TRUMP, THE BRONX BOMBER, SPEAKS TO THE MASSES

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Post Editorial Board
Published May 23, 2024, 9:32 p.m. ET

“We are going to win New York!” Donald Trump boasted at what he described as his Bronx “love fest” Thursday evening.

Well … maybe.

But Trump’s unexpected rally did show he can win enough of the country to take back the presidency.

First was the setting itself.

Former President Donald Trump attends a campaign rally in the Bronx on May 23, 2024.

Former President Donald Trump attends a campaign rally in the Bronx on May 23, 2024. Stephen Yang

You don’t see Joe Biden flying into Texas or Louisiana for a rally; he has a hard enough time convincing registered Democrats that he’s not a failed president.Trump has an energized base, giving him the flexibility to, say, spend a weekend on a New Jersey beach or an evening in the Boogie Down Bronx