The Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is campaigning in the hotly contested state of Pennsylvania ahead of the start of the Democratic Party Convention. During his appearance at an engineering company in the city of York, the 78-year-old rejected the Democrats’ accusation that he was “weird.” “I think we are extremely normal people,” Trump said about himself and his running mate JD Vance.
The Democratic vice presidential candidate, Tim Walz, is the inventor of the term “weird” for former President Trump. Walz started using it in an interview, and gradually all the prominent figures in the party took up the slogan. In reference to Walz, Trump now said: “He’s weird.” Trump also made fun of the laughter of the Democratic presidential candidate, Kamala Harris. US Vice President Harris and Trump will run against each other in the presidential election on November 5.
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Trump: Washington should become the most beautiful capital in the world
The Republican also promised in his speech, to make the US capital Washington the most beautiful “capital in the world”, should he be re-elected. Washington is “terribly run down, covered in graffiti,” he said. He would “very quickly” put the capital back in order and make it safe.
Washington was once known as the “murder capital” of the USA because of its high crime rate. In the 1990s, the murder rate in the US capital began to decline, but in recent years the number has risen significantly again.
Trump talks about Germany’s energy policy
In his speech, in which he focused on energy policy, among other things, Trump also referred to Germany. US Vice President Harris is on a “regulatory jihad”to shut down power plants in the USA. “Germany tried that a few years ago and got rid of its political leaders very quickly,” Trump said, apparently referring to Germany’s nuclear phase-out.
“And now they’re probably building 50 or 60 power plants, and they want to build a lot more, but they got rid of everything and wanted to switch to wind and solar power and a lot of other things. Unfortunately, that didn’t work.” Germany is now relying on fossil fuels again, Trump claimed. “I hope for clean fossil fuels, clean coal,” the 78-year-old continued. Germany has the goal of becoming climate neutral by 2045 and wants to replace fossil energy sources accordingly. The share of renewable energies has risen steadily in recent years.
Counter-program to the Democrats
The Democratic Party Convention begins in Chicago on Monday evening (local time) – US President Joe Biden will speak in the German night into Tuesday. Other big names in the party, such as former President Barack Obama, will give speeches in the coming days. Harris will give the closing speech in the German night into Friday. She is likely to be in the spotlight in the coming days.
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