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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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.
New York is a ghost town, Trump says
“These are businesses that are dying Joe, you can’t do that to people,” Trump says.
Trump pressed on calling Dr Fauci a ‘disaster’
“I get along very well with Anthony,” Trump says. “But he did say don’t wear masks.”
He added: “He’s allowed to make mistakes. He happens to be a good person.”
‘American’s don’t panic,’ says Biden
“Think about what the president knew in January and didn’t tell the American people,” Biden says.
“He knew how dangerous it was but he didn’t want to tell us because people would panic… American’s don’t panic.”
Onto national security subject
First to Biden on Russia and Iran election interference threat.
Iran and Russia will pay, Biden says
“They will pay a price if I’m elected, they’re interfering with American sovereignty,” Biden says.
Rudy Giuliani being used as ‘Russian pawn’, Biden says
Biden has made a sideway reference to Hunter Biden’s laptop, calling it part of a Russian disinformation campaign.
Biden got $3.5 million form Russia, through Putin via the former mayor of Moscow’s wife, Trump says
“Nobody tougher than me on Russia,” Trump says.
Trump presses Biden on Hunter Biden
“It should have never happened and I think you owe an explanation to the American people,” Trump says.
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