Trump names the ‘nastiest’ speaker of the Democratic convention after being insulted by the Obamas

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. has announced an ‘address to the nation’ on Friday as speculation mounts over whether he’ll drop out of the presidential race and endorse Donald Trump.

He will speak at 11am (PT) in Phoenix, Arizona, hours before the Republican nominee holds a rally nearby.

The independent candidate’s running mate Nicole Shanahan has already admitted they are considering their future in the campaign.

Shanahan appeared on an episode of Tom Bilyeu’s Impact Theory and said she and RFK Jr. have two options – they could stay in the race and hope to get 5 percent of the vote to officially start a new political party.

‘But we run the risk of a Kamala Harris and Walz presidency,’ the former Democrat said. ‘Because we draw votes from Trump or we draw somehow more votes from Trump.’

By Emily Goodin, senior White House correspondent in Chicago

Kamala Harris’ campaign manager downplayed any concerns over Robert F. Kennedy Jr. exiting the presidential race and throwing his support to Donald Trump.

‘We are very confident that the vice president is going to win whether she’s running against one candidate or multiple candidates,’ Jen O’Malley Dillon said at the CNN-Politico Grills, an event held on the sidelines of the Democratic National Convention.

‘I don’t think it’s really going to interfere with the race too much,’ she noted.

She pointed out Harris carries the support of the Kennedy family, many of whom disavowed RFK’s independent bid.

He will announce his exit on Friday during a speech in Phoenix, per reports.

One Kennedy family member, Jack Schlossberg, grandson of former President John F. Kennedy, spoke at the Democratic convention earlier this week.

From Nikki Schwab, Chief Campaign Correspondent at the DNC in Chicago:

Veep star Julia Louis-Dreyfus took a swipe at the Republican who wants that job during an event with female Democratic governors on Wednesday.

‘This is so cool,’ the actress said as she appeared alongside every single female Democratic governor in the United States at an event held in conjunction with the Democratic National Convention.

‘We are very honored to have eight highly intelligent, highly capable women leaders for the 21st century with us,’ she said.

Onstage was Oregon Gov. Kotec, New York Gov. Kathy Hochul, New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham, Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer, Maine Gov. Janet Mills, Arizona Gov. Katie Hobbs, Massachusetts Gov. Maura Healey and Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly.

‘Or what J.D. Vance might call a coven of semi-menstruating witches,’ Louis-Dreyfus smarted.

From Nikki Schwab, Chief Campaign Correspondent at the DNC in Chicago:

Pink has reportedly been tapped to provide entertainment for the final night of the Democratic National Convention.

Convention organizers have been tight-lipped about celebrity appearances and musical acts – with rumors flying that Beyonce could make a Thursday appearance.

Pink’s support of Democratic nominee, Vice President Kamala Harris, was already well known as she made an appearance during last month’s massive ‘White Women For Kamala’ Zoom call.

Charlie Spiering, Senior Political Reporter

When Vice President Kamala Harris graduated law school in 1989, young poet Lisa B. Thompson wrote and performed a dramatic poem marking the occasion.

The Daily Mail obtained a copy of the poem that was published by the University of California Hastings Law School.

‘Law school is only the middle passage there are those who jumped ship to swim back home or who drowned in the cruel waters of exams, outlines, performance anxiety, and financial sobriety,’ she wrote.

Charlie Spiering Senior Political Reporter

Former President Donald Trump said Wednesday that former President Barack Obama was ‘nasty’ to him on Tuesday, during his Democratic National Convention speech.

‘He was very nasty last night,’ Trump said about Obama’s speech.

He ridiculed his advisors who keep telling him not to get personal with Vice President Kamala Harris.

He took a vocal ‘poll’ of his audience by asking them to cheer the idea of ‘getting personal’ with attacks on Democrats or not.

‘I don’t know. My advisors are fired,’ he joked, after the audience clearly favored more personal attacks.

‘We’d rather keep it on policy, but sometimes its hard when you’re attacked from all ends,’ he added. ‘I try and be nice to people, you know? But it’s a little tough when they get personal.’

Obama and his wife, Michelle Obama launched several attacks against Trump during their speeches at the DNC.

‘It has been a constant stream of gripes and grievances that’s actually been getting worse now that he is afraid of losing to Kamala,’ Obama said. ‘There’s the childish nicknames, the crazy conspiracy theories, this weird obsession with crowd sizes.’

Charlie Spiering, Senior Political Reporter

Former President Donald Trump stepped away from the protective slabs of bulletproof glass on Wednesday after a supporter had a medical emergency.

Trump paused the rally after he saw the commotion around the person who likely fainted and called for medical to assist.

‘It is very hot here, I noticed,’ Trump said. ‘Take your time doctor, thank you.’

