On Thursday evening, after the Democrat National Convention (DNC) acceptance speech by Vice President Kamala Harris, former President Trump provided a reaction to Fox News’ Bret Baier and Martha MacCallum.
The first topic the Fox hosts pressed the former president on had to do with the debates; during her speech, Kamala Harris implied that Donald Trump was unwilling to debate. Trump indicated he was willing to do several debates, a claim he has been making virtually from the word “go:”
PRESIDENT TRUMP: I was willing to debate more than once and Kamala turned me down! pic.twitter.com/9E6gmbtZlg
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) August 23, 2024
Trump then blasted Kamala Harris on tacitly dishonest statements on Project 2025, as well as her failure to address taxation and interest rates, claiming that Kamala Harris is a Marxist and that she would “leave the border open”:
PRESIDENT TRUMP: “I lower taxes. She’s raising taxes. She’s going to give a tax increase of 4-5x what people and companies are paying right now. The company will go into a depression if they do it. She didn’t talk about interest rates. The interest rates are getting close to… pic.twitter.com/SJcdanBU7r
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) August 23, 2024
The post continued:
The interest rates are getting close to record rates. People can’t do business. They can’t borrow money.
His comments about the pharmaceutical exodus to places like Ireland, I can vouch for first-hand, having been involved in medical manufacturing and combination pharma-device products at that time. Ireland was, at that time, known in medical manufacturing as the “Celtic Tiger” for the number of companies that were relocating there.
On immigration, Trump discussed closing the border, and how the Biden administration could have closed the border at any moment; the executive branch is, in fact, responsible for border enforcement, and has broad powers to do so:
PRESIDENT TRUMP: “I didn’t have a bill. I closed the border. I had the safest border in the history of our country… All [Kamala] has to do is say ‘I want to close the border’ — they don’t want to close the border.” pic.twitter.com/BbFtNkaHXV
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) August 23, 2024
The former president also described how he has buried the hatchet with Republican Georgia Governor Brian Kemp, a move many were hoping he would make. Pres. Trump also discussed a possible meeting with independent candidate Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who is expected to withdraw from the race on Friday – amid speculation that he may endorse Donald Trump:
PRESIDENT TRUMP: “Brian Kemp is a very good man… He said he wants Trump to win and he’s going to work with me 100% and we’re going to have a very good relationship.” pic.twitter.com/7LTFtQiSEl
— Trump War Room (@TrumpWarRoom) August 23, 2024
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And, with that, the DNC is wrapped up – and the first rounds of replies are, likewise, wrapped up. Next comes the first presidential debate in September – stay tuned! Things are about to get very interesting indeed. It’s now official – Donald Trump vs. Kamala Harris.
Let the games begin!
