Former US President Donald Trump, the Republican presidential candidate party, said last night during a campaign rally in the state of North Carolina that Iran's nuclear facilities "must be struck", referring to a statement by US President - Democrat Joe Biden, earlier this week, Reuters reported, quoted by BTA.
Trump spoke to an audience in Fayetteville, where there is a heavy military presence. This was his fourth visit in the past month to North Carolina, where he won the elections in both 2016 and 2020, the agency noted.
The US presidential election is on November 5, with Trump's Democratic challenger being current US Vice President Kamala Harris.
Head of State Biden said this week that he would not support any Israeli strike on Iranian nuclear facilities in response to Iran's missile attack on the Jewish state and called on Israel to respond "proportionately" of its regional enemy.
"Aren't you supposed to hit that right?", Trump asked rhetorically in Fayetteville.
"When you're asked a question like that, the answer should be, ``Strike the nukes first and think about the rest,'' Trump continued, referring to Biden, who initially stood against him on the campaign trail but then withdrew from the race at Harris' expense.
The former president also said that if he re-enters the White House, he will return the old name of the Fort Liberty military base, namely - Fort Bragg.
Georgia Governor Brian Kemp made his first public appearance with Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump on Nov. 5 after they reconciled, the Associated Press reported. quoted by BTA.
Cemp and Trump gathered last night in the Augusta suburb of Evans for a public rally to mark the state's Hurricane Helen recovery efforts.
After harshly criticizing his second-term Georgia governor Kemp months ago, Trump, now that he's ironed out his controversies, praised his running mate and promised to give his state due consideration if he returns to the White House.
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"I want to thank President Trump for coming to Georgia for the second time (...) and keeping the country's attention on our state as we recover,'' Kemp said as Trump stood in silence. behind his right shoulder among cartons of mineral water and paper bags with food products, AP describes.
In front of the TV cameras, Trump said in turn that Kemp is doing a "fantastic job".
Relations between the two cooled after the last election, when in November 2020 the former president attacked the governor because he did not want to support him in his campaign to overturn the results of the vote won by Joe Biden.
US Vice President Kamala Harris met last night with leaders of the Arab and Muslim communities in the US at a campaign rally in the state of Michigan, as she seeks to win over voters outraged by the support of the current US government. for Israel in the war in the Gaza Strip and in Lebanon, reported Reuters, quoted by BTA.
At the meeting in Flint, Harris commented on the current situation in the Palestinian enclave and in the Lebanese capital Beirut, according to Reuters.
"We asked Vice President Harris to convey to President Biden the urgency of an immediate end to the violence," Wael Alzayat, executive director of "Emage Action," told the meeting. (Emgage Action) - an organization advocating for the rights of Muslims in the United States, Reuters pointed out.
Prior to Harris, her national security adviser Phil Gordon met by video conference with Muslim American representatives on Wednesday, the agency added.
Michigan is considered one of the key states in the upcoming presidential election on November 5, in which Democratic candidate Kamala Harris faces Republican and former US President Donald Trump.