After waiting for a few moments, Trump descended the stage and walked over to the crowd to check on the situation.

After the supporter was revived, Trump gave the person a hug as the crowd cheered before returning to the stage to finish his speech

The FBI has launched an investigation into whether maggots were deliberately slipped into the breakfasts of delegates at the Democratic National Convention.

Law enforcement swarmed the Fairmont Hotel in downtown Chicago on Wednesday following reports of the insect attack.

Indiana delegate Tracy Boyd told WGNTV: ‘They protected us, of course, and turned it around in minutes.’

She said her group was notified that breakfast service would be briefly delayed due to the incident.

‘I really do want to give a shout-out to the hotel staff and leadership,’ she added.

All Americans have the right to peaceful protest, but ugly attacks like this have no place in our democracy,’ said Indiana Democratic Party spokesperson Sam Barloga.

‘We thank the security team for responding swiftly,’ he said.

Former President Donald Trump is now facing Vice President Kamala Harris in the upcoming election, but he apparantly could not resist taking a shot at President Joe Biden for leaving on vacation after his speech at the Democratic National Convention.

‘Where’s Biden what happened to Biden?’ Trump asked during his rally in North Carolina on Wednesday. ‘He’s on the beach.’

‘You know he’s got somebody that thinks he looks great in a bathing suit. He likes to go to a beach, how do you leave here and go on a beach?’ he added.

Biden is currently on vacation with his family in Santa Ynez, California, not far from the coast.

Earlier this month, Biden also spent time on the beach with his wife Dr. Jill Biden and family members in Rehoboth Beach, Delaware.

‘You can’t do it,’ Trump added. ‘There are things that you just don’t do. People don’t want to see you in a bathing suit.’

Trump also referred to a video clip of Biden struggling to drag a beach chair in the sand.

‘Walks badly, it’s hard to walk in the sand, you know, he has a hard time lifting his feet in the sand,’

‘The chair is meant for old people to lift and young kids to lift, like four year old kids right? And he can’t lift it, he needs a little help,’ he said.

From Kelly Laco, executive editor of politics at the DNC in Chicago:

Mayor of Richmond, Virginia, Levar Stoney, gushed over the new wave of enthusiasm on display at the DNC.

He said that although Virginia is considered a purple state, there was a ‘four-alarm fire’ when Trump was up in polls in the commonwealth in a matchup with Joe Biden.

That all changed when Biden stepped down and Kamala Harris rose to the top of the ticket.

Stoney, who is running for Lt. Governor, told attendees at the American Association of Political Consultants lunch in Chicago:

Now, fast forward a month later, there’s smiles on everyone’s faces all across the commonwealth, and I think there is a, certainly an injection of new energy and enthusiasm in our party.

But also, just, you know, I’ve been with the delegation for the last couple days, and I see the energy, I see the enthusiasm, but I see something different as well. You look into the eyes of these delegates and these Democrats folks are acting with a businesslike approach to this.

We’re here to celebrate. We’re here to get energized up while folks are ready to go back to the states and get this thing done.

I’ve been involved in Virginia politics for 20 years. I’ve not seen this type of votes from Democrats in a long, long time, [probably not since] 2008 with President Obama. They are focused like no other.

But what I’m hearing from Democrats, because they want to win, we want to win because I don’t want to see another four years of Donald Trump.

Charlie Spiering Senior Political Reporter

Former President Donald Trump kicked off his rally in North Carolina by questioning the dramatic revision in jobs numbers just prior to the 2024 election.

‘The Harris-Biden has been caught fraudulently manipulating job statistics to hide the true extent of the economic ruin that they’ve inflicted on America,’ Trump said.

The Labor Department revealed Wednesday that there was 818,000 fewer jobs created than was reported the previous year.

The lower jobs tally may influence the Federal Reserve’s decision of whether to cut interest rates.

Trump described the revised job numbers a ‘major scandal’ and a ‘total lie’ from the administration.

‘The real numbers are much worse than that and Comrade Kamala, you know, she’s comrade, the most radical leftist to run for political office in our country,’ he said.

Democrats continue to add celebrity and entertainment star power to their convention – with singer John Legend set to perform a tribute to Prince.

The crooner and producer was on hand for soundcheck at the United Center on the night Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz is set to deliver his big speech.

Prince is a home-state hero, and Walz and Harris have spoken about their love for the late singer. ‘I feel like a trip to Paisley Park is going to happen here,’ Walz said in a youtube video with Harris, who told him a visit Prince’s mansion is ‘on my bucket list.’

Attendees and viewers should expect a screaming guitar solo from the house band – which includes two drum kits – during one Prince hit. The convention featured earlier performance of Jason Isbell, Mickey Guyton, and an appearance by Lil Jon.

