With one week left to the election of the next President of the United States we will try and keep up with what the news in Sweden reports. We are not biased and report things as they look from the outside of US.
Trump Wins
Convicted felon Donald Trump wins the presidential post in 2024. Becomes the first president in US history with a criminal record. President Trump won with roughly 5 million votes (as of written now).
Trump’s staff: He does not mean that the media should be shot
In a speech in Lititz, Pennsylvania, presidential candidate Donald Trump talked about the security around him and that he now speaks behind protective glass.
He pointed out that he has a pane of glass in front of him but none on the side. There he seems to claim that he wouldn’t have minded someone shooting the media instead of him.
“But what we have there is ‘fake news’ media. To get to me, someone would have to shoot through them. And I don’t mind that much”
His staff then explained that Trump was only pointing to the assassination attempts against him and that the media itself was in danger.
“He pointed out that the media were in danger and that they should wear protective glasses,” his staff said, according to Sky News.
Trump on the last election: “I shouldn’t have left”
At his campaign rally in Lititz, Pennsylvania on Sunday, Donald Trump said he should not have left the White House after the 2020 election.
“We had the most secure border in the history of our country the day I left. I shouldn’t have left. I mean, honestly, because we did so well, we had such a great—”, Trump pauses, then remarks, “So now every polling place has hundreds of lawyers standing there.”
Donald Trump contested the election results in 2020. His supporters then stormed the Capitol in 2021 when Joe Biden was to be declared the winner of the election.
He received death threats after the last election: “We will hang you”
Eric Coomer was an employee of the vote-counting company Dominion and one of those whom then-President Donald Trump singled out as responsible for electoral fraud after the 2020 election – with his name and picture on national television.
“I’m still scared. I got a text one night: “See you—time to run,” says Eric Coomer.
70 percent of nearly 1,000 election workers polled state that threats have increased since the 2020 election, according to a new report. 38 percent of them report that they experienced threats, harassment or abuse.
Harris to Michigan where Arab voters swung
Kamala Harris campaigns during the day in Michigan. A state that Trump won in 2016 but that the Democrats have otherwise won since the 90s.
In Michigan, however, a traditionally loyal Democratic electorate has begun to swing public opinion. It concerns Arab-Americans, who, among other things, are dissatisfied with the government’s handling of the war in Gaza.
Donald Trump, for his part, will spend Sunday in three swing states: Pennsylvania, Georgia and North Carolina.
Pennsylvania is said to be the most important swing state as it has the most electoral votes.
Selling fake accounts can affect the selection
If you want to pay for political ads on Facebook aimed at users in the US, you have to go through a process that includes confirming your identity in the US.
Or you buy an already US-verified account created in a mobile phone farm in Bangladesh.
Despite the fact that it is not allowed by Meta at all, the sale of various types of Facebook
accounts completely open on Facebook.
They can be used to sell dubious diet pills, but also to spread potentially harmful misinformation that undermines the election process, says Damon McCoy, professor at New York University, to SVT.
Hackers accessed audio files from the campaigns
Chinese hackers who broke into US telecom companies have accessed audio recordings of people involved in both the Harris and Trump campaigns, according to a source familiar with the Wall Street Journal (WSJ).
According to the source, the people who were exposed to the breach must have been informed of it by American police. It has not been clarified at this point whether the hackers were able to listen to the actual audio files.
The WSJ and other media have previously reported that the hackers targeted the phones of candidate Vance and Trump and people associated with the Harris campaign, but it was not known at the time to what extent the data had been compromised.
Kamala Harris guest on SNL
On Saturday, Kamala Harris made an unannounced visit to New York. She had earlier in the day campaigned in North Carolina, and was scheduled to go on to Detroit. Instead, she went to New York to guest on the comedy show Saturday Night Live.
In the program, she participated in a sketch with Maya Rudolph, who recently portrayed the presidential candidate. The two Kamalas cheered each other on.
SNL has a long history of running with American politicians. Among the more famous imitations are Tina Fey as Sarah Palin, Alec Baldwin as Donald Trump and Kate McKinnon as Hillary Clinton.
In the past, Trump, Obama, Palin and Clinton, among others, have been guests on the program.
