Trump safe after shots fired at his West Palm Beach golf club while ex-president there: Live

‘President Trump is safe following gunshots in his vicinity. No further details at this time,’ campaign said

Trump doubles down on smears against Haitians as he tries to give himself new nickname

Multiple gunshots have been fired at Trump National Golf Club in West Palm Beach where the former president is playing golf today, according to reports.

Law enforcement sources told CNN that a person has been detained in connection with the incident after Secret Service agents fired at the suspect. A long gun has been recovered, they said.

Trump campaign spokesperson Steven Cheung said in a statement that Trump is safe. “President Trump is safe following gunshots in his vicinity. No further details at this time,” he said in a statement.

A Secret Service spokesperson said on X: “The Secret Service, in conjunction with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, is investigating a protective incident involving former President Donald Trump that occurred shortly before 2 p.m. The former president is safe. @pbso will have more details soon.”

The incident comes two months after Trump survived an assassination attempt at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, back on July 13.

Gunman Thomas Crooks opened fire on the former president with an AR-style rifle from a rooftop of a nearby building. A bullet struck Trump in the ear while one rallygoer was killed before Crooks was shot dead by Secret Service snipers.

Key Points

• BREAKING: Shots fired at Trump National Golf Club while ex-president golfing
• Kamala Harris responds to incident at Trump’s golf club
• JD Vance appears to admit tale about Haitian immigrants eating pets is made-up
• Trump: ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT'
• Trump’s lead drastically shrinks in state he won in 2016 and 2020
• Laura Loomer hits out at Bill Maher for suggesting affair with Trump
• Can Kamala Harris beat Donald Trump? Latest poll updates

[15 September 2024 17:20 · Rachel Sharp]

Laura Loomer hits out at Bill Maher for suggesting she’s in an ‘arranged relationship’ with Trump

Laura Loomer has said she should sue comedian Bill Maher after he suggested that she was in an “arranged relationship” with former president Donald Trump.

“I should sue Bill Maher @billmaher for Defamation. This is beyond the pale and it’s a complete and blatant lie,” she wrote on X, formerly Twitter.

Loomer, a notorious far-right conspiracy theorist long known for her outrageous comments, has regularly been seen close to Trump in recent weeks – sparking anger among some of his most prominent supporters.

Her comments about Maher came after the comedian mocked her on his Friday show HBO Show Real Time with Bill Maher over her comments that Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce were in an arranged relationship with the aim of influencing the 2024 election.

Maher said: “I think maybe Laura Loomer’s in an arranged relationship to influence the election because she’s very close to Trump.”

Read the full story here

[15 September 2024 17:00 · Rachel Sharp]

JD Vance appears to admit tale about Haitian immigrants eating pets is made-up as he loses cool with CNN host

An ugly week of racist fearmongering kicked off by Donald Trump’s viral debate claim that Haitain immigrants were “eating the dogs” of pet owners in an Ohio town came to a head on Sunday as JD Vance, the ex-president’s top surrogate, faced journalists’ questions about the spiraling chaos.

Tuesday’s debate between Trump and his opponent Kamala Harris in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, had several eyebrow-raising moments but none moreso than when Trump, echoing his latest online-born conspiracy, baselessly accused thousands of legal migrants in Springfield, Ohio, of stealing, killing, and eating pet dogs off the street.

The conspiracy was fact-checked in real time by ABC’s David Muir, who noted that city officials had looked into the claim and found it to be baseless. But the damage was already done.

Nearly a week later, Vance found himself once again answering for his running mate’s actions after days of shocking fallout in Springfield, where residents have reported fliers dropped by the Ku Klux Klan as well as several threats of bombings or mass shootings — the latest of which, at Wittenberg University, occurred Saturday night just hours before Vance would go on the air.

The Independent’s John Bowden has the full story:

[15 September 2024 16:41 · Rachel Sharp]

Trump: ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT'

Donald Trump appears to be in a bad mood today.

On Sunday morning, he took to Truth Social to share an all-caps rant, reading: “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT.”

The post comes after the pop star endorsed Kamala Harris for president in the immediate aftermath of the presidential debate.

Trump says ‘I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT’ in all-caps Truth Social post (Truth Social/Donald Trump)

[15 September 2024 16:25 · Rachel Sharp]

WATCH: Tim Walz calls Donald Trump ‘smallest man in the world’

[15 September 2024 16:05 · Oliver O'Connell]

Trump details economic plans in local news interiview

KTNV Channel 13 Las Vegas scored an interview with Donald Trump last night while he was in town for his latest rally.

Reporter Steve Sebelius quizzed the former president predominantly about economic issues most important to Las Vegans — specifically the “no tax on tips”, “no tax on overtime”, and “no tax on social security benefits” policies.

Trump claimed that lost tax revenue would be covered by “enormous growth” and more drilling for oil — though the US currently produces more oil than it ever has before and more than any other nation in the world, ever.

Asked if any personal economic gains would be curtailed by his plan to increase tariffs through foreign nations passing on increased costs to consumers, Trump said his plan was to force foreign companies to open production in the US to avoid tariffs. That of course could take years.

Finally, Trump said Republicans who have thrown their support behind Kamala Harris might have a “personality problem” before inferring that they are somehow beholden to China...

You can watch the full interview here at KTNV Channel 13.

[15 September 2024 15:45 · Rachel Sharp]

Martha Stewart has spoken.

While all the talk of campaign endorsements revolved around Taylor Swift this week, earlier on Tuesday, before the presidential debate, home and hospitality magnate Martha Stewart made her choice.

Read on...

[15 September 2024 15:25 · Rachel Sharp]

WATCH: JD Vance continues to double down on debunked pet-eating migrants claims

[15 September 2024 15:05 · Rachel Sharp]

Trump’s lead drastically shrinks in Iowa

Donald Trump’s lead in the red state of Iowa has plummeted, according to a new poll.

The new Des Moines Register/Mediacom Iowa Poll finds that the former president is leading Kamala Harris by just four percentage points in Iowa, with 47 percent to 43 percent of likely voters.

This is a drastic change from the 18-point lead Trump had over President Joe Biden in June, when the Republican had 50 percent to the Democrat’s 32 percent of votes.

Iowa was won by Republicans in 2016 and 2020.

[15 September 2024 14:15 · Oliver O'Connell]

Walz hails ‘fellow cat owner Taylor Swift’

“Coach” Tim Walz took a moment during a fired-up speech in Superior, Wisconsin, to give a shout-out to the Harris-Walz campaign’s most high-profile supporter — and reference a song off her Tortured Poets Department album.

Kamala Harris’s vice presidential running mate, accompanied by his wife Gwen, was in full pep-talk oratorical flow on Saturday afternoon when he decided to share some advice with the men in the crowd.

Read on...

[15 September 2024 13:45 · Oliver O'Connell]

Watch: Harris takes jab at Trump’s ‘concept’ of a health care plan