Trump gives Kamala Harris new nickname and challenges Biden to new debate: Live

Back to the president, who yesterday insisted “I’m not going anywhere” at a Fourth of July event for military personnel and their families at the White House, during which he laid out the stakes of November’s election.

“We must look at ourselves and ask the question: will we stand for freedom again? Will we stand for democracy?” he asked.

Here’s Alex Woodward on Biden’s warning against a Trump “monarchy” in light of the Supreme Court’s alarming immunity ruling in his favour.

And finally from the former president’s social feed, here’s his attack on ABC anchor “George Slopadopoulos” ahead of his interview with Biden due to be broadcast this evening, which the president hopes will clear the air over his wellbeing and resassure voters that he remains up to the job.

“The meanest and most vicious interviewer out there”? George Stephanopoulos? Really?

That one just gets crazier and crazier the further you get through it and ends up entirely rabid.

Martha McHardy has this on what’s at stake as the journalist flies out to Wisconsin to sit down with the under-pressure octogenarian.

Also on Truth Social, the Republican challenged the president to a second debate – despite the fact that one is already scheduled for September 10 and due to be broadcast on ABC News.

“I have the answer to the Crooked Joe Biden Incompetence Puzzle — Let’s do another Debate, but this time, no holds barred – An all on discussion, with just the two of us on stage, talking about the future of our Country,” Trump wrote, then pivoting towards salivating over the thought of the ratings and to misrepresenting Biden’s policy positions.

Donald Trump has issued a withering attack on Joe Biden and Kamala Harris, calling the president “highly incapable” and saying he “choked like a dog” during their first presidential debate in Atlanta, Georgia, last week, also mocking Biden for blaming his poor performance on exhaustion and a cold.

Turning his attention to the vice president – who is being tipped to succeed the president as the 2024 Democratic nominee – by calling her “Laffin Kamala Harris”, a new nickname alluding to her infectious chuckle.

“She did poorly in the Democrat Nominating process, starting out at Number Two, and ending up defeated and dropping out, even before getting to Iowa, but that doesn’t mean she’s not a “highly talented” politician!” the presumptive Republican nominee crowed on his Truth Social platform.

Biden’s disastrous performance at the first debate of the 2024 election against Donald Trump thrust his mental fitness into the limelight. Within the past week, three senior Democrats have either publicly called on the president to stand aside or announced he would lose the election, and Trump now has a six-point lead in the latest The Wall Street Journal poll.

The 73-year-old first lady, however, has publicly painted a rosy picture of her husband’s performance. “Joe you did such a great job,” Dr. Biden proclaimed in the immediate aftermath last Thursday, before adding: “You answered every question!”

Democrats in Congress have introduced several pieces of legislation to overhaul the Supreme Court, from codes of ethics to attempts to block precedent-shredding decisions that will have profound effects on government and society. They’re likely to fail.

In what marks a major blow to his reelection campaign, Hastings, 63, has became one of the party’s first, and most pivotal, benefactors to call on the 81-year-old president to step aside.

The entrepreneur, who has an estimated net worth of $4.8bn, told The New York Times: “Biden needs to step aside to allow a vigorous Democratic leader to beat Trump and keep us safe and prosperous.”

Hastings, who co-founded the streaming giant in 1997, and his wife Patty Quillin have donated more than $20m to the Democrats in recent years, including $1.5m to Biden in his 2020 bid for office.

A GoFundMe campaign for Stormy Daniels has raised more than $800,000 in the eight days since it launched in order to help the adult film star deal with the fallout of speaking out against Donald Trump.

Trump is set to be sentenced by Judge Juan Merchan on September 18, after he was granted a delay as he seeks to overturn his conviction in in light of the Supreme Court’s recent immunity ruling.