Trump calls his nonsense ‘I do the weave’ – but has he simply lost the thread?

For those baffled by Donald Trump's meandering statements about electrocution, selling bacon or cannibal murderers at his recent political rallies, the former US president had an explanation.

Trump assured his supporters in Pennsylvania on Saturday that his rambling speech, as he frequently deviated from his planned speech, was instead signs of his genius, which impressed other great minds.

"I do the weaving. You know what the weaving is? I'll talk about, like, nine different things that all come together brilliantly. And it's like friends of mine who are like English professors, who say, 'It's the most brilliant thing I've ever ...