At half-full stadium, Trump makes desperate pitch to save the midterms

September 10, 2026 — 7:30pm

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Dallas: There were bribes and lies in Donald Trump’s speech to the Republican National Convention, though it was a consummate piece of showmanship.

The lies concerned the crowd at the American Airlines Centre in Dallas, which was decidedly half-full, despite the US president’s protests to the contrary.

“This place is packed,” he said at one point, even though the upper stands were mostly empty. He pointed to a pretend person in the stands, asserting they were leaving to go to the bathroom.

“They’ll take a picture of his seat while he’s gone, and they’ll say, ‘Trump did not fill up the arena, the arena was not filled, look........

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