29 Oct 2024

US election live: 'I'm the opposite of a Nazi': Trump rejects cricitism he's a 'fascist'

12:58 pm on 29 October 2024
This combination of file pictures created on August 3, 2024 shows US Vice President and 2024 Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris speaking on March 26, 2024, in Raleigh, North Carolina; and former US President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump speaking in the first presidential debate with US President Joe Biden in Atlanta, Georgia, on June 27, 2024.

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Donald Trump's team is working to distance the Republican candidate from the vulgar and racist remarks made at his controversial rally at Madison Square Garden as pundits say he made the most extreme closing argument in modern presidential history.

US President Joe Biden has cast his vote for Democrat Kamala Harris and slammed Trump's rally as "embarrassing".

Meanwhile, two ballot boxes were set on fire and Elon Musk is under fire for his $1 million sweepstake for voters.

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