During a Fox News town hall meeting Thursday night, former President Donald Trump touted his administration's foreign policy accomplishments and criticized President Joe Biden and Kamala Harris.
“Look, we had October 7th. People saw it. There's a lot going on in the world right now with Israel and the chaos in the Middle East. You've got Ukraine and Russia. That will never happen. It should never have happened,” Trump said.
“If I was president, October 7th would never have happened. It would never have happened,” he continued.
“And everyone knows it. Iran was bankrupt. It couldn't fund Hamas. It couldn't fund Hezbollah. It couldn't fund anybody. They wanted to get by and we would have made a fair deal with them. I was only interested in making a fair deal with them,” he added.
“But I want to say again and again that during my four years in office, there were no explosions. There was no World Trade Center explosion. There were no Islamic terrorist attacks. The reason we didn't have Islamic terrorist attacks is because we were very tough on the border and we were very tough on our statements,” he said.
Trump: Kamala Harris is a 'dangerous woman', criticizes her shifting stance on fracking
Former President Donald Trump criticized Vice President Kamala Harris for changing her position on fracking, calling it “dangerous.”
“vinegar“He doesn't want fracking. And she said 100 times she doesn't do fracking. She doesn't do fracking. She doesn't do fracking. And just recently she said she can prove fracking. See, this woman is dangerous,” Trump said.
“I don't think very intelligently – well, maybe – but she often loses her train of thought, which is why she doesn't want to do interviews, she says. Can you imagine her doing this interview or any of the others?” he added.
Trump: Kamala Harris was in charge of 'the worst border in the history of the world'
Former President Donald Trump said during a Fox News town hall on Thursday that Vice President Kamala Harris has “managed” the “worst border in the history of the world.”
“I said it first. I said it when I heard the border was going to be open. They want open borders. She wants open borders. Now all of a sudden she says, oh, I think we're going to close the border. She was the border czar, whether you like it or not, even if you don't want to use that term,” he said.
“She was in charge of the border. Not just here, but the worst border in the history of the world. No country has ever had 21 million people come into the country in a three-year period. That's never happened before. A lot of those 21 million people were out of prison, a lot of murderers, drug dealers, child traffickers,” he continued.
“By the way, traffickers of women, you know, trafficking of women is the biggest problem, they're trafficking women. They're now putting women into our Social Security accounts, into our Medicare. And just one thing, look, I've been saying all week that this is going to happen. And this is happening because these people are tougher than our criminals. The criminals are good people in comparison,” he said.
President Trump promises to 'heal' world after Georgia shootings
Former President Donald Trump on Wednesday promised to “heal” the world in the wake of the Georgia school shooting.
“The world is sick and angry for a lot of reasons, but we're going to make it better,” Trump said during a town hall with Fox News' Sean Hannity. “We're going to heal the world. We're going to eliminate all the wars that are starting all over the place because of incompetence… We're going to make the world better.”
The remarks came after a shooting at Apalachee High School in Georgia on Wednesday left four people dead and nine injured.
President Biden was briefed on the shooting at the school about 40 miles northeast of Atlanta, while Georgia Governor Brian Kemp said he was working with local authorities to investigate the incident.
Authorities announced Wednesday that the shooter, 14-year-old Apalachee High School student Colt Gray, is in custody and has been charged with murder.
Tim Walz's brother is '100% against' Democratic VP nominee's politics: 'I don't agree with it'
After posting scathing comments about the Democratic vice presidential nominee on social media, the brother of Minnesota Governor Tim Walz admitted to the media that he doesn't support his brother's left-wing views but wants to keep a low profile during the campaign. “He'd received a lot of feedback from friends and old acquaintances that he shares his brother's views on the issues and so he wanted to make that clear only to friends,” Tim Walz's brother, Jeff Walz, told News Nation this week.
“I used Facebook, which was not the right platform to do so, but I have to say I don't agree with his policies.” Over Labor Day weekend, reports emerged that Jeff didn't agree with the policies of the left-leaning Democratic Minnesota governor and was using his Facebook account to air his opinions to friends and family.
