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In a three-hour interview last night, Donald Trump told Joe Rogan about his plan to abolish the income tax and appoint Robert F. Kennedy Jr. to tackle health care issues if elected president. He also said the biggest mistake he made while president was hiring “dishonest people.”
While discussing Trump’s proposed tariffs, Logan asked Trump if he would be open to replacing income taxes with tariffs. “Well, I understand,” Trump said, adding, “Yeah, for sure.” Why not? Because we, we’re ready, our country was relatively the wealthiest in the 1880s and 1890s. The assassinated president was named McKinley. He was a customs king. He spoke beautifully about tariffs. Then, around the early 1900s, they switched to an income tax, which was frankly foolish. ”
Mr. Trump also spoke about his relationship with Mr. Kennedy, with whom he did not agree on all issues. Trump said he told Kennedy, “Take care of your health. You can do whatever you want.” The two presented an agenda entitled “Make America Healthy Again," which focused on the processed food and pharmaceutical industries.
Here are the details of the interview with Edward Helmore:
President Trump on Friday used his interview with Logan to reiterate his claim that his loss to Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election was a “rigged” result. But when Mr. Rogan asked if he intended to release evidence proving the election was “stolen,” Mr. Trump changed the subject.
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Beyoncé lent her star power to Kamala Harris at a heated rally in Texas on Friday, as the vice president warned that the state’s near-total abortion ban could become law. He declared that we were on the “brink of history.” The Guardian’s Lauren Gambino reported on the event.
In an apparent response to Kamala Harris’ campaign rally in Houston that drew 30,000 people, Donald Trump posted on Truth Social that “abortion has been significantly reduced in status as an issue.”
Below are some of the former president’s truth social posts shared by Harris’ campaign staff.
President Trump is clearly concerned that Vice President Harris held a powerful event last night with survivors in Texas about the impact of abortion bans. “Abortion has gone down considerably as an issue,” he argues.
it’s not.
He’s going to find out next Tuesday how much he hasn’t done that. pic.twitter.com/cCLhsWbySj
— Ian Sams (@IanSams) October 26, 2024
Here’s Lauren’s info from Houston:
With the presidential election virtually deadlocked, Harris temporarily bypassed seven battleground states and appeared in the red-hot state of Texas. In what she called “ground zero in the fight for reproductive freedom,” Harris spoke to voters who have not yet made up their minds about a candidate or whether to vote at all. , tried to present the stakes for November.
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Updated to 11.45 EDT
‘We don’t want our founders to be deported’ – Report: Elon Musk worked illegally in the US early in his career
Elon Musk, who has become a vocal critic of “open borders,” worked illegally in the United States early in his career, The Washington Post reported. After arriving in the United States for Stanford University’s graduate program, Musk never attended classes and did not have a work permit when he began building the company that would become Zip2.
Here’s the Washington Post:
When venture capital firm Mohr Davidow Ventures injected $3 million into Musk’s company in 1996, the funding agreement, a copy of which was obtained by the Post, stated that the Musk brothers and their colleagues had legal work status. It stated that there was a grace period of 45 days to receive the refund. Otherwise, the company may recover its investment.
“Their immigration status did not allow them to be legally employed in the United States to run a company,” said Derek Proudian, who was Zip2’s director at the time and later became CEO. . Investors agreed: “We don’t want our founders to be forced out of the country,” Proudian said.
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Updated to 11.23 EDT
good morning. With just over a week until Election Day, the race is close. As the campaign continues, today we bring you the latest headlines and analysis.
This morning, Donald Trump is scheduled to speak at a rally in Novi, Michigan, before heading to State College, Pennsylvania. His running mate, J.D. Vance, is also scheduled to speak in Atlanta, Georgia, before heading to Erie, Pennsylvania.
As the first event of her campaign, Michelle Obama will hold a get-out-the-vote rally with Kamala Harris in Kalamazoo, Michigan. Tim Walz, also known as M, visits Phoenix and Window Rock, Arizona, the capital of the Navajo Nation.
Yesterday in Houston, Kamala Harris was joined on stage by superstar singer Beyoncé, Congressman Colin Allred, musician Willie Nelson, actor Jessica Alba, several Texas-based gynecologists, She was joined on stage by what her campaign called the largest group of families affected by the state’s abortion ban. The gathering so far. Harris focused her remarks on the state’s abortion ban, which sparked widespread abortion restrictions nationwide.
Donald Trump’s rally in Traverse City, Michigan, was postponed for several hours last night because the former president’s interview with podcast host Joe Rogan lasted three hours.
Harris and Trump are tied for the popular vote in the U.S. presidential election with 48% each, according to the final national poll from The New York Times and Siena College released today.
For the first time since the 1980s, the Washington Post declined to endorse a presidential candidate. Some staffers and reporters have argued that the decision was made by the Post’s billionaire owner, Jeff Bezos.
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Updated to 11.24 EDT