Trump swerves Putin question and lashes out when challenged over tariffs at economic policy event: Live

Donald Trump sat for rambling live interview with Bloomberg at Economic Club of Chicago as Kamala Harris set for radio sitdown with Charlamagne tha God

Trump clashes with Bloomberg moderator at economic policy event

In a combative appearance at the Economic Club of Chicago, Donald Trump clashed with Bloomberg editor John Micklethwait over his tariff plans, refused to accept basic mathematics, swerved a question on his interactions with Vladimir Putin since leaving office, offered his revisionist version of January 6, and again trash-talked Detroit.

This comes amid concerns over his health and mental acuity and the accusation by Democratic rival Kamala Harris that he is “increasingly unstable and unhinged” after a threat over the weekend to deploy the National Guard or even the military against American citizens.

The former president appeared in that state on Monday night when his town hall event in suburban Philadelphia turned into a confused, impromptu dance party when two people in the audience suffered medical emergencies.

Trump was left bizarrely bopping his head on stage for 39 minutes to a selection of pop music and show tunes leading Harris to tweet: “Hope he’s okay.”

Meanwhile, in a move to reach out to Black male voters, Harris will appear at a town hall hosted by Charlamagne Tha God, who is especially popular with the demographic. On Monday the vice president announced a series of new proposals dubbed the “Opportunity Agenda for Black Men.”

Key Points

• Trump serves question on interactions with Putin since leaving office
• Trump gets combative with moderator when challenged over flawed tariff plan at economic policy event
• ‘Hope he’s okay: Harris ridicules Trump after he spends most of swing state town hall nodding to music
• Harris campaign hits back after right-wing activist accuses VP of plagiarism
• Harris to appear with Charlamagne tha God in Detroit

[14 October 2024 21:00 · James Liddell]

Trump accused of ‘mimicking’ infamous Nazi rally with Madison Square Garden event

Veteran Democratic strategist James Carville claimed that Donald Trump’s forthcoming rally at Madison Square Garden is mimicking a pro-Adolf Hitler Nazi event held at the venue more than 80 years ago.

With just 22 days to go until Americans head to polling stations to cast their ballots, the 79-year-old appeared on Sunday’s episode of MSNBC’s Inside with Jen Psaki.

Carville claimed that Trump’s volatile language is reminiscent of rhetoric used during the Third Reich, as he urged the Harris campaign to switch up its attack lines from Trump being “weird” to downright “scary.”

“I did not realize when I said that that he would actually go on television and say, I’m going to use the military to round up my political enemies,” Carville said.

[14 October 2024 20:30 · Gustaf Kilander]

Abortion most important issue for women under 30, survey shows

Abortion has become the most important issue for women under 30 since Vice President Kamala Harris entered the race for the White House, according to a new survey.

The KFF Survey of Women Voters found that reproductive rights have become the top issue, beating out inflation, which took the top spot earlier this summer.

Thirty-nine percent of women now list abortion as their top issue – double the number who said so in June.

[14 October 2024 20:00 · Gustaf Kilander]

‘New York is reeling’: Trump campaign officially announces Madison Square Garden

The Trump campaign has issued its official announcement of the upcoming rally for the former president in Madison Square Garden in Manhattan.

Trump is set to deliver remarks at the stadium at 5pm on Sunday, October 27.

The Garden has a capacity of 19,500, while Trump’s average rally crowd size is about 5,600, according to the Ash Center.

“New York is reeling from the harmful effects of the dangerously liberal policies championed by Kamala Harris and Democrats like Eric Adams,” the Trump campaign said of the vice president and the New York mayor.

Trump is heading to New York, a state he’s sure to lose, as he at times treats the campaign as a national race rather than a battle for roughly seven swing states.

The Trump campaign said the former president’s “message to New York City is simple and built on his winning record: If you want to return to the strongest economy in over 60 years, rising wages, quality jobs, strong borders, and safer neighborhoods, then vote for the Trump-Vance ticket.”

The rally has been slammed as being akin to the 1939 Nazi event at the Garden.

[14 October 2024 19:30 · Kelly Rissman]

Trump slammed for suggesting woman heckler should ‘get knocked out’ at Coachella rally

Weeks after Donald Trump vowed to be a “protector” of women, he suggested a woman heckling him should get “the hell knocked out of her.”

The Republican nominee paused his October 12 rally in Coachella Valley, California, to address the woman in the crowd.

“This election is your chance to send a message,” the former president said, before turning around to the crowd apparently booing at a heckler. The boos turned to cheers when the heckler was seemingly escorted out of the California arena.

Trump then swung back to the microphone and said: “Back home to mommy. She goes back home to mommy. ‘Was that you darling?’ And then she gets the hell knocked out of her.”

[14 October 2024 19:00 · Michelle Del Rey]

Trump says immigrants who commit murder have ‘bad genes’ in ‘racist’ slam of migrants

Former President Donald Trump is claiming migrants who commit murder are predisposed to doing so because of “their genes.”

Trump made the comments while speaking on The Hugh Hewitt Show on Monday, claiming that 13,000 migrants who have entered the US are “murderers.”

“How about allowing people to come through an open border, 13,000 of which were murderers? Many of them murdered far more than one person,” Trump told the show’s host. “And they’re now happily living in the United States. You know, now a murderer — I believe this: it’s in their genes. And we got a lot of bad genes in our country right now. Then you had 425,000 people come into our country that shouldn’t be here that are criminals.”