>The hall, which seats 2,700 people, had already started filling up with supporters, the first of whom arrived around 1pm for the 7.30pm event. Not everyone was getting in.

Would be interesting to get an estimate of how many even tried to get in.

Otherwise it sounds a lot like the speculation that a lot of Trumpers just treat his rallies like a sports outing with just tailgating out in the lot.

>About three out of 10 people attending the rally left before Trump finished speaking at 10.14pm. In their defense, Trump was an hour and a half late.

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>Seven minutes into Trump’s address, as he recited a litany of grievances about inflation, schools, the quality of cars, cities, immigration and the prospect of a third world war, a dozen people had already walked out.

Well what the fuck were they expecting, or was simply seeing him in the flesh enough to feel satisfied?

>“I live an hour away, and my son is waiting in the car,” she said. “He didn’t want to come in. He’s a teenager.” He’s 15, she said.

Let him stay the fuck home

>A group of five young men wearing brand-new red “Make America Great Again” baseball caps walked out just before 9.30, as Trump was claiming that the wars in Ukraine and Gaza would not have happened if he had been president. The five looked mildly bewildered and very slightly out of place, even there.

>“We’re from Denmark, and we don’t really care about American politics at all, but we wanted to experience American politics firsthand,” said Gustave.

I hope whichever one in their friend circle was like "What's the best way to experience American politics firsthand? **Attend a Trump rally**" got a lot of punched in the arm.

>Another 50 or so left over the next 10 minutes. Four of them were thrown out.

>“Some of us went in with flags to scream, ‘Free Palestine’.” said one young man who wouldn’t identify himself. Trump was talking about ending taxes on tips. “The flags got snatched from us. We got booed. We got kicked. I still support Trump though.”

Holy cognitive dissonance, Batman

>“I’m actually leaving early because my phone is dying and I have a Tesla so I can’t get in. It’s really upsetting, because it meant a lot to be here, and I just can’t get in my car.”

What the fuck