Biden announces he’s back in the race for the White House, Harris drinks a cold beer on TV, two of her supporters launch a line of nail polish in support of her and Trump strokes her blonde mane.
Here are some unusual campaign highlights, compiled weekly by AFP until November 5, the day of the presidential election in the United States.
– “I’m back” –
Joe Biden made a small surprise appearance in the White House press room. “My name is Joe Biden,” he said cheerfully to journalists.
He then detailed his latest political successes: positive report on employment and end of the dockers’ strike.
All smiles, the president then headed towards the exit amid the hubbub of questions. “Have you ever thought about reconsidering your decision to leave the race?” asked a journalist.
Theatrically, Joe Biden turned around and dropped a bombshell: “I’m back.” General laughter. And a little wink after the joke.
– Cold beer –
During a television show, the famous presenter Stephen Colbert and the presidential candidate drank a Miller High Life, a very popular American beer.
“Chin,” said the Democrat as she uncapped the can. A sip, followed by an approving nod: “The champagne of beer!”.
“The last time I had a beer was at a baseball game with Doug” Emhoff, her husband, added the Democrat.
And like alcohol loosens tongues, to the question “Did Trump lose the 2020 election?”, Harris responded, scathingly: “When you lose so many jobs, when you lose (industrial) production ), when you lose the car factories, when you lose the election, what does that make you a loser?
– Trump the handsome guy –
Donald Trump remembered with nostalgia his two sports cars, Pontiac GTOs.
“I had this GTO, I thought I was the hottest guy around, it was crazy,” Trump recalled at a rally in Detroit, resurrecting his youth.
“It was something. I was opening the roof. You see, back then I didn’t mind my hair flapping around.”
The crowd burst out laughing and the former president, in the middle of a one-man show, stroked his scalp and said: “Today, I am more careful.”
– Harris well varnished –
In a colorful campaign, two supporters of Kamala Harris decided to play it and turn it into nail polish.
“We wanted something playful and fun, something accessible,” says Amy Rosenthal, co-founder of “Colors for Kamala.” Each color is thus associated with messages linked to the campaign.
Red, the color of the Republican Party, bears the inscription “cat ladies”, to mock the remarks of Donald Trump’s running mate, JD Vance, who used the term to mock people choosing to live without a partner and/or without child.
Orange for “prosecutor”, a reminder of the Democrat’s career in California.
The neutral shades are dedicated to Donald Trump’s favorite insults to describe the Democrat: “Bitch”, “nasty”, “did you hear her laugh?”. A way of ridiculing these insults and “neutralizing” them, according to the two creators of these political nail polishes.
– Trump will not have an F-15 –
Donald Trump’s campaign team has called for stronger protection for the former president.
The request includes military assets, including planes and vehicles used to protect sitting presidents.
Joe Biden asked to be given “everything he needs”, Trump having been targeted by two assassination attempts during the election campaign.
Well, everything, but not completely: “As long as he doesn’t ask for (fighter planes) F-15,” said the president.
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