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Donald Trump is facing criticism from his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination after he congratulated North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on his country’s admission to the World Health Organization’s Executive Board.
Reacting to a campaign appearance in Iowa, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said: “I was shocked to see this. I mean, first of all, Kim Jong-un is a murderous dictator.”
Nikki Haley, Trump’s former ambassador to the UN, responded just as forcefully during a CNN town hall event, remarking: “Kim Jong-un is a bully. I don’t think we should congratulate dictators “.
The former South Carolina governor, the only woman in the race, also took on her competitors with her comments about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, saying: “Let them sit there and say that it’s about a territorial dispute, that’s not the case. , or say we have to stay neutral.
“It is in the best interest of our national security that Ukraine wins.”
Trump continues to lead the field among potential Republican primary voters with 49% support, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll. DeSantis is next at 19 percent and Ms. Haley is close behind at 4 percent.
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DeSantis closes the first tour of the first states
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis wrapped up his first tour of early voting states as a presidential candidate on Friday, showing his personal side in South Carolina with a light-hearted sit-down with his wife and an emotional moment with a military spouse .
You can read more about the candidate’s debut week below.
Joe SommerladJune 5, 2023 12:45 p.m
Lauren Boebert confirms that the former WWE star is not her father
A former WWE wrestler who had an affair with Lauren Boebert’s mother in the 1980s has taken a second DNA test to conclusively prove he is not the congresswoman’s biological father.
Stan Lane, 69, was accused decades ago by the mother of Colorado Republican Shawn Roberts Bentz of fathering the child while working for Championship Wrestling in Florida.
He underwent a court-ordered DNA paternity test in the 1980s to resolve a child support dispute, which found he and the 36-year-old lawmaker were not related.
However, doubts persisted after a lab technician who took Mr Lane’s DNA was later convicted of taking a bribe to switch samples in a separate case.
Bevan Hurley collects the story.
Joe SommerladJune 5, 2023 12:15 p.m
McEnany v. Trump: What happened?
In a moment that surprised some but came as no surprise to others, Donald Trump turned on his former White House press secretary Kayleigh McEnany last week for issuing inaccurate poll numbers.
Ms. McEnany, who served as the former president’s fourth press secretary, was known as one of his staunchest aides and advocates, which continued when she joined Fox News as a contributor after he lost the 2020 elections and left office.
However, Mr Trump pulled no punches in a Truth Social Post, complaining about a segment on his show in which he claimed he misreported the scale of his lead over Ron DeSantis.
You can read more about his downfall below.
Joe SommerladJune 5, 2023 11:45 am
Jack Dorsey endorses Robert F Kennedy Jr for the presidency
Twitter co-founder Jack Dorsey has officially endorsed anti-vaxxer and bitcoin enthusiast Robert F Kennedy Jr for president.
Dorsey on Sunday shared a YouTube link to a Fox News interview of John F Kennedy’s 69-year-old nephew, titled “Robert F Kennedy Jr Argues He Can Beat Trump & DeSantis in 2024.”
Mr Dorsey’s quote tweeted the link, commenting: “He can and will.”
RFK Jr. announced his bid for the Democratic presidential nomination in April and entered the campaign for the first time last week.
Maroosha Muzaffar has more.
Joe SommerladJune 5, 2023 11:15 am
Nikki Haley reprimands Trump for supporting ‘thug’ Kim Jong-un and sitting on fence in Ukraine
Donald Trump is facing criticism from his rivals for the Republican presidential nomination after he congratulated North Korean leader Kim Jong-un on his country’s admission to the World Health Organization’s Executive Board.
Reacting to a campaign appearance in Iowa, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis said: “I was shocked to see this. I mean, first of all, Kim Jong-un is a murderous dictator.”
Nikki Haley, Trump’s former ambassador to the UN, responded just as forcefully during a CNN town hall event, remarking: “Kim Jong-un is a bully. I don’t think we should congratulate dictators “.
