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Trump Strays From Economic Message With Insults, Tangents
CNN NewsNight with Abby Phillip
Aug 16, 2024

Former President Donald Trump held a news conference on Thursday in which he continued to be highly dishonest – again making more than 20 false claims, as he also did in his Monday conversation with Elon Musk. At one point, he claimed that his Democratic opponent, Vice President Kamala Harris, was responsible for a California policy he claimed allows people to rob stores.