Trump and Harris are speaking tonight
With only three days left until the US election, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are in a final sprint. Both presidential candidates are visiting North Carolina on Saturday, in an attempt to win over voters in the swing state in the southeastern United States. It will be the fourth time they visit the same state on the same day, according to Reuters.
Harris visits Charlotte, the largest city in the state. Rock star Jon Bon Jovi is expected to attend that meeting. She also goes to the wave champion state of Georgia for a campaign meeting.
Trump will hold a meeting west of Charlotte around 5 p.m., Swedish time, and a larger meeting at 9 p.m. – in an arena in Greensboro with 22,000 seats.
SVT’s reporter Sofia Yohannes is on site at the latter and reports directly from there.
Trump wants to give the vaccine skeptic Kennedy care role
If Donald Trump wins the election, he will give Robert F. Kennedy – known vaccine skeptic – an “important role” in health care.
“He knows the area better than anyone else”, says Trump.
It was during a visit to the state of Michigan that Donald Trump announced that Robert F Kennedy Jr,
who in recent years has made a series of revelations about vaccines and promoted conspiracy theories, has perfect credentials for a high-level job.
He will have an important role in health care. He knows the area better than anyone, Trump told reporters on Friday, local time.
NBC: Trump’s words about Liz Cheney under investigation – could constitute death threats
At an event in Arizona together with former Fox News anchor Tucker Carlson, Donald Trump attacked Republican politician Liz Cheney:
“She’s a radical war hawk, let her stand in front of nine guns,” Trump said.
Arizona Attorney General Kris Mayes is investigating whether the statement could constitute a death threat, NBC reports.
In a post on Truth Social, Donald Trump has published an explanation:
“All I’m saying about Liz Cheney is that she’s a war hawk, and a stupid one at that, but she wouldn’t have the ‘guts’ to fight herself.” he writes.
Liz Cheney has sat in the House of Representatives for the Republicans and is the daughter of former US Vice President Dick Cheney (R).
Harris’s campaign: Trump will claim early victory
The Harris campaign is counting on that Donald Trump will declare himself the winner of the election at an early stage, even before the election is over.
“We fully expect that he will”, a senior campaign official told reporters when asked about that scenario, reports CNN.
After the 2020 election night, Trump was out early and spoke shortly after 08:00, Swedish time. Even then he falsely claimed that he had won even though the election was not clear.
Most often, there is a ready result on election night, this year in the early morning of November 6 in Sweden. But in the 2020 election, it took four days before there was a result.
Almost 67 million voters have voted early
With three days left until the election, many Americans have already had their say. At 5 p.m. Swedish time, there were almost 67 million voters who had voted early. That according to data from the University of Florida’s Election Research Institute.
35.7 million have gone and voted in a polling station and 31 million have voted by post.
Musk has invested over a billion in Trump support
Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has so far spent at least $119 million, almost 1.3 billion kroner, on attracting voters to vote for Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in the election. This is reported by AP.
Musk has previously donated smaller amounts to both Republicans and Democrats, and it is not until this year that he has actively started supporting Trump.
Trump clarified during an interview in Arizona that there will be no cabinet post for Musk if Trump wins the election. Trump doesn’t think the world’s richest man is interested in such a mission.
Until the election, Elon Musk is also raffling off a million dollars daily to voters.
Liz Cheney hits back at Trump
Liz Cheney, one of the most vocal Trump critics among Republicans, has responded to Trump’s comments about her from last night.
In an interview with Tucker Carlson, Trump called Cheney, among other things, “very stupid” and “a stupid person”. He also said “let’s set her up with a rifle standing there with nine barrels shooting at her, okay?”
In a post on X a few hours later, Cheney wrote “This is how dictators destroy free nations. They threaten their critics with death.”
Liz Cheney is a former Republican member of the House of Representatives and the daughter of former Vice President Dick Cheney. She voted to impeach Trump after storming Congress and has been a vocal critic of the ex-president. This year she has campaigned with Kamala Harris.
“I have never voted for the Democrats, but this year I will proudly cast my vote for Kamala Harris”, she said at a campaign meeting in Wisconsin.
Harris: Will listen to those who disagree with me
During her speech in Nevada on Thursday night, Kamala Harris promised to listen to all Americans, even those who don’t share her views.
