Trump dunks on Detroit during speech while Obama campaigns for Harris with less than one month until election day: Live
Donald Trump managed to insult another city in a key swing state after calling Milwaukee, Wisconsin, “horrible” earlier this summer
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Kamala Harris is leading Donald Trump by four points in the latest Economist/YouGov poll, 49-45 percent, and appears to have pulled ahead with suburban voters according to a new Reuters/Ipsos survey — though one data analyst says the former president’s odds of winning have inexplicably surged.
Meanwhile, Trump has rejected Fox News’s offer to host a final presidential debate between him and his Democratic rival, having also spurned CNN’s invitation to a second contest.
“THERE WILL BE NO REMATCH,” the Republican said on Truth Social. “SO THERE IS NOTHING TO DEBATE.”
In a 2-hour speech for the Detroit Economic Club on Thursday, Trump managed to disparage the city — largest in the vital swing state of Michigan — in the same way he called Milwaukee “horrible” before the Republican National Convention.
Exclusive polling for The Independent has meanwhile indicated that Republicans are tiring of Trump and prefer his running mate, JD Vance, although they consider Democrat Tim Walz more presidential than this rival.
Former presidents Barack Obama and Bill Clinton are hitting the campaign trail for Harris, with the 44th president speaking in Pittsburgh on Thursday evening and the 42nd focusing on rural voters.
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