Donald Trump and Kamala Harris had been reunited hours after their head-to-head presidential debate in Philadelphia as each attended a 9/11 memorial occasion at Floor Zero in New York Metropolis on Wednesday morning.
The Republican nominee was extensively felt to have fallen aside on the ABC Information debate stage, offering rambling solutions on unlawful immigration, abortion and the financial system and taking the bait each time he was goaded by Harris, notably when she mocked his “boring and exhausting” rallies.
The candidates had shared an surprising handshake initially of the evening, with the Vice President introducing herself and catching the businessman off guard.
However when the competition acquired underway, Trump went off on wild however acquainted tangents, rehashing a lately debunked declare about Haitian immigrants stealing and consuming home pets in Springfield, Ohio, inviting widespread ridicule.
Harris, in the meantime, used her time to cycle via Trump’s legacy of racist assaults, skilled failings and culpability for the Capitol riot.
Shortly after the combative, 90-minute encounter concluded, Trump was dealt an additional blow when pop famous person Taylor Swift formally introduced she is endorsing Harris and Tim Walz, labelling herself a “childless cat girl” in a rebuke to JD Vance.
Trump says Taylor Swift will ‘pay a value’ for her Kamala Harris endorsement
“I used to be not a Taylor Swift fan,” he mentioned.
“It was only a query of time. She couldn’t probably endorse Biden… However she’s a really liberal particular person. She appears to all the time endorse a Democrat, and he or she’ll in all probability pay a value for it within the market.”
Rhian Lubin11 September 2024 16:20
Michael Steele on Trump: ‘He regarded small, he regarded withered, he regarded overwhelmed’
Joe Sommerlad11 September 2024 16:00
Swifties for Kamala hail pop famous person’s announcement
Joe Sommerlad11 September 2024 15:40
‘Dumbest Republican lie but’: Jimmy Kimmel roasts Trump over AI cat memes after Harris debate showdown
Rhian Lubin has this on the late-night host’s takedown of cat-gate.
Kimmel, a primary enemy of Donald Trump since properly earlier than this 12 months’s Oscars, likened final evening’s matchup to “The Lion King when Simba got here again to avenge Mufasa.”
Joe Sommerlad11 September 2024 15:20
ABC debate moderator subjected to racist, sexist abuse on social media for fact-checking Trump
Ariana Baio and Myriam Web page on the deluge of vile abuse Linsey Davis was inevitably uncovered to final for doing her job and stating statements by the Republican presidential nominee that had been factually incorrect.
Joe Sommerlad11 September 2024 15:00
Simpsons memes go viral after Trump claims that ‘canine are being eaten in Springfield’
Trump’s dog-eating nonsense regarding a city referred to as Springfield has inevitably invited a deluge of Simpsons memes.
Greg Evans rounds up the most effective.
Joe Sommerlad11 September 2024 14:40
Time pronounces Trump ‘in hassle’ on first post-debate journal cowl
Joe Sommerlad11 September 2024 14:20
Harris and Trump instantly reunited at 9/11 memorial occasion in New York
Having by no means been in the identical room earlier than final evening, the Democratic and Republican presidential candidates met once more at Floor Zero in New York Metropolis this morning to recollect the two,977 victims of the infamous terrorist atrocity on its twenty third anniversary.
They even shook fingers once more.
President Joe Biden was alongside his Vice President and the pair will later journey collectively to Shanksville, Pennsylvania, to pay their respects on the Flight 93 memorial there – as will Trump, in line with CNN.
Joe Sommerlad11 September 2024 14:00
Trump confronted by ‘Central Park 5’ member he referred to as to be executed in debate spin room
Onerous to think about a extra mind-bogglingly awkward social state of affairs than this.
John Bowden has this report on Yusef Salaam’s encounter with the person who took out full-page newspaper ads angrily demanding his execution for a criminal offense he didn’t commit.
Joe Sommerlad11 September 2024 13:40
Trump on Fox & Mates: ‘I assumed I did an excellent job’
Right here’s a bit extra from Trump’s inevitable Fox phone-in this morning.
Astonishingly, he seems to be in denial about the way it all went for him.
Trump additionally mentioned he can be “much less inclined” to do one other debate after his expertise final evening, becoming a member of his fellow conservatives in baselessly accusing ABC moderators David Muir and Linsey Davis of bias.
On the prospect of collaborating in a debate on on Fox, Trump mentioned: “I wouldn’t wish to have Martha [MacCallum] and Bret [Baier]. Let’s give different individuals a shot. I didn’t assume Martha and Bret had been good final evening.”
That prompted Fox & Mates co-host Brian Kilmeade to leap in to defend his colleagues moments.
“Bret and Martha would do an exceptional job,” he mentioned.
“I believe you’ll discover them extraordinarily truthful.”
Joe Sommerlad11 September 2024 13:20
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