(AP)
The former South Carolina governor, the only woman in the race, also took on her competitors with her comments about Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, saying: “Let them sit there and say that it’s about a territorial dispute, that’s not the case. , or say we have to stay neutral.
“It is in the best interest of our national security that Ukraine wins.”
Trump continues to lead the field among potential Republican primary voters with 49% support, according to the latest Reuters/Ipsos poll. DeSantis is next at 19 percent and Ms. Haley is close behind at 4 percent.
Joe SommerladJune 5, 2023 10:45 am
Trump makes misleading claim that New York hush money case could be dropped
In an all-caps post at 12:24 a.m. on Truth Social on Sunday, Trump wrote that “legal experts say” Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg will have to drop his “weak, despicable case against ‘Trump’ “.
Mr Trump claimed the prosecutor’s financial crimes investigator, Jeremy Rosenberg, had “corruptly colluded with a disgraced, disqualified and convicted felon and perjurer”, referring to his former lawyer turned bitter enemy Michael Cohen.
The outburst came shortly after the publication of a New York Post story that claimed Mr. Rosenberg had been suspended by the prosecutor’s office because of his contact with Mr. Cohen.
Megan SheetsJune 5, 2023 09:45
The case of the missing classified document
Donald Trump’s lawyers have been unable to find the classified document described in a recording of a 2021 conversation now in the possession of prosecutors. CNN reports.
Earlier this week, the network broke the news that a recording existed of the former president acknowledging that he had held onto a classified Pentagon document that described a possible attack on Iran.
Citing two sources, CNN is now reporting that Trump’s lawyers were unable to find the document he was referring to when they turned over material in mid-March in response to a federal subpoena related to the investigation.
Oliver O’ConnellJune 5, 2023 07:45
ICYMI: DeSantis Defines ‘Woke Up’ After Trump Claims ‘Half The People Can’t’
Ron DeSantis has come up with his definition of his favorite word – “woke” – days after Donald Trump said “half the people” can’t define it.
“Look, we know what the awakening is, it’s a form of cultural Marxism,” DeSantis told NBC News reporter Dasha Burns during a campaign stop in Iowa on Saturday.
“It’s about putting merit and achievement behind identity politics, and it’s basically a war against the truth. And how this has infected institutions and corrupted institutions. So you have to be willing to fight the woke, we’ve done that in Florida and we proudly consider ourselves the state where the woke go to die.
Two days earlier, Mr. Trump took a veiled shot at the Florida governor by criticizing the Republican buzzword’s overuse at his own campaign event in Iowa on Thursday.
“I don’t like the term ‘woke’ because I hear: ‘Woke, woke, woke’. It’s just a term they use, half the people can’t even define it, they don’t know what it is.” Trump said at the Westside Conservative Club in Urbandale, Iowa.
Megan SheetsJune 5, 2023 05:45
Federal judge recuses himself from Disney v DeSantis
A federal judge presiding over Disney’s lawsuit against Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis has recused himself from the case, citing a family member who owns shares in the company, according to an order filed June 2.
US District Judge Mark E Walker, who was appointed to the federal judiciary by Barack Obama, responded to a motion by DeSantis’ legal team asking for his removal from the case.
Alex Woodward has the details.
Oliver O’ConnellJune 5, 2023 03:45
DeSantis condemns Trump for congratulating ‘murderous dictator’ Kim Jong-un
“Congratulations to Kim Jung Un!” the former president wrote to Truth Social, misspelling his name while sharing news of the admission.
The post drew immediate condemnation from GOP presidential candidates and state party leaders, including his 2024 primary challenger, Ron DeSantis.
Asked about the post at an Iowa campaign event on Saturday, the Florida governor said: “I was shocked to see that. I mean, one, Kim Jong-un is a murderous dictator.”
DeSantis noted that North Korea recently sentenced a family with a young child to life in prison, before moving their sentence to WHO.
Megan SheetsJune 5, 2023 02:45
