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Trump tries to divide Democrats before the National Convention: “Biden hates Harris”

Donald Trump assured this Saturday that President Joe Biden “hates” the vice president and Democratic candidate Kamala Harris because she “ovehed him” to be able to run for the November elections, thus trying to divide the Democrats before the start of his National Convention on Monday.

“Joe Biden hates her (Kamala Harris), okay? He hates her. It doesn’t matter if I leave the teleprompter for a second. He hates it because it caused its overthrow (…) I spent 100 million dollars on campaigning against Biden. If I hadn’t debated with him, he would continue to present himself,” Trump added at an event with supporters in Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania).

The former president filled an enclosure with capacity for 8,000 people in this city of about 45,000 inhabitants within a state – Pennsylvania – that will be crucial for the presidential aspirations of Trump himself and Kamala Harris.

According to an average of 24 polls updated by the political media The Hill, Harris now has 48.2% of the support in Pennsylvania, while Trump receives 47.4% in this ‘hinge state’ where he suffered the assassination attempt last month.

Harris and his running mate, Tim Walz, will also go on their tour of Pennsylvania this Sunday, aware of their electoral importance, before the start of the Democratic National Convention that will be held from Monday to Thursday in Chicago (Illinois).

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“Harris is the most radical leftist person who has ever run for public office (…) It will be easier to beat than Biden because he doesn’t know if he believes everything he does, but she is a true left-wing radical,” Trump continued.

This is Trump’s seventh visit to Pennsylvania this year and at least the fifth time he has given a rally in Wilkes-Barre since 2016.

Trump, lashed hard this Saturday against ABC, the American network where he will debate against the aspiring Democratic and current vice president, Kamala Harris, on September 10, describing the channel’s workers as “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’m talking about because I see how they treat me. They are horrible people,” Trump said to an audience of 8,000 people at a rally in the town of Wilkes-Barre (Pennsylvania).

The tycoon lavished himself long and hard against what is one of the most important commercial radio and television companies in the United States, created in 1943, now owned by the Disney empire.

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“That’s the house of George Stephanopoulos,” former adviser and head of Communication of the Democratic Party, as well as now a Washington correspondent for ABC News, Trump said pejoratively.

“An unpleasant guy who works on a network that interviews (president) Biden and asks him what flavor of ice cream he likes best and with me they enter into topics that no one would like to talk about,” the former president continued in reference to the journalist.

“Even so,” Trump said, “I accepted” the debate on ABC News, “although they will not appear in the one I proposed on Fox News,” on September 4.

ABC was not the only media that Trump criticized severely today, it also disqualified the work of journalists from other networks such as CBS, CNN or The New York Times newspaper. Of the latter, he said that “they always bring out on the cover what Kamala Harris and her charming husband do,” in a burlesque tone.

Former President Trump (2017-2021) proposed a week ago to face the current Vice President Harris in three debates – on September 4, 10 and 25 – and that they take place on different networks – Fox, ABC and NBC – instead of just ABC; the only one confirmed for the moment.

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The ABC debate will take place on Tuesday, September 10 at 9:00 p.m. (01:00 GMT on Wednesday) at the National Constitution Center in Philadelphia (Pennsylvania).

The face-to-face between the candidates, which will also be broadcast on its ABC News Live themed channel and on the Disney+ and Hulu platforms, will be moderated by David Muir, presenter and editor-in-chief of World News Tonight, and by Linsey Davis, Prime host on ABC News Live itself.

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Milei vows to make Argentina so strong that Falkland Islanders “choose” to join

Argentine President Javier Milei reaffirmed his country’s claim over the Falkland Islands (known as the Islas Malvinas in Argentina) and praised the role of the nation’s armed forces during a ceremony marking the “Veterans and Fallen Soldiers of the Malvinas War Day,” commemorating 43 years since the 1982 conflict with the United Kingdom.

Argentina continues to assert sovereignty over the islands, arguing that Britain unlawfully seized them in 1833.

“If sovereignty over the Malvinas is the issue, we have always made it clear that the most important vote is the one cast with one’s feet. We hope that one day, the Malvinas residents will choose to vote with their feet and join us,” Milei stated.

“That is why we aim to become a global power—so much so that they would prefer to be Argentine, making deterrence or persuasion unnecessary. This is why we have embarked on a path of liberation, working to make Argentina the freest country in the world and once again the nation with the highest GDP per capita on the planet,” he added.

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Óscar Arias: Trump’s trade policies are a step backward

Former Costa Rican President and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Óscar Arias expressed regret over the shift toward trade protectionism under U.S. President Donald Trump, calling it “a return to the past.”

“It is very unfortunate because the United States was the country that convinced many nations of the benefits of free trade, which are indeed real. Becoming protectionist and imposing tariffs today will only hurt consumers, create inflation, and lead to significantly slower economic growth,” Arias stated in an interview with EFE.

President Trump is set to announce new tariffs against multiple countries on April 2—a date he has named “Liberation Day”—in a move that could disrupt the global economy like never before in decades.

“I disagree with imposing tariffs on products that are not manufactured in the United States. This is a return to the past—a past we thought was long gone—because empirical evidence clearly shows that open markets drive economic growth more than protectionist policies,” Arias added.

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ICE agent’s arrest of suspect sparks controversy in Boston

A Boston district attorney harshly criticized U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) on Wednesday after one of its agents arrested a suspect while he was on trial.

ICE agent Brian Sullivan detained Wilson Martell-Lebron as he was leaving the courthouse last week. However, a Boston Municipal Court judge ruled on Monday against Sullivan, stating that by taking him into custody, he had deprived Martell-Lebron of his right to due process and a fair trial.

“This ICE action was troubling and extraordinarily reckless,” said Suffolk County District Attorney Kevin Hayden. “As the judge pointed out, ICE’s actions deprived Mr. Martell-Lebron of his right to a fair trial. They also undermined our office’s ability to hold the defendant accountable for his alleged crime.”

Hayden further argued that actions like these make Boston less safe, contrary to ICE’s claims.