“Unlike Donald Trump, I do not believe that those who disagree with me are the enemy. He wants to put them in jail, I’ll offer them a seat at my table”, Harris said, according to CNN.
Harris also spoke about women’s rights and key points of her policy – bringing down the cost of living, raising the minimum wage, cutting taxes for small businesses and making child and elder care more accessible.
Trump: No cabinet job for Musk
There will be no cabinet post for tech entrepreneur Elon Musk if Donald Trump wins the election, Trump announced during an interview in Arizona.
Musk has been a vocal supporter of Trump during the election campaign, but Trump does not believe the world’s richest man is interested in a cabinet job.
“I would love to have him, but he is busy with other things”, Trump told interviewer Tucker Carlson, according to the BBC.
However, he would like to see Musk take an unspecified position with the goal of finding savings in the budget.
Arizona is considered a state neither Republicans nor Democrats can be sure of winning. Right now, Donald Trump is leading in Arizona. Eleven electoral votes are at stake.
Jennifer Lopez condemned Puerto Rico jokes
Artist Jennifer Lopez condemned the joke about Puerto Rico that was made at a campaign rally for Trump when she spoke at a campaign rally for Kamala Harris last Thursday.
“He reminded us of who he really is and how he really feels”.
It was on Sunday that comedian Tony Hinchcliffe during a campaign rally for Trump in New York called Puerto Rico an “island of garbage”. Trump has since tried to distance himself from Hinchcliffe. Meanwhile, a number of celebrities with roots in Puerto Rico have shown support for Harris, including Ricky Martin, Marc Anthony, Luis Fonsi and Bad Bunny.
“This election is about your life. It’s about you and me, about my children and your children. Don’t make it easy, force them to see you”,” Lopez said, according to CNN.
Georgia: Misinformation about election fraud is spreading
Disinformation has been discovered in the state of Georgia linked to the election, reports Reuters. A spokesperson for the state said it was likely “foreign electoral influence seeking to create discord and chaos”.
It is supposed to be about a video being circulated that allegedly shows an immigrant from Haiti with multiple IDs who was able to vote multiple times,
writes Reuters.
“The video is false and is an example of targeted misinformation,” the spokesperson said.
Trump is suing CBS for 100 billion
Presidential candidate Donald Trump is now suing the television channel CBS for approximately $90 billion, reports Fox News. The reason is supposed to be the channel’s interview with presidential candidate Kamala Harris, in which Trump thinks the channel edited Harris’ answer to a question.
Trump has previously expressed his displeasure with the interview.
Musk did not appear in court – but the lottery can continue
Until the election, Elon Musk is raffling off a million dollars daily to voters. District Attorney Larry Krasner, a Democrat, has sued Musk, saying the lottery is against the law.
Late yesterday, Musk was therefore summoned to court in Philadelphia but did not appear. Instead, he asked that the case be taken up in federal court instead, the BBC reports.
The hearing was still held where Judge Angelo Foglietta ruled that the case be put on hold pending word on whether or not it will be taken up in federal court.
This means that Musk can continue with his lottery with only days left until the election.
Talk show dismisses Trump’s accusations: ‘Same answer’
Donald Trump is accusing the interview show 60 Minutes of what he calls the “biggest scandal in the history of television” because of how they edited Kamala Harris’ answers about Israel.
CBS responds that they always edit their interviews and strive to be “clear, accurate and concise”.
As proof, Trump has published a clip from the Harris interview in which a long and a short answer to the same question are compared side by side.
Over 60 million voters have voted early
With five days to go before the US election, 60.6 million residents have already voted early, including 14.6 million early votes from the seven so-called swing states, according to data from the University of Florida’s Election Lab, the Wall Street Journal reports.
And it seems even between those who went and voted early.
Of the states reporting party identification, 38.7 percent of Democrats voted early while 36.2 percent of Republicans voted early.
Of the 158 million who voted in 2020, a majority, 101 million, chose to do so early.
Trump in a garbage truck after the Puerto Rico row
Trump sat in a campaign garbage truck before a rally in Green Bay, Wisconsin.
“We are not trash, I can say who is but will not”, said the Republican presidential candidate from the driver’s cab, reports CBS.
The background is the statement by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe at Trump’s campaign rally this weekend, that Puerto Rico is an “island of garbage”.
