Trump, Harris attack each other during dueling Friday night rallies as Election Day nears

Former President Donald Trump and Vice President Kamala Harris held dueling rallies Friday night, trading verbal blows from a distance with the election less than two weeks away. The split-screen dynamic was the result of Trump, 78, arriving at the Traverse City, Mich., rally site more than three hours late. “I am so sorry,” Trump said at the top of his speech.“We got so tied up, and I figured you wouldn’t mind too much because we’re trying to win.”The Republican nominee for president had been held up in Austin, Texas, recording a nearly three-hour-long interview on comedian Joe Rogan’s hugely popular podcast.“It was the longest interview I’ve ever done in my life,” Trump said. “So I apologize but, you know, it’s all about winning.

We got to win.And, we did some things today that will help us win,” he argued. The former president went on to ridicule Harris, 60, for campaigning in Houston – with Beyonce’, Kelly Rowland, Willie Nelson and Jessica Alba – as Israel conducted retaliatory airstrikes against Iran. “You know where she is tonight?” Trump said of his 2024 opponent.

“She’s out partying.” “So, Israel is attacking [Iran] – we got a war going on and she’s out partying,” the 45th president added.“At least we’re working to make America great again.”“She’s the worst vice president in the history of our country,” Trump said of the Democratic nominee.WIth Harris in Houston and President Biden in Wilmington, Del., for the weekend, the ex-commander in chief argued that leadership in Washington was absent in a potentially perilous moment. “Tonight in the Middle East – it’s like a tinderbox.

It’s ready to explode,” Trump said.  “Nobody’s in charge,” he charged.“Joe Biden is asleep and Kamala is at a dance party with Beyonce.’”Trump also took aim at Harris’ plan to hike taxes on corporations, unrealized capital gains and individuals with incomes over $400,000. He branded the...