this was just a rally in support of donald trump. this was for no other purpose. it was not for an election, it was not for another candidate, not for a policy, not to get the country to do any specific thing. it was just a rally for him. as a country, this is not something we have a tradition of. outside of campaigns, we re not a country that is usually asked to convene a mass rally in support of our leader. in the absence of any other organizing imperative. but apparently now we re a country that does that. at least we did that tonight in cincinnati. and we re told that this rally for the new president, for the president-elect, this will be the first of many rallies like this that he holds. so that alone just covering that rallies since the election, that makes for a weird night. we have not heard from the president-elect for 3 1/2 weeks, since the election, until tonight. now that he has done this event, now we know what he has had on his mind all this time, what he s wanted to talk