Later, President Joe Biden, who had been in the background in the Harris campaign, chose to pick up the ball.
“The only trash I see floating around is his supporters,” Biden said when speaking to Latino voters.
“Kamala must be held accountable for this disgraceful attack against tens of millions of Americans,” writes Trump campaign spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt on X.
Biden has since said he was referring to the comedian, and not Trump’s supporters.
Trump campaign sues Pennsylvania counties
The Trump campaign is suing Bucks County in Pennsylvania, AP reports.
The reason is reports of people who queued for ballot papers and who did not make it before the election office closed on the last day it was open.
The Trump campaign says everyone in line would have received their early voting ballots anyway,
and refers to an authority statement from Pennsylvania.
The Trump campaign demanded that the Bucks County election office stay open an extra day – which is now happening.
Judge Jeffrey Trauger in Pennsylvania has decided that voters in Bucks County will have until Friday, AP writes.
Harris distances herself from Biden’s “garbage” rant
Democratic presidential candidate and Vice President Kamala Harris disagrees with President Joe Biden’s statement in which he likened Trump supporters to “garbage,” reports CBS.
“I strongly distance myself from criticizing people based on who they vote for,” she said, among other things.
It was on this day that Biden commented on a high-profile joke by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe, who described Puerto Rico as a “floating island of garbage” at one of Trump’s campaign rallies.
“The only garbage that I see floating around is his supporters”, Biden said then.
Biden has since corrected himself and said he was only referring to the comedian,
not on everyone who supports Trump.
Fake post about Canadian voting is spreading
“I’m Canadian, but the US doesn’t require voter ID, so I thought I’d drive across the border and vote.”
So reads a post on X that received over 13 million views.
But the image is a cropped version of an image previously posted by an American woman.
Similar posts with ballots and claims of non-citizen voting has been spread before.
Voting in the presidential election without US citizenship is illegal. Federal law requires states to regularly maintain their voter rolls and remove anyone who is ineligible to vote.
Biden in storm after “rubbish” statement
US President Joe Biden has come under fire after likening Trump supporters to “garbage”, reports several international media.
Biden was commenting on the high-profile joke in which comedian Tony Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico a “floating island of garbage” at one of Trump’s campaign rallies.
“The only garbage that I see floating around is his supporters,” Biden said, speaking to Latino voters.
The statement was quickly picked up by the Trump campaign.
“Kamala must be held accountable for this disgraceful attack against tens of millions of Americans,” writes the campaign’s spokeswoman Karoline Leavitt on X.
Noteworthy is that up until now Trump still haven’t retracted, apologized or taken account for Tony’s “joke”. Trumps staff also haven’t mentioned it or distanced themselves from it.
Former adviser: The economy and migration separate Trump and Harris
Tomas J Philipson from Uppsala has previously worked as an advisor to Donald Trump. He believes that economic policy and migration policy are the two issues that distinguish Trump and Harris in the election.
If Trump wins, the economic policy will be largely similar to the policy that was carried out the last time he was in the White House, believes Tomas J Philipson.
He describes Trump as a businessman who was very easy to work with.
When you talked about finances with him, he understood very quickly, says Tomas J Philipson.
The Trump campaign: Harris is stuck in the past
During the night of Wednesday (UTC), the Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris gave her closing speech in the “Ellipse” park area near the White House. In the same place, Donald Trump spoke before the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021.
Something that Harris also referred to during the speech.
Donald Trump has spent a decade trying to keep the American people divided and afraid of each other. That’s who he is, but America, I’m here tonight to say that’s not who we are. That’s not who we are, Harris said.
Shortly after, the Trump campaign commented on Harris’ speech, saying she was “clinging to the past”.
Fouad Youcefi: Extremely even in the wave master states
The distance between the two presidential candidates Kamala Harris and Donald Trump continues to be extremely small, according to opinion polls.
According to SVT’s US correspondent Fouad Youcefi, Kamala Harris’s national leadership has shrunk. In several swing states, Harris’ lead has narrowed and in some she has lost it entirely.
In Nevada, Donald Trump is currently leading by 0.2 percentage points, which corresponds to a difference of 2,800 votes, according to Fouad Youcefi.
