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    Trump goes way off-color at Pennsylvania rally with Arnold Palmer riff

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    At a Donald Trump rally in western Pennsylvania Saturday evening, the crowd was dotted with orange and red hard hats as he presented himself as the savior of the steel industry, an important part of the region's identity, and made inappropriate remarks about late golf pro Arnold Palmer, a local hero.

    “We saved the steel industry in this country, and now we're going to make it powerful again,” Trump said as he and Vice President Kamala Harris battled for votes in the critical swing state.

    Workers are a key part of Trump's populist message, and Trump has long touted the support of union members, even in cases where union leadership has chosen to support Harris. The United Steelworkers endorsed Harris in July, and President Joe Biden won praise from the union this year after blocking a takeover of US Steel by Japan's largest steelmaker.

    The former president invited about a dozen men to the stage in Latrobe, a town of just 8,000 people about an hour outside of Pittsburgh. He said they worked in the Mon Valley for US Steel, a company that employs 20,000 people in the key battleground state.

    “In my opinion, President Trump saved the American steel industry by imposing tariffs on Chinese steel that was illegally dumped on our shores at extremely low prices to drive us out of business,” said Glenn Thomas, a third-generation steelworker he told the crowd before Trump took the stage.

    The head of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters spoke at the Republican convention this year but later decided not to endorse either candidate. Trump said at the rally that he had an “overwhelming” majority of support from rank-and-file members of the Teamsters.

    An ode to Arnold Palmer

    The rally at Arnold Palmer Regional Airport, named after the late professional golfer, was a macho and at times unconventional affair.

    Trump spent his first 15 minutes at the microphone praising Palmer's manhood – and anatomy.

    “Arnold Palmer was all man,” he told the crowd. “And I say that with all due respect to women. And I love women. But this guy. This guy. This is a guy who was completely a man. This man was very strong and tough. And I refused to say it, but when he was showering with the other men and they came out of there, they said, 'Oh my God.' That's unbelievable.'”

    “I had to say it,” he said. “I had to say it. We have women here who are very sophisticated, but…Arnold was special.”

    “And I had to tell you the shower part of it because it's – it's true,” he added. “What can I say? We want to be honest.”

    The Harris campaign wasted no time in ridiculing Trump's crush on Palmer's physique.

    “In a rally speech in Pennsylvania that his campaign described as 'the beginning of his closing argument in the final stretch,' Donald Trump focused on the issue that matters most to voters in this election: the … anatomy of a deceased golfer,” it said Harris' campaign team sent an email.

    As Trump shook hands on stage, the steelworkers joked about how much they liked their overtime pay.

    “No tax on overtime,” one man said, echoing a Trump campaign proposal.

    “No child benefit for overtime,” said another.

    Trump did not respond.

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