Donald Trump has fallen two points behind Joe Biden in the latest Fox News national presidential election poll, the first time the president has led the survey since October.
Biden is on 50 per cent and Trump on 48 per cent in the head-to-head poll, a slim majority that nevertheless appears to suggest the former president’s guilty conviction at his New York hush money trial last month is beginning to have an impact.
Meanwhile, Trump has lashed out at the conservative network on Truth Social, complaining that “nobody can ever trust Fox News” so long as former GOP House Speaker and Trump nemesis Paul Ryan serves on its board of directors, calling him “lightweight”, “pathetic” and “a very disloyal person”.
Addressing the Murdochs directly, Trump wrote: “Rupert and Lachlan, get that dog off your board – You don’t need him. ALL YOU NEED IS TRUMP.”
And in the battle to be Trump’s running mate, North Dakota governor Doug Burgum — one of his most active surrogates — raised eyebrows by claiming that America is a “dictatorship” under Biden.
Trump is expected to announce his choice for vice president at next month’s Republican National Convention in “horrible” Milwaukee.
Trump once insisted US wouldn’t ‘be second in line’ to press nuclear button
“If nuclear war happens, we won’t be second in line pressing the button,” Trump reportedly mused during a helicopter tour of the devastation.
Gustaf Kilander reports on the terrifying statement:
Oliver O’Connell20 June 2024 16:45
Lincoln Project rips Trump over his ‘hollow and baseless’ faith
Anti-Trump group The Lincoln Project has released another scathing takedown of Donald Trump, this time centered on his faith, contrasting some of the Ten Commandments with a selection of his statements and recent scandals and comments including his hush money trial, alleged affair with Stormy Daniels, threat to shoot someone on Fifth Avenue, and civil fraud trial.
The ad states: “He’s not a Christian. He’s not a leader. He’s a con man. Don’t get conned.”
Oliver O’Connell20 June 2024 16:25
Watch: Maggie Haberman explains how Trump is preparing for CNN debate
Oliver O’Connell20 June 2024 16:00
Trump weighs in on latest Fox News poll
Donald Trump has weighed in on the latest Fox News poll showing President Joe Biden beating him by two per cent nationally (thought within the margin of error).
“FoxNews Polls are always the worst for me. They have been from the beginning, and always will be!” the former president wrote on Truth Social.
Biden is up five points since March and Trump is down two points.
Oliver O’Connell20 June 2024 15:50
No Supreme Court decision today on Trump immunity or Jan 6 case
The Supreme Court published four decisions this morning, though not the two cases relating to Donald Trump’s claims of presidential immunity nor those concerning whether January 6 rioters can be charged with obstruction of an official proceeding.
More decisions will be published tomorrow morning at 10am…
Oliver O’Connell20 June 2024 15:27
RFK Jr fails to qualify for CNN debate
Robert F Kennedy Jr has failed to qualify for the first presidential debate hosted by CNN next week.
The independent presidential candidate will not join President Joe Biden and former President Donald Trump on the stage in Atlanta on June 27.
Only Biden and Trump have met “the constitutional, ballot qualification and polling thresholds”, the network said in an article published on Thursday morning saying only the 45th and 46th presidents had met those targets.
Kennedy failed to meet CNN’s polling threshold of 15 per cent in at least four approved national polls, only hitting the mark in three ahead of the deadline of midnight Eastern time last night.
He also did not meet the requirement of being on the ballot in enough states to potentially win 270 electoral college votes. Kennedy is believed to be on the ballot in 10 states and attempts to get on the ballot in others are held up by the verification and application process.
Kennedy filed a Federal Election Commission complaint in May against CNN and the Biden and Trump campaigns complaining about how the debate was set up.
It is possible that he could still qualify for the September 10 debate hosted by ABC News.
Oliver O’Connell20 June 2024 15:12
Recap: Biden takes lead over Trump in latest Fox News poll
Here’s more on our top story this morning from Amelia Neath.
Joe Sommerlad20 June 2024 15:00
Hannity alleges Biden will rely on ‘caffeine pills’ during presidential debate
This sort of groundless, pre-emptive smear does not exactly bespeak overwhelming confidence in Trump does it?
Also, I see self-awareness continues to be in short supply over there.
Joe Sommerlad20 June 2024 14:30
Tim Scott appears to think Alvin Bragg is a woman
The South Carolina senator seems to be no longer regarded as a serious contender to be Trump’s veep, despite his tireless campaigning for the gig.
He was at it again on Sean Hannity’s Fox show last night, apparently assuming that Manhattan district attorney Alvin Bragg, who brought the hush money indictment against Trump, is a woman.
What’s going on there? Is he thinking of New York attorney general Letitia James? Either way, no points for attention to detail.
He also baselessly claimed that urban crime would just magically go away if Trump was elected, speaking at a time when FBI data suggests it is way down anyway in the first quarter of this year.
They’re not sending their best people, are they?
Joe Sommerlad20 June 2024 14:00
Brutal supercut of Trump gaffes circulates
Here’s a compilation of Trump glitching, mixing up names and generally talking gibberish on the campaign trail as the 78-year-old continues to busily insist that it is Joe Biden who is in cognitive decline and he that routinely “aces” every psychological test going.
Joe Sommerlad20 June 2024 13:30
