Trump ditched the teleprompter mid-speech, pivoting to his signature freewheeling style. "Isn't it nice to have a president that doesn't need a teleprompter?" he told the crowd, then mocked Biden's stage exits: "We had a president that could not find his way off a podium... He'd look around for stairs."

The unscripted move drew cheers. Trump's off-the-cuff rallies remain his most energetic format.