Puerto Rico’s largest newspaper endorses Harris
Maria Luisa Ferré Rangel, editor of Puerto Rico’s largest newspaper El Nuevo Día, in an editorial calls on mainland Puerto Ricans to support Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris.
The text comes after the disputed joke by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe during Trump’s campaign rally at Madison Square Garden.
Hinchcliffe called Puerto Rico an “island of garbage”.
“Today we call on all who love our beautiful island, the land of the sea and the sun, to not cast their vote for Donald Trump. To all Puerto Ricans who can vote in the upcoming US election and represent those of us who cannot: Vote for Kamala Harris,” said the editorial quoted by NBC.
CNN: At least 18 false claims by Trump in Florida
During Tuesday, presidential candidate Donald Trump gave a speech at his home in Florida. According to CNN’s fact-checker, the presidential candidate made at least 18 false claims.
Among other things, Trump falsely claimed that US inflation was at a record high. In June 2022, inflation reached 9.1 percent, which can be compared to the American record of 23,
7 percent from 1920, writes CNN.
When the New York Times reviewed a Trump speech from Las Vegas in September, he delivered 64 remarks that were false, inaccurate or lacking context. Kamala Harris has also made falsehoods, but not to the same extent, according to the newspaper.
The call to postal voters: Send now
The United States Postal Service (USPS) urges those who want to vote by mail to send their vote by Tuesday, reports Fox News. Otherwise, there is a risk that the vote will not arrive and have time to be counted.
According to Fox News, the majority of US states do not accept ballots received after Election Day.
If you choose to vote by mail, Please send it as soon as you can because every day counts, USPS writes.
Judge dismisses out-of-state voting case in Pennsylvania
A group of Republican congressmen from Pennsylvania has questioned the legitimacy of a number of votes cast by US citizens living abroad. Now the case is being dismissed by a federal judge, reports NBC News.
The members of Congress believe that foreign votes could be subject to fraud.
Meanwhile, election officials and nonpartisan election experts have defended the previously uncontroversial rules, according to NBC News.
Similar cases have been dismissed in both Michigan and North Carolina.
Trump meets the mocked voters
Interest in tonight’s campaign meeting with Donald Trump is high here in Allentown, Pennsylvania. A city where every fourth resident has roots in Puerto Rico.
Many of these voters are disappointed after one of the speakers at this weekend’s rally in Madison Square Garden described Puerto Rico as “an island of garbage.”
Donald Trump said earlier today that he did not know the speaker, Tony Hinchcliffe, or his agenda.
Here voters expect a clearer answer. No state has more Puerto Rican residents than Pennsylvania (almost 500,000). In 2020, Joe Biden won the key state of Pennsylvania by roughly 80,000 votes.
Trump on the economy: Kamala is crushing dreams
Presidential candidate Donald Trump accuses the Biden-Harris administration of contributing to the worst inflation ever.
During a speech in Palm Beach on Tuesday, Trump talked about the American economy. He claimed that half say they are broke and a third live paycheck to paycheck.
She (Kamala Harris ed. note) has no empathy for the hardworking Americans whose dreams she has crushed, he said during the speech cited by Fox.
During the speech, at the same time, Trump promised that he will “save our economy” and that he will do it quickly.
Donald Trump wants to take gang assets and give to victims
Presidential candidate Donald Trump spoke at his residence in Palm Beach, Florida on Tuesday. There he promised that he will seize the assets of criminal gangs and drug cartels and create a compensation fund for victims of “migrant crime” if he is re-elected.
“The government will help with the repayment”,
he said during the meeting, which is cited by CNN, among others.
During the speech, Trump talked a lot about how Vice President Kamala Harris has created “chaos” through her immigration policy.
Her borders are the worst in the history of the world, Trump said during the speech according to Fox.
Trump in Florida – answers about Puerto Rico
After the Trump campaign rally in New York, there has been much criticism of comedian Tony Hinchcliffe for calling Puerto Rico an “island of garbage.”
Now Donald Trump is speaking out.
“I don’t know him, someone got him up there. I don’t know who he is”, he told ABC News about the comedian.
He also says that he did not hear the performance, and did not distance himself from the comment, reports ABC News.
In the afternoon, Trump is also expected to hold a press conference in Florida, before traveling to Pennsylvania.