As media reported on the holiday social media posts, Jeff and the Harris campaign remained silent, with the New York Post publishing an exclusive headline that read, “Tim Walz's brother 'opposes all of his ideology 100%' and thinks his running mate is not 'the type of person' who should be making decisions about the future of the United States.”
Read the full article by Andrea Vacchiano and Emma Colton.
Trump: 'Not surprised' that Harris turned down Fox News debate invitation
A few weeks ago, former President Donald Trump wrote in a Truth Social post that he was “not surprised” that Vice President Kamala Harris had declined to appear at tonight's Fox News debate.
“Comrade Kamala Harris has informed us that she will not be appearing in the Fox News debate on September 4th. I am not surprised by this development because I believe she knows it will be extremely difficult, at best, to defend her record-setting reversals on everything she once believed,” Trump wrote. “In lieu of the September 4th debate, I have agreed to have Sean Hannity moderate a Fox TV town hall in Pennsylvania.”
In an August 19 Truth Social post, President Trump criticized Harris for her inconsistent stance on the border and fracking.
Disputes over debate rules, moderators, muted microphones, topics, etc. have led to the cancellation of several debates. Currently, the only presidential debate scheduled is the one to air on ABC on September 10.
What to expect from the Sept. 10 ABC presidential debate
Expect some intense, emotional outbursts at the presidential debate on Tuesday, September 10, on ABC. Questions about the economy, border security and abortion are likely to be three of the main policy issues discussed, while issues like LGBTQ rights, education and gun rights are likely to take a back seat.
Watch for former President Donald Trump to blast Vice President Kamala Harris for the way she prepared for the debate, which the former president and his campaign have called a “conflict of interest.” According to the Trump campaign, Harris has hired a top lawyer who also represents Google in its upcoming federal antitrust lawsuit. The former president is also likely to be critical of Harris for her shifting policy positions.
Harris, meanwhile, is expected to blast Trump over his abortion issue and his policy shift on the topic. She is also likely to highlight how dangerous Trump is to democracy, citing the January 6 attack on the Capitol as evidence.
What talk about Trump can you expect from Sean Hannity on Fox News tonight?
According to the Fox News “Hannity” team, President Trump's pre-recorded, hour-long town hall meeting will focus on major issues affecting the country and his preparations for the ABC debate with Vice President Kamala Harris on Sept. 10 in Philadelphia.
The talk is also expected to touch on Harris' national ambitions and highlight her policy tweaks.
In an interview with CNN last week, Harris was asked why she no longer opposes fracking when she previously had. “I haven't changed my position and I won't change it,” she told Dana Bash, adding, “My values haven't changed.”
Harris' past policy stances, which she has now abandoned, include abolishing private health insurance, banning fracking for oil and natural gas, and banning the sale of gasoline-powered vehicles until 2035 – proposals she supported when she first ran for president in 2019.
How can I watch Sean Hannity and Presidential candidate Donald Trump's town hall event?
Former President Donald Trump, a potential 2024 Republican presidential candidate, is scheduled to appear in a pre-recorded town hall meeting with Fox News host Sean Hannity on Wednesday night.
The broadcast is scheduled for 9pm ET/8pm CST and will be taped in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania.
Interested viewers can tune in to Fox News Channel at 9pm ET or stream the show on Fox Nation after it airs.
You can also stream Fox News Channel on Sirius XM Radio, channel number 114, in your car, or wherever the radio platform is supported.
Fox News Digital will also be live blogging the event, allowing viewers to watch video clip highlights while reading related coverage.
A town hall meeting between Hannity and Trump in December drew 3.2 million viewers, including hundreds of thousands in the key 25-52 age group, according to Nielsen Research data.
Viewers who don't have a traditional cable box can watch Fox News Channel through subscriptions such as YouTube TV, Sling and Fubo TV.
