Trump v Harris live: Trump poses with thumbs up at soldier’s grave as poll shows Harris leading by 7 points
Donald Trump was photographed smiling and flashing an awkward thumbs up at Arlington National Cemetery during the third anniversary of a terror attack that killed 13 US service members outside of Afghanistan’s capital, Kabul.
The former president branded the US’s messy withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021 as a “humiliation” that “set off the collapse of American credibility and respect all around the world,” he later told a group of National Guard service members in Detroit, Michigan, on Monday.
Trump also suggested he would “fire” officials involved with the Afghanistan withdrawal “like The Apprentice” before floating the idea of a “Space National Guard” to serve as the Space Force’s “primary combat reserve”.
On his Truth Social, Trump hammered ABC News, the network set to host his first televised debate against Harris on September 10, and suggested he could pull out altogether.
Vice President Kamala Harris has clinched a seven-point national lead over her Republican rival, leading him 50 per cent to 43 per cent, according to a Fairleigh Dickinson University poll.
The Harris-Walz campaign will rally across swing state Georgia this week while the Trump-Vance ticket will make pit stops across the midwest.
