With two weeks to go from Election Day, President Donald Trump’s former chief of staff has claimed that his former boss “meets the common definition of a fascist.”
John Kelly, a former Marine Corps general who served as chief of staff from 2017 to 2019, made the unusual intervention Tuesday in a series of coordinated interviews. In an interview with The New York Times, he said the former Republican president “favors a dictatorial approach to government” and is “the only president who has almost rejected what America is.” Trump campaign spokesman Stephen Chan told the Times that Kelly’s testimony was a “debunked story” and that Kelly himself was “embarrassed.”
In an interview with The Atlantic, Kelly recalled that Trump said he wanted soldiers to show the same respect that Nazi generals showed Adolf Hitler. The Trump campaign denied the exchange, with an adviser telling CNN: President Trump never said that. ”
Democratic vice presidential candidate Tim Walz said the reported comments about Hitler’s generals were “really sickening.” “Guys, the guardrails are gone,” Walz said at a rally in Wisconsin on Tuesday. “Trump is in this insanity.”
Here’s what else happened Tuesday.
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Vice presidential candidate Tim Walz held a rally with former President Barack Obama in Madison, Wisconsin, denounced President Trump’s campaign event at McDonald’s, Pennsylvania as a “stunt” and called out Elon Musk. “Jumping around and skipping around like an idiot,” he scoffed. That night, another rally was held in Wisconsin.
Meanwhile, President Obama mocked Trump’s economic boasts and criticized his rambling speeches as a sign of mental breakdown. President Obama said, “I would be worried if my grandpa behaved like this.” “But this is coming from someone who wants unlimited power.”
Eminem introduced Obama at a rally in Detroit late Tuesday, where the Democratic strongman began his remarks with the opening lines of the rapper’s hit song “Lose Yourself.” Bruce Springsteen will headline two concerts as part of a series that will visit every battleground state, the Harris campaign confirmed.
Harris herself said in an interview with NBC News’ Harry Jackson that she had no doubt that the United States was ready for a female president. “I’m obviously a woman. I don’t need to point that out to anyone,” Harris said with a laugh. “What most people really care about is whether you can do the job and do you actually plan to focus on it.”
In an interview with Noticias Telemundo’s Julio Baqueiro, Harris appealed to Hispanic voters to promote small business loans for Latino men. Harris promised to put more money into community banks to help Latino men get small business loans. “Hispanic men often have a harder time getting loans from banks because of their connections and the fact that they don’t necessarily qualify,” she says.
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Trump also held a morning roundtable with Latino leaders at his golf resort in Doral, Florida, to appeal to Hispanic voters. Mr. Trump covered familiar talking points, but took the time to address issues important to voters. The event ended with a group of prominent evangelists praying, standing around President Trump as he sat with his eyes closed and their hands on his shoulders.
At the same event, the former president hurled a series of personal attacks at his opponent, calling Harris “extremely lazy” and “low IQ.” He noted that Harris did not do any public campaign work on Tuesday, instead recording two interviews on Monday after a busy day campaigning with Liz Cheney. At a subsequent rally in Greensboro, North Carolina, President Trump continued his vitriol. “Does she drink? Does she do drugs?”
Republican Vice Presidential candidate J.D. Vance dodged a question about whether he would seek legal permission to revoke his immigration status while campaigning in Peoria, Arizona, a suburb of Phoenix. Vance urged supporters to “work your back end over the next two weeks” to red-hot the swing state.
The Republican Party has filed an unusual complaint alleging that the British Labor Party is interfering in the presidential election by recruiting and dispatching party members to Harris’ election campaign. It is understood that the volunteers are not working for the Labor Party and are using their personal time to campaign in the US.
Elsewhere in the campaign
Despite some setbacks, Republicans have vowed to move forward with efforts to block some overseas voting. The court’s ruling rejected efforts by the Republican National Committee to prevent some Americans living abroad from voting in North Carolina and Michigan, but the party said it will continue to pursue aggressive legal efforts. I plan on continuing.
The International Monetary Fund predicted that the U.S. economy is poised for stronger growth than many rich countries. Although it does not mention Trump by name, the IMF estimates that “undesirable” industrial and trade policy shifts could reduce global GDP by half a percentage point in 2026.
Arab Americans slightly support Trump over Harris, according to a new poll. The survey, conducted by Arab News Research in collaboration with YouGov, shows the stalemate in Michigan, a key battleground state with a large Arab-American population.
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