Having concluded their final debate, US President Donald Trump and his rival Joe Biden began running the final 11 days of the White House race on Friday.
Trump will hold two rallies in the battlefield state of Florida, where Biden has a slight 1.5% lead in the RealClearPolitics poll average. He also plans to vote in person on Saturday in Florida.
Biden will deliver a speech in his home state of Delaware on his plans to lead the recovery from the Covid-19 pandemic.
With 11 days until the election is over, more than 51 million Americans have already cast their votes, a rate that could lead to the highest turnout since 1928. Friday morning turnout represents 21% of the 240 million eligible voters and more. more than 36% of total votes in the 2016 election, according to the University of South Florida’s Early Voting Tracker.
On Friday, Trump believed he “did very well” in the final debate. “They are two different styles,” he told reporters of his disciplined performance in contrast to the first debate on Sept. 29 in which he constantly interrupted Biden and spoke about himself and the moderator. “I can do different styles.”
WH Releases Raw Images From Trump Interview
On Thursday, the White House released raw footage from an interview Trump did with 60 Minutes reporter Lesley Stahl, breaking an agreement with CBS to keep footage of the long-awaited showdown private until an edited version could be aired this Thursday. Weekend.
The images show Stahl asking direct questions and refuting some of Trump’s responses on issues, including health care and the government’s response to the pandemic. “Look at the bias, hatred and rudeness on behalf of 60 Minutes and CBS,” Trump said in a post on his Twitter profile, with a link to his Facebook page, where he posted the nearly 38-minute interview.
The White House had kept a single-frame copy of the interview, in which only Trump is seen, but Stahl can be heard asking questions. It shows Trump repeatedly asking Stahl and his employer, CBS News, to ask Biden tough questions. CBS News criticized Trump’s “unprecedented decision” to ignore an agreement to keep the images private, but said the move would not delay the show from “providing full, fair and contextual reporting that presidents have participated in for decades. “.
US sanctions five Iranian entities for ‘meddling’
On Thursday, the United States sanctioned five Iranian entities for trying to interfere in the US elections. Authorities suspect that elements of the Iranian government “disguised as news organizations or media outlets have attacked” the elections.
“The Iranian regime uses false narratives and other misleading content to try to influence the US elections,” said Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin.
Top US national security officials on Wednesday warned of Iran and Russia’s attempted election interference.
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