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Former President Donald Trump has made clear that he's no longer seeking to unify the country following the assassination attempt against him in Pennsylvania earlier this month.
During a 90-minute speech in St Cloud, Minnesota on Saturday night, Trump said, “I want to be nice.”
“They all say, ‘I think he’s changed. I think he’s changed since two weeks ago. Something affected him,’” he added.
As a thousands-strong audience cheered him on, Trump admitted, “No, I haven’t changed.”
“Maybe I’ve gotten worse. Because I get angry at the incompetence that I witness every single day,” he said.
Trump increased his attacks on Vice President Kamala Harris, who has become the presumptive Democratic nominee after President Joe Biden dropped out of the race.
Calling her “evil,” “unhinged,” and “sick,” Trump went on to make false claims about her stance on abortion to make her appear more extreme and made fun of her laugh.
“We have a brand-new victim,” he said. “And, honestly, she’s a radical left lunatic.”
This comes as top Democrats supported Harris's presidential campaign in media appearances on Sunday.
Prominent figures in the party took to the airwaves to champion her resume, mock the perceived weirdness of Trump and his running mate JD Vance, and push Biden's Supreme Court reform agenda.
Kamala Harris joins TikTok and mocks Trump with ‘Bye Bye Bye’ video with Lance Bass
In one of the first videos posted to her new official profile – which has already gained more than three million followers since appearing late last week – the singer accompanied the vice president in a short clip mocking her would-be opponent Donald Trump.
Mike Bedigan29 July 2024 01:00
Democrats are hard selling Kamala Harris’ message that Trump and Vance are ‘weird’
The Democratic Party’s sudden unification was on full display across the broadcast and cable news networks on Sunday as the party’s biggest stars lined up to deliver talking points on three issues: the strength of Harris’s resume, the perceived weirdness of Trump and his vice presidential candidate JD Vance, and Joe Biden’s lame-duck agenda item, Supreme Court reform.
Speaking on various news shows Sunday were three of the party’s younger, nationally-prominent members, Maryland Governor Wes More, Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg, and Illinois Governor J.B. Pritzker. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer also made an appearance on CBS’s Face the Nation. Gov Tim Walz, who like Buttigieg has been considered on the list of potential running mates for Harris this fall, appeared on CNN.
John Bowden29 July 2024 00:00
Focused amid the gunfire, an AP photographer captures another perspective of attack on Trump
Gene Puskar has been with The Associated Press for 45 years. Based in Pittsburgh, his career has spanned a wide range of events including the nuclear accident at Three Mile Island, the Sept. 11 attack that downed Flight 93, Stanley Cups and World Series, many presidential and campaign events and, his favorite, the Little League World Series. Here’s what he had to say about making this extraordinary photo.
Why this photo
It was a political rally assignment like hundreds before that I’ve covered over 45 years with The Associated Press – until it wasn’t.
I arrived at the Butler Farm Show at 8 a.m. for hopefully - most don’t start on time - a 5:30 p.m. appearance by former President Donald Trump and the traffic was already backed up to get into the parking lot.
Gene J. Puskar28 July 2024 23:00
Ilhan Omar says Trump is ‘losing his memory’ after he confuses her with Rashida Tlaib
Trump and his new running mate JD Vance held their first joint campaign rally of the 2024 season in Minnesota on Saturday, a state the former president lost to Democrats in both 2020 and 2016. During Trump’s speech in St Cloud, he attacked his new presumptive opponent Kamala Harris, endorsed by Joe Biden after the president announced his decision to step aside last Sunday, and also swiped at a local target: Congresswoman Ilhan Omar, a progressive and member of the “Squad” who has been outspoken in her opposition to Maga Republicanism.
John Bowden28 July 2024 22:30
Reclusive banking heir and railroad tycoon is Trump and Kennedy’s largest donor
The wealthy banking heir and railroad tycoon Timothy Mellon is spending millions on electing Donald Trump, according to The New York Times.
He has reportedly spent $75m on the Trump campaign and $25m on the campaign of independent candidate Robert F Kennedy Jr. The massive sums mean that he’s the single largest donor for both Trump and Kennedy.
In total since 2020, he has donated $227m to federal candidates and political committees – almost all of it to Republicans.
Gustaf Kilander28 July 2024 22:00
Trump says he doesn’t care if he mispronounces Kamala Harris’s name
“By the way, there are numerous ways of saying her name, they were explaining to me, ‘you can say Kamala, you can say Kamala’, I said, ‘don’t worry about it. It doesn’t matter what I say. I couldn’t care less if I mispronounce it’,” Trump said on Friday. “Some people think I mispronounce it on purpose, but actually, I’ve heard it said about seven different ways.”
Gustaf Kilander28 July 2024 21:30
Buttigieg slams Trump on Fox News: ‘He lies all the time'
Gustaf Kilander28 July 2024 21:00
Republican governor says personal attacks against Kamala Harris has to stop
New Hampshire Republican Governor Chris Sununu said during an appearance on ABC’s This Week on Sunday that the personal attacks against Kamala Harris have to stop and that the focus for Republicans should be on attacking her policy record.
Gustaf Kilander28 July 2024 20:30
Michigan Senator slams Trump for ‘cheating’ remarks
Speaking in Minnesota on Saturday night, Trump said if Democrats “don’t cheat we win this state easily.”
Republicans haven’t won Minnesota in a presidential race since Richard Nixon won the state in 1972.
“Okay, they cheat. They have no shame, they cheat ... They cheated in the last election, and they’re going to cheat in this election, but we’re gonna get them,” Trump said on Saturday.
Michigan Democratic Senator Gary Peters said on MSNBC on Sunday that Trump “is basically a sore loser and he’s gonna lose again and he’s gonna want to blame something else, but it is completely irresponsible.”
He added: “We know elections are free. They’re fair. We saw that last time – no evidence whatsoever of widespread fraud ... it’s simply a lie.”
“We’ve got to remind the American people of that and we have to let the American people know by just even questioning an election as to whether or not [it’s] free or fair is a direct attack on our democracy,” Peters said.
Gustaf Kilander28 July 2024 19:30
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