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DC Daily: Trump's speech called 'deeply disturbing'

Posted at 8:01 AM, Apr 30, 2017
and last updated 2017-04-30 11:15:31-04

TRUMP RALLIES THE BASE

(KGTV) -- President Donald Trump's speech to a large Pennsylvania rally prompted a former presidential adviser to call it divisive and "deeply disturbing."

"This was the most divisive speech I have ever heard from a sitting American president," said David Gergen. Gergen served during the administrations of Richard Nixon, Gerald Ford, Ronald Reagan, and Bill Clinton.

"He played to his base and he treated his other listeners, the rest of the people who have been disturbed about him or opposed him, he treated them basically as, 'I don't give a damn what you think because you're frankly like the enemy.' I thought it was a deeply disturbing speech," Gergen said.

WATCH THE VIDEO IN IT'S ENTIRETY HERE - http://www.cnn.com/videos/politics/2017/04/30/donald-trump-100-days-rally-full-speech.cnn

 


 

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