President Donald Trump on Thursday castigated liberal "elites" — and declared he and his supporters are the real elite.
In a Michigan rally speech, an energized Trump reveled in the completion of the nearly two-year Russia collusion investigation by special counsel Robert Mueller — and opened fire on a target he has called out in the past.
"I'm smarter than they are, I went to better schools than they did, I have better apartments than they have, I'm better educated all around," Trump said of liberal elites. "I have a much more beautiful house, much more beautiful anything. And I'm president and they're not.
"I get a kick, I hear: 'So and so, the elite.' Then you see this guy, like, this little schlepper. 'This is elite? I'm not elite?'" Trump continued. "We're the elite. You're smarter. You're sharper. You're more loyal. You're a hell of a lot tougher. A hell of a lot tougher."
He drew similar conclusion at a rally last June in Fargo, N.D.
"We got more money, we got more brains, we got better houses and apartments, we got nicer boats, we're smarter than they are, and they say they're the elite," the president said, The Hill reported at the time. "You're the elite, we're the elite."
"Let's call ourselves, from now on, the super elite," he added.
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