DONALD Trump says the election is the ‘most important date’ in US history. In a speech in Ohio on Saturday, he described his campaign for the White House as a turning point for the country.
Days after confirming his position as the Republican presidential nominee, the former president also warned of a “bloodbath” if he is not elected – although it was unclear what he meant, with the remarks coming amid comments about threats to the US auto industry.
“The date – remember this, November 5th – I believe will be the most important date in the history of our country,” the 77-year-old told supporters in Vandalia, Ohio, repeating his criticism that his rival, President Joe Biden, was the “worst” president.
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“They won’t be able to sell those cars if I’m elected. Now, if I’m not elected, it will be a bloodbath for the whole, it will be the least, it will be a bloodbath for the country. It will be the least . But they won’t be able to sell those cars.”
This month, Trump and Biden each won enough delegates to secure their party’s nomination in the 2024 presidential race, almost certainly guaranteeing a rematch and setting up one of the longest election campaigns in US history.
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One of the issues Trump campaigned on was sweeping reform of what he called Biden’s “horror show” immigration policies, despite successfully forcing Republicans to reject a bill in Congress that included the strictest border security measures in decades.
On Saturday, he again linked the border issue as he addressed minorities who typically vote Democratic. He said that Biden had “repeatedly stabbed African-American voters in the back” by granting work permits to “millions” of immigrants, warning that they and Hispanic Americans “will suffer the most.”
For decades, Ohio has been considered a battleground state, although it has trended more strongly Republican since Trump’s victory in the White House in 2016.
The rally came a day after Trump’s former vice president, Mike Pence, said he would not support his former boss for a second term in the White House. (AFP/Z-3)
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