Trump lashes out at Kamala and ABC

economy-focused speech into non sequiturs and personal attacks on Monday, including declaring three times that he was more handsome than Democratic candidate Kamala Harris.

At a campaign rally in northeastern Pennsylvania, Trump interspersed his remarks on economic policy with insults and imitations of President Joe Biden and French President Emmanuel Macron.

Early in his speech, as he lashed out at Democrats for rising inflation, Trump asked his supporters: “You don’t mind if I stop using the teleprompter for a second, do you? Joe Biden hates it.”

Kamala Harris campaign spokesman Joseph Costello responded to Trump in a statement, saying: “Another rally, but the same old spectacle,” adding that Trump “resorts to lies, insults and confusing rantings” because he cannot sell his election agenda.

“The more Americans hear Trump speak, the clearer the choice will be this November: Vice President Harris is unifying voters with her positive vision to protect our freedoms, build the middle class, and move America forward, while Donald Trump is trying to take us backwards,” Costello said.

Trump’s Wilkes-Barre rally was held in one of the most contested states where he hopes conservative, white, working-class voters, near Biden’s hometown of Scranton, will help him return to the White House.

Her remarks yesterday came as Democrats prepare for their four-day national convention beginning tomorrow in Chicago, during which the party will welcome Kamala as its nominee.

The party’s decision to replace Biden less than four months before the November election has given new impetus to the Democrats and their coalition.

It also represents a new challenge for Trump.

Trump harshly criticized Kamala Harris on economic issues, associating her with the inflationary problems of the Joe Biden administration and comparing her most recent proposal against price speculation with measures adopted in communist countries.

Trump has said a federal ban on price gouging will lead to food shortages, rationing and hunger.

Yesterday, she was asked why she didn’t work to resolve the pricing when she and Biden took office in 2021.

“Kamala’s first day was three and a half years ago. So why didn’t she do it then? So this is day 1,305,” Trump said.

Commenting on Kamala’s recent image on the cover of Time magazine, she emphasized the image’s resemblance to classic Hollywood icons Sophia Loren and Elizabeth Taylor, and then took issue with a Wall Street Journal columnist who commented earlier this month on Kamala’s beauty.

“I’m a lot better looking than her,” Trump said, drawing laughter from the crowd. “I’m a better looking person than Kamala.”

He also took issue with the way his own style is typically described in news reporting: “They’ll say I’m rambling. I don’t ramble. I’m a really smart guy,” he said.

Trump’s rally yesterday was his fifth at the stadium in Wilkes-Barre, the largest city in Luzerne County, where he has won the last two elections.

Biden outraised Trump in neighboring Lackawanna County, where the Democrat has long promoted his working-class roots in Scranton.

Today, Kamala is planning a bus tour that will start in Pittsburgh and make a stop in Rochester, a small town to the north.

Trump has scheduled a visit tomorrow to a plant that makes nuclear fuel containers in York.

Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, is expected to be in Philadelphia that day.

“Biden hates her”

Trump also claimed that President Biden “hates” Kamala Harris because she “overthrew him” so she could run in the November election.

According to journalists, with this statement he is trying to divide the Democrats before the start of their National Convention tomorrow.

“Joe Biden hates her (Kamala Harris), okay? He hates her. It doesn’t matter if I step off the teleprompter for a second. He hates her because she brought him down (…) I spent 100 million dollars campaigning against Biden. If I hadn’t debated him, he would still be running,” Trump added at the event.

At the same rally, the former president harshly attacked ABC, the American network where he will debate Kamala Harris on September 10, calling the network’s employees “horrible people.”

“For me, ABC is worse than CBS and worse than CNN (…) I call it ‘ABC, fake and bad news’… They are so bad. They are so dishonest. In my opinion, very dishonest. I think they are the worst and I know what I am talking about because I see how they treat me. They are horrible people,” he said.

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