Trump boasts about his mobility at rally: ‘I can go ramp, I can go stair’

President Donald Trump, 80, drew attention at a Texas manufacturing plant when he insisted he has no trouble with ramps or stairs, saying he can "go ramp" or "go stair." The Thursday speech, at the Peterbilt Motors Company plant in Denton, came a few weeks before the midterms and was meant to energize backing for Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton, according to The Independent.

Trump used the moment to mock his predecessor, Joe Biden, claiming Biden left a stage after a very short speech and could never locate the steps. Some in the crowd applauded. Trump then gestured at the stairs around the stage and said he has no such problem. He also praised his administration's manufacturing record, saying heavy truck shipments are at an all-time high and American trucking is back.

The Independent notes that the remarks recall 2020, when Trump's slow walk down a ramp at West Point went viral. He later wrote on X that the ramp was long, steep and slippery, and that he ran the last ten feet. In February, on The Dan Bongino Show, he said he moves carefully boarding aircraft, and he once joked about how Barack Obama bounded down stairs.

Summarized by PolitiKool from The Independent’s reporting. Read the full story at The Independent →