As of Monday, we are one week and one day away from what may be the most important election of our lifetimes, and for once, that’s not hyperbole. It will determine whether the United States continues sliding over a cliff or changes course and returns to its foundations.

I’ve run and been involved in a lot of campaigns, and I can tell you that in successful ones, by this late stage, you’ve nailed down your base and should be making the case to persuade the persuadable undecideds to break your way. It’s when you’re barnstorming the country to make your final argument for why you deserve their vote and to fire up enthusiasm among your supporters to get to the polls and do it. That’s become even more important now that Election Day has been stretched into Election Weeks or Month, so that voters are already casting millions of ballots.

So how did Donald Trump and Kamala Harris each spend this all-important weekend?

In between a flurry of campaign appearances, Trump sat down for three hours with podcaster Joe Rogan, who is immensely popular with young listeners, especially males. It was posted late on Friday and as of this writing early Monday morning, it had already racked up 33 million views on YouTube alone, plus over 436,000 comments. Most were positive, with some calling it the best political interview they’d ever seen. Some said they were former Democrats who are now voting for Trump, and many remarked on how intelligent, measured, knowledgeable and funny he is, nothing at all like the dumb, crazy fascist the Democrats depict him as being.

Some said they didn’t intend to sit through the whole thing, but stayed up half the night listening. How often do you hear that about any political interview these days? Maybe Rogan and Trump together will bring back the requirement that political candidates have to be able to speak for hours without a teleprompter. That can only be a good thing.

One thing I found heartwarming is how many commenters stated they were in nations all over the world, from Denmark to Malawi, but they love America and are praying for voters to elect Trump. If you haven’t seen it yet, here are some highlights…

https://townhall.com/tipsheet/saraharnold/2024/10/26/heres-the-highlights-of-joe-rohans-three-hour-interview-with-trump-n2646816

But honestly, it’s worth setting aside three hours for. Here’s the entire thing…

Trump followed that on Saturday with a rally in Novi, Michigan, where he introduced a group of respected local Muslim leaders who endorsed him. Imam Belal Alzuhairi said, "We, as Muslims, stand with President Trump because he promises peace, not war! We are supporting Donald Trump because he promised to end war in the Middle East and Ukraine. The bloodshed has to stop all over the world, and I think this man can make that happen. I personally believe that God saved his life twice for a reason." This came amid news of a stunning YouGov poll showing Trump now leads Harris among Arab-American voters by 49-47%.

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-earns-endorsement-highly-respected-muslim-leaders-battleground-state

Then came the big kahuna on Sunday: Trump’s historic rally at Madison Square Garden. (Full video here): 

https://www.youtube.com/live/HysDMs2a-iM?si=p2VZGGZlna6A0i0r

Despite Democrat politicians telling Trump he wasn’t welcome in New York (and trying to jail and bankrupt him to prove it), the people of New York packed the 20,000-seat venue with an estimated 75,000 more standing outside. Hillary Clinton compared the event to a 1930s Nazi rally there (nonsensical on all fronts, especially considering she and Bill have both held rallies there.) Tim Walz said much the same thing as Hillary in suggesting that Americans who support Trump are Nazis…

https://pjmedia.com/graysonbakich/2024/10/27/tim-walz-calls-trump-madison-square-garden-attendees-nazis-n4933698

Despite threats that any Trump appearance would be disrupted by the communist toddlers of the Dems’ professional protester class, police reported that it was not only peaceful, but everyone was friendly, polite and respectful. They even cleaned up their trash, which was also a hallmark of the old Tea Party rallies. Man, these people just don’t know how to be Nazis.

https://pjmedia.com/matt-margolis/2024/10/27/worst-nazi-rally-ever-n4933703

Also, for a “Nazi rally,” there were a surprising number of Jewish people in attendance.

https://redstate.com/jeffc/2024/10/27/jewish-people-attend-trump-nazi-rally-at-madison-square-garden-didnt-they-get-the-memo-n2181154

Lawrence Jones said on “Fox & Friends” that he was surprised to see so many people in his NYC apartment building wearing red MAGA caps because they’d never displayed their political beliefs before. Trump isn’t just making America great again, he’s making Americans feel emboldened to speak out freely again and stop self-censoring.