2024 Elections

'His brain is completely out of commission': Trump stuns during economics Q&A

Donald Trump left jaws on the floor as he answered questions from Bloomberg Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait at the Economic Club of Chicago.

In a series of questions about the economy, Micklethwait desperately tried to keep the conversation on track until Trump had to explain to him, "It's called the weave." The term has become Trump's new way of weaving through dozens of different issues in an effort to answer a simple question.

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'Wrong all your life': Trump snarls at interviewer as he's asked about $7 trillion deficit

Former President Donald Trump hurled insults and snarls when faced with Bloomberg News' editor-in-chief's questions about the trillions of dollars experts estimate he'll add to the national debt.

Trump mounted the stage of the Economic Club of Chicago Tuesday to field questions from Bloomberg News Editor-in-Chief John Micklethwait, who described the estimates on deficit increases as "quite kind."

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Donald Trump insists Lindsey Graham is 'a progressive' during Chicago interview

Former President Donald Trump argued that Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-SC) was "a progressive" politician.

During an interview with Bloomberg during an event in Chicago Tuesday, Trump insisted that the dollar would remain the world's reserve currency if he were re-elected.

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'How broke do you have to be?' Trump's $1M 'Ultra MAGA Experience' spurs instant mockery

For the stunning price of just $924,600, you too can have a "special evening" replete with "ultra MAGA" experiences with former President Donald Trump.

That's according to New York Times reporter Teddy Schleifer, who shared on X Monday night a screenshot of the near $1 million cash-grab Trump sent his donors in the form of an event invitation.

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Trump: I didn't like football because people 'from a bad neighborhood' could tackle me

Former President Donald Trump said that he was not a fan of playing football as a child because someone "from a bad neighborhood" could tackle him.

The Republican presidential nominee made the remarks this week on the Bussin' With The Boys podcast.

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Ex-Trump aide laughs watching Trump's town hall: 'This is not even the man I worked for'

The co-hosts of "The View" spent the first two segments of the show on Tuesday talking about Donald Trump's town hall which turned into the former president playing music instead of answering questions.

"It should really freak everybody out — 57 minutes, right?" Goldberg said, claiming that was the time Trump spent playing music when he was supposed to be answering questions. "Fifty-seven minutes of him playing music, not saying jack-doo about anything that has to do with what's going on in the world. This freaked me out. He's freaked me out a lot, but this really upset me."

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Mark Robinson put on defensive minutes after announcing he's suing CNN

North Carolina Lt. Gov. Mark Robinson announced Tuesday that he intends to sue CNN over its bombshell report that claimed he was linked to adult websites and white supremacist message boards — and then was called out by a blunt reporter.

Robinson gave a short statement Tuesday's press conference before making his lawyer available to answer questions.

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'What's fascism?' GOP lawmaker enraged as CNN puts him on spot over Trump threat

CNN host John Berman enraged Rep. Mike Waltz (R-FL) after he was asked about former President Donald Trump's threat to deploy the military to fight "the enemy from within" during U.S. elections.

"I do want to ask you about Donald Trump's comments about the quote enemy from within," Berman told Waltz during a Tuesday interview. "He says he's talking about sick people, radical left lunatics."

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'Normally there’s twice as many people': Guests await Trump Chicago speech on the economy

CHICAGO—As former President Donald Trump prepares to take the stage at the Fairmont Chicago hotel for an interview with Bloomberg, members and guests of the Economic Club of Chicago are accustomed to hearing big-name speakers—some drawing twice as many attendees.

Bono, the lead singer of the rock band U2, spoke to the nonprofit group for business and civic leaders in 2018, which one Economic Club of Chicago member, Rhonda, attended with her husband.

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Harris pokes fun after Trump turns rally into bizarre dance-a-thon

Kamala Harris questioned Donald Trump's mental state Tuesday after the 78-year-old Republican's latest televised town hall veered into a surreal, impromptu music session.

"Hope he's okay," the Democratic candidate posted on X.

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Early voting numbers don't bode well for Trump in Michigan: data expert

The CEO of a data analyst company is sounding the alarm for Donald Trump about early voting numbers coming out of Michigan.

Tom Bonier took to X on Tuesday to show the raw numbers of early ballots. The data doesn't show who is winning or losing, but gives a clear early picture of the voters' demographics.

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'Horrifying': Ex-aide recalls begging Trump not to have troops shoot at protesting friends

A former advisor to Vice President Mike Pence says she had to convince then-President Donald Trump not to send federal troops to shoot at her friends and their families.

Olivia Troye, homeland security advisor to former Vice President Mike Pence, appeared on CNN Tuesday morning to discuss her warnings of the authoritarian threat she believes the Republican presidential nominee now poses.

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'Weakness and desperation': War Room host loses it over Harris' Fox News appearance

War Room guest host Monica Crowley lashed out at Vice President Kamala Harris for doing an interview with Fox News, calling it "a sign of weakness and desperation, not strength."

During Tuesday's War Room program, Crowley sat in the host's chair while Steve Bannon was finishing his four-month prison stint.

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