Trump vows to ‘take other countries’ jobs’ as Harris wants end to filibuster for abortion rights: Live
Former president said he could make foreign companies move production to US through aggressive tariff hikes that would raise prices for American consumers long before any manufacturing could be relocated
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Donald Trump has vowed to take jobs from other countries if he wins the presidency in November through a program of tariff hikes and tax incentives that he believes will encourage foreign companies to relocate production to the US.
The Republican presidential nominee was speaking at a rally in Savannah, Georgia, on Tuesday as part of a week of swing state events.
On Monday night he told a crowd in Pennsylvania that he would be a “protector” for women who “will no longer be thinking about abortion” if he is re-elected.
At the rally in the city of Indiana, scenes turned ugly when the crowd broke out into chants of “send them back” after the former president whipped up the crowd about immigration.
Meanwhile, Kamala Harris has told Wisconsin Public Radio that she is in favor of axing the Senate filibuster in order to codify abortion protections that were previously guaranteed under Roe v Wade.
The latest Reuters poll has Harris up six points nationally but a Quinnipiac University poll also released today has the candidates neck-and-neck among likely voters.
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Donald Trump flubbed the name of Charlottesville, Virginia, while going off script during a speech on Tuesday otherwise focused on economic policy, slamming Vice President Kamala Harris for lying about “Charlottestown.”
The former president was talking about imposing tariffs and other steps he’d take to bolster U.S. manufacturing in Savannah, Georgia, when he veered off topic. He began arguing that he won the recent debate with Harris, despite GOP claims the moderators were against him.
“She didn’t say anything except lies, like bloodbath, like Charlottestown,” Trump said.
He didn’t acknowledge the error, but quickly added that he was “finishing this topic. Because they’ll say, ‘Oh, he fell into a trap” — when in fact, he’d already made a conspicuous mistake.
Trump was trying to refer to the deadly 2017 violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, between white supremacists and anti-racist protesters. Trump has faced years of criticism from Harris and other top Democrats when he blamed “both sides” for what occurred.
You can watch that moment here:
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The head of the Heritage Foundation, the conservative group behind Project 2025, allegedly told colleagues decades ago that he killed a neighbor’s dog with a shovel, according to a report.
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Biden to visit Germany and Angola
President Joe Biden will visit Germany and Angola next month, the White House announced in a statement on Tuesday.
Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said the president will travel to Germany and Angola from October 10 to 15.
In Germany, President Biden will meet with German leaders to “further strengthen the close bond the United States and Germany share as Allies and friends and coordinate on shared priorities”.
Biden “will reinforce the US and German commitment to democracy and countering antisemitism and hatred, strengthen the enduring people-to-people ties between our countries, and advance cooperation on economics, trade, and technology”.
Further, the president will express his appreciation to Germany for supporting Ukraine’s defense against Russian aggression, hosting US service members, and contributing to the security of the entire NATO Alliance.
On October 13-15, Biden will travel to Luanda, Angola, where he will meet with President João Lourenço of Angola to discuss increased collaboration on shared priorities.
These include bolstering the economic partnership between the two countries to keep companies competitive and protect workers; celebrating a signature project of the G7’s Partnership for Global Infrastructure and Investment (PGI), which advances a joint vision for Africa’s first trans-continental open-access rail network that starts in Lobito and ultimately will connect the Atlantic Ocean to the Indian Ocean; strengthening democracy and civic engagement; intensifying action on climate security and the clean energy transition; and enhancing peace and security.
The White House says the president’s visit to Luanda celebrates the evolution of the relationship between the two countries, underscores the US’s continued commitment to African partners, and demonstrates how collaborating to solve shared challenges delivers.
Trump shares OnlyFans model’s conspiracy story about Harris rallies
Former President Donald Trump shared a baseless claim pushed by an OnlyFans model that people are being paid to attend Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign rallies.
Trump shared a TikTok video by Samantha Gangewere on Truth Social on Monday.
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It was a college town, so the crowd was bound to be younger than usual. But the sheer amount of fresh-faced college and high school-age youths at Donald Trump’s rally in Indiana, Pennsylvania on Monday evening was something to behold.
They lined up for hours in MAGA hats of all colors; many of them wore T-shirts with Trump’s most famous image on the front — his fist in the air and the American flag billowing in the background in the seconds after the first attempt on his life a few weeks ago.
What could bring out so many young people to see a former president, I asked, as I waited in a line that extended to the parking lot?
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