Donald Trump told thousands of voters in Harrisburg, Pa., Thursday night he isn’t quite ready to be “presidential,” but said he’d get there next week in time for a major foreign policy speech in the nation’s capital.
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Trump will discuss the U.S. economy as it relates to national security during a speech next Wednesday at the National Press Club, according to the Wall Street Journal.
The billionaire is also considering hiring a speechwriter to assist him with several major speeches his campaign has planned in the coming months. Much like the rest of Trump’s newest hires, the speechwriter will reportedly be based in Trump’s soon-to-open campaign office near Capitol Hill.
Trump’s attempt to lay out a detailed foreign policy vision will come just over a month after he delivered the first serious speech of his campaign at the annual American Israel Public Affairs Committee policy conference in Washington, D.C.
The billionaire candidate, whose supporters have grown fond of his unfiltered speaking style, was mocked for having used a teleprompter then, after repeatedly criticizing President Obama and others for their reliance on scripted remarks.
In addition to his upcoming foreign policy speech, the Journal reported that Trump is also working on a speech that focuses on his immigration plan, including his proposal to build a wall along the Southern border, which many question, as well as a separate speech on education.
Earlier Thursday, Trump’s chief campaign strategist Paul Manafort told Republican National Committee members that Trump will begin to run a more traditional campaign leading up to the convention in July.
“He’s told Rick [Wiley] and I that he’s willing to spend what’s necessary to finish this out. That’s a big statement from him,” Manafort said of Trump, according to those present at the RNC’s spring meeting in Hollywood, Fla.
“The negatives will come down, the image is going to change, but Clinton is still going to be ‘Crooked Hillary,’ and that’s what you’re going to be seeing a lot more of,” he added.
