Trump says there is ‘something wrong’ with Harris as he rallies in Michigan a day after Joe Rogan talk: Live
Former President Donald Trump tells Joe Rogan his biggest mistake during first term was hiring 'bad people, or disloyal people'
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Former President Donald Trump said during a rally in Michigan on Saturday that there’s “something wrong” with Vice President Kamala Harris.
“You do know she's doing really badly, right?” Trump asked the crowd. “She can't speak. There's something wrong with her. We went through four years of that. We can't go through four more.”
On Friday, Trump told podcaster Joe Rogan that his biggest mistake during his first term in the White House was hiring “disloyal people.”
Rogan asked Trump if he had made “bad choices” when putting in place various officials.
“The biggest mistake I made,” Trump said, was that “I picked some people that I shouldn’t have picked.”
Trump also hit out at “stupid women” as he accused political commentators of distorting his comments in the run-up to the election.
In a three-hour interview, he appeared to single out MSNBC’s Joy Reid and others.
“Some of these women, they’re so stupid,” he said.
It came as Harris appeared alongside pop superstar Beyonce and country music veteran Willie Nelson in Houston, Texas, for a rally focused on reproductive rights on Friday.
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Russian actors made video falsely depicting mail-in ballots for Donald Trump being destroyed in Pennsylvania, FBI says
Russian operatives were behind a video falsely depicting mail-in ballots for Donald Trump being destroyed in Pennsylvania, the FBI has said.
The video, based in a suburban Philadelphia county, took off quickly on social media Thursday afternoon, prompting cries of election fraud.
But within three hours Bucks County election officials were countering the video, identifying it as fake.
“The envelope and materials depicted in this video are clearly not authentic materials belonging to or distributed by the Bucks County Board of Elections,” read a statement released by the board on Thursday.
Live from the Trump rally in Michigan
Excruciating moment JD Vance gives a shout out to Mark Robinson at rally – then realises his mistake
Vice presidential nominee Senator JD Vance tripped over his words on Friday at a rally in North Carolina and appaered to briefly praise the state’s scandal-plagued lieutenant governor Mark Robinson, who’s accused of claiming to be a “Black Nazi” in online comments on a porn site.
“I want to give a shout out, to, and you guys have a great lieutenant governor,” Vance told the crowd. “Sorry, we’ve got— sorry, Mark isn’t here.”
Josh Marcus watched the somewhat cringeworthy moment:
Excruciating moment JD Vance gives a shout out to Mark Robinson at rally
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Ahead of Michigan rally Trump plays video attacking... Biden
Ahead of his appearance in Traverse City, Michigan, Donald Trump played a video clip showing his wins over Joe Biden.
The former president has not been competing with Biden since July, when the president dropped out in favor of Kamala Harris.
Trump sits for Joe Rogan podcast ahead of rally in Michigan
Donald Trump has sat down to record an episode of wildly popular podcast The Joe Rogan experience, ahead of his rally in Michigan this evening.
The former president is reportedly recording the podcast – which boasts 14.5 million Spotify followers and 17.5 million YouTube subscribers – in Rogan’s studio in Austin, Texas.
Meanwhile, Kamala Harris is set to be joined by singer Beyonce onstage at a rally in Houston.
Leonardo DiCaprio shares presidential endorsement as 2024 election approaches
Leonardo DiCaprio has endorsed Kamala Harris in next month’s presidential election, arguing that her rival Donald Trump “continues to deny the facts” and “deny the science” around climate change.
The Oscar-winning actor, 49, previously endorsed Joe Biden ahead of the 2020 presidential election.
Kevin EG Perry has the full story:
Leonardo DiCaprio shares presidential endorsement as 2024 election approaches
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Chinese hackers reportedly targeted data on phones used by Trump and Vance
Donald Trump and JD Vance may have been among a number of people targeted by Chinese hackers, who have gained access to US communications networks, according to a new report.
Investigators from national security agencies including the FBI are working to establish the scope of the data breach and determine whether the hackers could have gained access to text messages, or other comms sent through unencrypted channels.
Read more here:
Chinese hackers reportedly targeted data on phones used by Trump and Vance
Investigators from national security agencies including the FBI are working to establish the scope of the data breach
Trump again pushes no taxes - for anyone!
Experts on both sides of the aisle have criticized his ideas as mathematically unworkable and damaging to the economy, The New York Times noted. Legislators are unlikely to end the income tax even if Republicans gain control of Congress, even as tariffs and tax cuts have been some of the top issues pushed by Trump.
Gustaf Kilander reports.
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‘Plotting’ and ‘strategizing’ for next Congress ‘has been going for several months,’ Republican congressional aide says
ICYMI: Ex-Trump administration officials sign open letter backing John Kelly’s claims
A group of former Trump administration officials has penned an open letter backing his former chief of staff John Kelly, after he warned that the former president meets the definition of “a fascist.”
In the explosive letter, the 13 former aides highlight the “danger” of a potential second Trump term, saying: “This is who Donald Trump is.”
Rhian Lubin reports.
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