Trump news: President calls out ‘Barack Hussain Obama’ as supporter at Florida rally appears to make ‘white power’ symbol
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Your support makes all the difference.Donald Trump returned to the campaign trail on Friday with a rally targeting senior voters at The Villages retirement community in Florida.
Trump made eyebrow-raising claims like Biden taking away seniors' air conditioning and remembering Barack Hussain Obama, as a member of the crowd appeared to make the so-called "white power" dog whistle in the background.
Biden, meanwhile, returned to his home state of Delaware to outline his coronavirus pandemic plan a day after the US hit a record for the number of new Covid-19 cases, announcing a mask mandate on all interstate transportation and in all federal buildings.
The candidates were coming off their final in-person debate, which turned out to be a remarkably civil affair with lower ratings than their previous encounter.
Trump was also back to work in the White House to announce an historic peace deal between Israel and Sudan, with five more - including Saudi Arabia - expected to be announced after the dam broke with United Arab Emirates and Bahrain in recent weeks.
Trump tried to get Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu to attack Biden on a phone call in front of reporters. Bibi did not take the bait, with commentators noting that he is probably keeping a keen eye on the current polling numbers.
Veteran GOP pollster Frank Luntz said that Trump may have won the battle of the last debate, but Biden has won the war. He says it's "impossible" for the president turning around voter sentiment this late in the election cycle.
Trump is also up against a campaign that has broken all records for its spend on television and digital advertising in a presidential election, with still more than a week to go before polls close.
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First question for Trump: How would you lead next stage of coronavirus crisis
“It’s a worldwide pandemic,” Trump begins. “The mortality rate is down 85 per cent.”
“We’re fighting it and we’re fighting it hard.”
Vaccine is on the way soon, says Trump
“I’m immune,” Trump says having recovered from Covid-19. “More and more people are getting better”.
“We’re rounding the turn we’re rounding the corner.”
Biden’s turn, same question: ‘Wear masks’
“If we just wore these masks… we could save 100,000 lives,” Biden says, pointing to his mask mandate saying he would encourage everyone to wear masks.
Vaccine not guaranteed by end of year, Trump says
“It’s not a guarantee but I think it will be by the end of the year,” Trump says
Biden’s reaction to vaccine: ‘Let the scientists see it’
“Make sure it’s totally transparent, have the scientist of the world see it, know it, look at it,” Biden says.
Trump ‘is xenophobic’, but not because of China travel ban, Biden says
But not because he shut down travel from China, Biden says.
“He did virually nothing then he gets out of the hospital and says, don’t worry, it’ll be over soon, c’mon,” Biden says.
Biden locked himself in basement, ‘must have made a lot of money’ Trump says
“I can’t do that,” Trump says of locking himself away from coronavirus.
“We can’t close up our nation, we have to open out schools, we can’t close up our nation or we won’t have a nation.”
'I take full responsibility’ Trump says
“It’s not my fault, it’s China,” Trump says of coronavirus.
Trump says he was 'kidding' about injecting bleach
“A lot of people thought you were serious,” Joe Biden says of Trump’s bleach comments.
Message to parents on Covid?
“I want to open the schools,” Trump says. “We’re not going to have a country, you can’t do this, we can’t keep our country closed.
He says there’s people losing their jobs, committing suicide, depression, and abuse.
“The cure cannot be worst than the problem itself,” Trump says.
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