Charlie Spiering, Senior Political Reporter

Secret Service deployed a more vigourous and visible display of security in and around former President Donald Trump’s rally in North Carolina on Wednesday.

Attendees spotted Secret Service agents around the perimeter and even teams of countersnipers on sloped rooftops.

This is Trump’s first outdoor political rally since he was shot in the ear five weeks ago by gunman Thomas Crooks in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Today, Secret Service installed bulletproof glass around the podium to protect Trump and his running mate JD Vance, who kicked off the rally earlier this afternoon.

Trump fans recognized the countersnipers, taking photos of security personnel as they waited for the formper president to appear.

Trump is offering counter-programming this week to the spectacle in Chicago at the Democratic National Convention for Vice President Kamala Harris’ nomination.

J.D. Vance said Kamala Harris explains foreign policy like a ‘third grader’ in remarks criticizing her response to global crises worldwide.

‘It’s hard to make sense of Kamala Harris’ foreign policy especially when she explains it like a third grader who didn’t study for a class presentation,’ he told a crowd in Asheboro, North Carolina.

Donald Trump holds his first open-air rally on Wednesday since being shot, but will deliver his speech from behind bullet-proof glass.

Shipping containers were stacked two high around the perimeter of the site at the North Carolina Aviation Museum in Asheboro, obscuring the line of sight to the podium where the former president will address supporters.

He is making his third appearance of the week as he seeks to draw the spotlight away from the Democratic Party’s convention in Chicago and restart a campaign that has stuttered ever since Joe Biden dropped out of the race to be replaced by Vice President Kamala Harris.

Trump is expected to hit Harris and lay out his national security plans for a second term.

‘Since weak, failed, and dangerously liberal Kamala Harris took office America has become a global laughingstock,’ the Trump campaign said.

Donald Trump’s running mate J.D. Vance tore into Kamala Harris’ record on immigration at a rally in North Carolina on Tuesday.

‘If we give Kamala Harris a promotion and make her the president of the United States the Southern border is going to look like Walmart on Black Friday.’

By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.S. Political Editor for DailyMail.com in Chicago

Former President Donald Trump hit back after getting tormented by the Obamas at Tuesday night’s Democratic National Convention in Chicago, calling the spectacle ‘sad.’

He made the comments on the Hugh Hewitt show, where the host asked him if ‘lawfare’ and other attacks contributes to the ‘climate’ that let to the assassination attempt against him at a Pennsylvania rally.

‘Well, it could. You know, I was mentioned at the Democrats’ little party that they have going on in Chicago, and it’s pretty sad,’ Trump responded.

‘I was mentioned, I think, almost 200 times. And they mentioned the economy about five times. They mentioned the border maybe none. They mentioned crime almost none.’ He called the Democrats ‘out of control,’ saying they’re ‘ruining our nation.’

It came after former President Barack Obama ridiculed Trump for having a ‘weird obsession with crowd sizes,’ then used his hands to make a gesture that some commentators took as suggestive and that drew loud laughs from the convention crowd.

And former first lady Michelle Obama uncorked her own ‘small’ attack on Trump in her barnburner convention speech. ‘Demonizing our children for being who they are and loving who they love, look, that doesn’t make anybody’s life better. Instead, instead, it only makes us small. And let me tell you this: Going small is never the answer. Going small is the opposite of what we teach our kids. Going small is petty. It’s unhealthy. And quite frankly, it’s unpresidential.’

In an online post, a day after offering a rare tip of the hat to the Obamas, Trump weighed in on who he considers the ‘nastiest’ speaker: New York Gov. Kathy Hochul. He called her ‘very unpopular’ and said her ‘total hatred, and statements made about me, had no bounds.’

‘Unfairly, I am before a very biased and hateful New York Judicial System that is appointed and largely controlled by the Governor. With the vitriol displayed by her on Monday night, it is no wonder that the Judges have treated me so badly,’ he said.

Hochul said in her convention speech that Trump was ‘born a New Yorker, but ended up a fraud, a philanderer and a felon.’ She added, ‘He wasn’t raised with the New York values that I know. He never had to worry about child care costs, or groceries, or rent. He never had to worry about anything — or anyone — but himself.’

Hochul told DailyMail.com the attacks on the GOP nominee and Florida transplant are fair game. ‘It is what you do to draw the contrast, remind people that this is not our first viewing of the Trump travesty. This is Part II, so we know what we’re in for,’ she said.

Trump campaign adviser and conservative radio host Steve Cortes tried and failed to get an illegal migrant into the DNC.

‘Whey is Kamala enforcing the rules at her convention but not at our border?’ he questioned on X.

