary Clinton’s legal troubles, and that in regards to his border wall a fence might be just acceptable in “certain areas” Trump in the last week has proved that he in fact, hasn’t changed much with early morning Twitter tirades and now a return to “form” with his “Thank You” tour.

Last night, Trump kicked off his “Thank You” tour in Cincinnati to tout the victory he achieved and in part rally his supporters during the lame duck session. During his speech, he announced his pick for Defense Secretary, a surprising announcement considering it was planned for a Monday press release.

“We are going to appoint Mad Dog Mattis as our secretary of defense,” Trump told the crowd.

His first public remarks on OSU that were not contained to social media also made were part of his talking points, “We will do everything in our power to keep the scourge of terrorism out of our country. People are pouring in from regions of the Middle East. We have no idea who they are, where they are, what they’re thinking. And we’re going to stop that dead cold flat. You just take a good look at what just happened in your state.”

Trump later turned his attention to Ohio Governor John Kasich and once supporter and then sort-of-not-supporter Sen. Rob Portman saying, “In the great state of Ohio, we didn’t have the upper echelon of politicians either, did we?” Trump then called Kasich “very nice” recounting that despite voting for McCain Kasich called him with congratulations following the Nov. 8th election results. The audience erupt in boos directed at Kasich at the mention of this incident.

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