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Donald Trump claimed that “only consequential presidents get shot at” during a town hall event in Flint, Michigan, on Tuesday night as he addressed his recent assassination attempt.
“You know, they think race car driving is dangerous. They think bullriding, that’s pretty scary, right? No, this is a dangerous business, so we have to keep it safe,” he said.
To boos from the audience, Trump said he received a “very nice” call from Kamala Harris after the attempt on his life.
“A little while ago, I got a very nice call from Kamala. It was very nice… and we appreciate that, but we have to take back our country… We’re going to win, and we’re going to make America great again,” he said.
Harris on Tuesday gave a 45-minute interview to a panel of three members of the National Association of Black Journalists, the same group Trump controversially addressed earlier this summer.
The Vice President spoke about the “hateful” rhetoric deployed by Trump and JD Vance against the Haitian community in Springfield, Ohio, her plans for the “opportunity economy”, the realities of post-Roe healthcare for women and the former president’s latest narrow escape from a would-be assassin.
Half of Trump voters think his Haitian immigrant lies are true, poll finds
Nearly half of Donald Trump supporters say they believe his debunked claim that Haitian immigrants in Ohio are eating residents’ pets.
Some 52 per cent of Trump voters said that the claim is “definitely” or “probably” true, according to a post-debate poll from YouGov released this week.
Meanwhile, 24 per cent of Trump voters said they’re “not sure” if it’s true while 25 per cent said it’s “probably” or “definitely” false.
On the other hand, 81 per cent of Kamala Harris voters said the claim is “definitely false.”
Katie Hawkinson has more.
Joe Sommerlad18 September 2024 13:35
Vance fails to turn up to IVF vote – or to many votes at all
Speaking of the Republican vice presidential nominee, Eric Garcia has this on the Senator’s failure to turn up for key votes on Capitol Hill and why his prioritising campaigning may present Democrats with a hidden advantage.
Joe Sommerlad18 September 2024 13:15
JD Vance says US could veto Nato if Europe tries to regulate Elon Musk
Trump’s running mate has suggested that American support for Nato should be predicated on the European Union not regulating Elon Musk and his X social media platform.
The Ohio senator claimed in an interview with YouTuber Shawn Ryan that a top EU official had threatened to arrest the billionaire if he allowed Trump back on X.
“The leader, I forget exactly which official it was within the European Union, but sent Elon this threatening letter that basically said, ‘We’re going to arrest you if you platform Donald Trump,’ who, by the way, is the likely next president of the United States,” Vance said in the interview published last week.
Vance then suggested that US support for Nato should be used as a cudgel to get the Europeans in line.
“So what America should be saying is, if Nato wants us to continue supporting them and Nato wants us to continue to be a good participant in this military alliance, why don’t you respect American values and respect free speech?” he asked.
“It’s insane that we would support a military alliance if that military alliance isn’t going to be pro-free speech. I think we can do both. But we’ve got to say American power comes with certain strings attached. One of those is respect free speech, especially in our European allies.”
Joe Sommerlad18 September 2024 12:45
Watch: Trump bizarrely claims nuclear weapons are biggest threat to car industry
Here’s another very odd proclamation from the Republican nominee last night, which recalls his similar warning to banking industry CEOs in New York earlier this month.
Donald Trump bizarrely claims nuclear weapons are biggest threat to car industry
Donald Trump has claimed nuclear weapons are the main danger facing the car manufacturing sector. The former US president made his comments during a town hall in Michigan with Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday (17 September) Trump was asked by an attendee about the largest threat to Michigan’s automotive future. He responded: “We have one major threat…nuclear weapons.” He continued: “We have countries that are hostile to us. They don’t have to be. I got along great with Vladimir Putin, President Xi and Kim Jong-un.”
Joe Sommerlad18 September 2024 12:20
Hillary Clinton says Melania Trump was like a ‘little kid’ in awkward meeting last year
The former first lady and secretary of state said that Donald Trump’s wife reminded her of a “little kid” during an awkward meeting last year at ex-first lady Rosalynn Carter’s memorial service.
In her new book Something Lost, Something Gained, released on Tuesday, Clinton writes that she “never quite knew what to make of the third Mrs Trump.”
Joe Sommerlad18 September 2024 12:00
Springfield’s Republican mayor says he’d be ‘fine’ with Trump axing visit after pushing migrant claims
Mayor Rob Rue has said he would be “fine” with the Republcan presidential nominee canning his planned visit to Springfield, Ohio, the scene of Trump and JD Vance’s baseless claim that Haitian immigrants are eating people’s pets.
At a City Hall news conference on Tuesday, Mayor Rue explained that “it would be an extreme strain on our resources” if the former president visited.
“So it’d be fine with me if they decided not to make that visit.”
Here’s more from Myriam Page.
Joe Sommerlad18 September 2024 11:35
Trump told to increase security if he wants to keep golfing
The Republican has been advised by the Secret Service that he must significantly increase his security arrangements if he wishes to keep up with his favorite hobby – golf– following the second attempt on his life at his Florida course.
In a meeting with the former president at his Mar-a-Lago residence on Monday, Secret Service acting director Ronald Rowe told Trump that it was difficult to properly secure areas with such large, open spaces.
Here’s his lawyer Alina Habba on precisely that subject last night:
Joe Sommerlad18 September 2024 11:15
Trump repeats immigration scaremongering on Hannity
It was a busy evening for the Republican presidential nominee, who once again called into Sean Hannity’s primetime show on Fox News to double-down on his customary pre-election immigration fear-stoking.
Joe Sommerlad18 September 2024 10:45
Trump threatens to sue post office because ‘they’ll lose ballots’
The former president appeared on Real America’s Voice on Monday night, once again dragging up his claims from both before and after the 2020 election that mail-in ballots are heavily affected by fraud, even though the voting method has been found to be safe and secure.
Trump claimed: “We have very bad elections. We have a bad voting system. We have mail-in ballots. You know it’s very interesting, I read the other day, the post office is saying how bad it is.
“The post office is critiquing itself saying, ‘We’re really in bad shape, we can’t deliver the mail,’ and they’re not even talking about mail-in ballots,” he added.
“‘We’re gonna dump millions and millions of ballots.’ And I’m saying to myself, ‘How can they be taking the vote?’”
Joe Sommerlad18 September 2024 10:25
Watch: Trump sends message to anyone who leaves his rallies early
Still hurting from Harris’s attack on the debate stage a week ago that people were leaving his campaign events early out of “boredom and exhaustion”, Trump had this to say on the subject in Flint.
Donald Trump sends message to anyone who leaves his rallies early
Donald Trump has sent a direct message to anyone who leaves his rallies early. The former president made his comments in response to Vice President Kamala Harris’s claims people leave early “out of boredom”. Att the Michigan town hall with Governor Sarah Huckabee Sanders on Tuesday (17 September), Trump said: “I don’t think I’ve ever said this before. So we do these rallies. They’re massive rallies. Everybody loves, everybody stays till the end. “By the way, you know, when she said that, well, your rallies people leave. Honestly, nobody does. And if I saw them leaving, I’d say, and ladies and gentlemen make America great again and I’d get the hell out, ok?”
Joe Sommerlad18 September 2024 10:05
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