It comes as Republicans are ramping up their counter-programming to the DNC today.

Joe Biden approved in March a highly classified nuclear strategic plan that focused on China’s quickly growing arsenal, the New York Times reported.

The plan also seeks to prepare the U.S for possible coordinated nuclear challenges from China, Russia and North Korea.

Responding to the report a Chinese foreign ministry spokesman said: ‘The U.S. is peddling the China nuclear threat narrative, finding excuses to seek strategic advantage.’

The White House said the classified nuclear strategic plan approved by Biden is not a response to a single country or threat.

The U.S. has consistently pointed to China’s growing nuclear weaponry.

An annual report by the Pentagon last October said China had more than 500 operational nuclear warheads in its arsenal, and will probably have over 1,000 warheads by 2030.

By Geoff Earle, Deputy U.S. Political Editor for DailyMail.com

Senator Gary Peters says former President Donald Trump shouldn’t have campaigned in Howell, Michigan – in his home state – citing its ‘very checkered history in the past.’

‘In fact, recently there were folks there that were involved in white supremacist type movements. I think I would have, if I were Donald Trump, I would have picked a different place to campaign in, given the sensitivity that Howell has for many people in the state of Michigan,’ Peters told DailyMail.com inside the Democratic convention Tuesday night.

He spoke on a day the Kamala Harris campaign hit Trump for ‘choosing to rally in a town that was historically known as “the KKK capital of Michigan,”’ in part due to meetings that former Michigan Grand Dragon of the klan Robert Miles used to hold at his farm there decades ago. Trump and his campaign hit back by noting that President Joe Biden himself had visited Howell during a 2021 event. Trump held his event inside the Livingston County Sheriff’s office where he was flanked by law enforcement officers.

Peters, who heads the Senate Democratic campaign arm, wouldn’t say if Trump was sewnding a deliberate signal, despite the Harris camp calling the visit a ‘dog whistle,’ instead taking a dig at Trump. ‘I don’t want to get inside Donald Trump’s head. I think there’s a lot going on there in a very small space. And so I don’t want to say what he was thinking.’

Democrats at the DNC in Chicago showed up to the Windy City sporting creative fashion choices to try and stand out among the crowd of over 50,000.

Kamala Harris fans turned the United Center into their own runway with a sea of stars and stripes and the expected red white and blue, but also a whole lot more.

‘Brat’ green made a major splash as sparkles and sequins dominated. The main theme: the more over-the-top, the better.

Attendees celebrated the historic moment of nominating the first woman of color to the top of the presidential ticket with tributes to other trailblazers. A Taylor Swift inspired ensemble made a splash among other tributes to female legends.

Catch the most creative and patriotic apparel of the DNC:

Speeches by Vice Presidential nominee Tim Walz and former President Bill Clinton will be the highlights of the third night of the Democratic National Convention in Chicago.

Organizers are dubbing it ‘Walz Wednesday,’ where the Minnesota governor and former member of Congress will introduce himself to America.

It’s the penultimate night of the convention nominating Vice President Kamala Harris.

Senator Amy Klobuchar of Minnesota will introduce Walz. Walz’ wife Gwen will also speaking.

Former Speaker Nancy Pelosi and current Democratic leader in the House Hakeen Jeffries will also address the crowd. As will Senators Chris Murpy and Cory Booker.

Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shaprio, a finalist for the running mate slot, will also address the convention, as will Maryland Gov. Wes Moore. As will some Never Trumper Republicans like Rep. Adam Kinzinger. Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg will also speak.

Comedian Theo Von told Donald Trump about how cocaine addiction had turned him into a ‘damn owl’.

The podcaster was interviewing the former president, and they were discussing alcohol abuse, when Von described how he would ‘just do cocaine.’

‘That’s down and dirty, right?’ the former president responded, adding: ‘But you don’t anymore?’

‘No, I don’t do it anymore, man. And I’m not doing it,’ Von said.

Trump asked him: ‘Is it too much? Too much to handle?’

Von said: ‘Some of the stuff started to get a real rattle in it. I don’t know where we were even getting it from in this country, but it started to make me feel like I was a mechanic or something.”

Trump asked ‘So the thing you go back to then is alcohol for the most part?’ and Von said ‘Yeah, but what I want probably is cocaine.’

Trump asked: ‘Is cocaine a stronger up?”

Von replied: ‘Yeah. so you’re way up with cocaine more than anything else you can think of. Cocaine will turn you into a damn owl, homie. You know what I’m saying? You’ll be out on your own porch. You’ll be your own street lamp. You’re freaking…’

Trump said: ‘And is that a good feeling?’

Von answered: ‘Well, it’s a miserable feeling, but you do it anyway, just like the guy you’re saying with the scotch.’