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Kamala Harris is the Democratic Party's presidential candidate and her chances of winning are about the same as her opponent, Republican Donald Trump.

Her candidacy was supported by President Joe Biden, who announced his withdrawal from the election race.

Who is Kamala Harris – ICTV Facts have collected everything that is known about Kamala Harris, her biography and facts from life.

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Kamala Harris: biography

Kamala Harris was born on October 20, 1964 in Oakland, California to a doctor and Stanford professor university.

After graduating from Westmount High School in 1981, Harris attended Howard University in Washington, D.C., majoring in political science and economics.

In 1989, she earned her Juris Doctor degree from the University of California, Hastings College of the Law in California.

In 1990, Harris was admitted to the State Bar of California.

Kamala Harris served as a deputy district attorney in Alameda County, California, in her youth. She held this position from 1990 to 1998.

In 2000, she joined the San Francisco District Attorney's Office, where she became the chief of the Community and Neighborhood Division, which oversees civil enforcement issues.

In 2003, Harris became the District Attorney of the City and County of San Francisco. She held this position from 2004 to 2011.

As San Francisco's district attorney, the politician created a special hate crimes task force that focused in particular on hate crimes against LGBT children and teens in schools.

Harris convened a national conference to combat the “gay-trans panic” that is used to explain violent hate crimes. She also supported same-sex marriage in California.

In January 2019, she announced her readiness to fight for the title of the first female president of the United States.

The politician then withdrew her candidacy from the election race and publicly supported Joe Biden, and in 2020, after winning the election, he appointed her vice president of the United States.

Kamala Harris became the first female vice president in history.

Kamala Harris is married. Harris married lawyer Douglas Emgoff on August 22, 2014.

Kamala Harris has no children, while her husband has two.

Kamala Harris's attitude towards Ukraine

Throughout her political career, Kamala Harris has condemned Russia's aggression, beginning with the occupation of Crimea.

Harris has repeatedly stated that support for Ukraine is not charity, and that the future of Ukrainians is a strategic interest of the United States.

In June 2024, Kamala Harris represented the United States at the 2024 World Peace Summit in Switzerland.

She commented on Putin's conditions for “ending the war” and stated that Russia's actions, if not punished, “would encourage other aggressors and lead to the possibility of a war of conquest and chaos rather than order and stability— what threatens the whole world”.

2024 Elections

In the US presidential election, Kamala Harris confidently added points to the supporters of the Democratic Party after her candidacy became a replacement for the incumbent President Joe Biden.

Over the months of the election campaign, Harris was able to raise more than one and a half billion dollars in support and attract segments of the American population that were lacking to support Biden, for example, white elderly women, who traditionally support Republicans.

As a result, according to the results of sociological research on the eve of the US presidential election, where Kamala Harris is competing with Republican Donald Trump for the top post in the White House, the Vice President of the United States has an equal amount of support from voters, and sometimes even ahead of the 45th US President Trump.

Trump's statements have no effect on Putin, Kuleba said, when the dictator will start to react Angela Figin

Republican US presidential candidate Donald Trump threatened Vladimir Putin that he would “strike the center of fucking Moscow” if the Kremlin decided to invade Ukraine.

This statement is very much in Donald Trump's style, former Ukrainian Foreign Minister Dmytro Kuleba said in an exclusive interview with Channel 24. He explained how such intimidation and blackmail can influence Putin.

When will Putin react

Dmytro Kuleba noted that the main thing for Trump is to project his power inside and outside the United States. He needs to show that he is stronger than Joseph Biden. That is, what the current US president could not do, Trump can do. Like, Biden could not stop Russia, but Trump can.

Such statements do not work on Putin in themselves. If the US makes specific decisions that demonstrate that this statement has its own development, then Putin will begin to react very quickly. We know that Putin is capable of backtracking, so it is only a matter of strong decisions, – noted the former Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.

However, if this statement was liked by Ukrainians, Kuleba warned that there will be many more less pleasant statements for Ukraine. Despite the fact that they will irritate us, we still need to take them calmly.

First, I think we should all remember that there is no need to demonize anyone or elevate anyone to some kind of super-positive cult, Kuleba added.

Recall that if he wins the new presidential election in November, the Republican candidate promised to end the war in Ukraine “in 24 hours.”

By the way, Donald Trump may call Putin the day after the vote, that is, on November 6, CNBC reported.

Wednesday, November 6, marks 81 years since Kyiv was liberated from the Nazi occupiers. The battles for the city were among the fiercest and bloodiest in the history of World War II.

In total, the operation during which the capital of Ukraine was liberated lasted three months. Hundreds of thousands of soldiers died directly in the battles to expel the Nazi occupiers from the city.

History repeated itself in February-March 2022, when the Ukrainian military, at the cost of incredible courage, managed to hold back the advance of thousands of Russian troops on the capital of Ukraine.

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On the 81st anniversary of Kyiv's liberation from the Nazis, ICTV Facts tell how the liberation operation took place and what preceded it.

Where it all began?

On August 23, 1939, the Non-Aggression Pact between the Third Reich and the Soviet Union (the so-called Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact) was signed in Moscow. According to this agreement, the parties pledged to refrain from attacking each other.

In a secret appendix to the document, the signatories divided spheres of influence in Eastern Europe. The USSR's sphere of interest included Estonia, Latvia, Finland, Bessarabia, and the eastern part of Poland. Nazi Germany laid claim to Lithuania, as well as Poland.

In fact, it was an agreement between two dictators – Adolf Hitler and Joseph Stalin, between the Nazi and communist regimes.

This agreement became a prologue to the outbreak of World War II of 1939-1945 and opened the way to military aggression against Poland.

Signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact. Photo: istpravda.com.ua

Just a week after the signing of the Molotov-Ribbentrop Pact, On September 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland. And on September 17th of the same year, Soviet troops entered Poland.

For Ukraine, World War II began on September 1st, 1939, when the Luftwaffe (the Third Reich's air force) bombed Lviv. At that time, the western territories of Ukraine, including Lviv, were under Polish control.

June 22nd, 1941, despite the non-aggression pact, the troops of the Third Reich invaded the territory of yesterday's ally – the USSR. As a result, the territory of Ukraine became the arena of brutal military actions. By the end of 1941 most of our country was occupied by Nazi troops.

The capture of Kyiv and the months-long Nazi occupation

The battles for Kyiv in 1941 lasted from the beginning of July to September 19. The attempt to capture the city on the move was thwarted by the staunch defense of the Soviet troops, in particular the garrison of the Kyiv fortified region.

The Nazi attacks were also repelled thanks to the active participation of thousands of Kiev residents in strengthening the defensive lines. The factories produced military equipment and ammunition.

In total, the defense of Kyiv lasted more than 70 days. September 19, 1941, when the Nazis closed the encirclement ring to the east of the city, the last units of Soviet troops left Kyiv.

During the Kyiv defensive operation, the commander of the Southwestern Front, Colonel General Mikhail Kirponos, was killed. In total, more than 600 thousand fighters were surrounded, and only a few managed to escape.

On September 19, 1941, the Nazi occupation of Kyiv began, which lasted 778 days.

During the military actions, the city lost dozens of ancient buildings, Khreshchatyk, bridges and the Assumption Cathedral in the Kiev-Pechersk Lavra were blown up.

Fire on Khreshchatyk in the first days of the Nazi occupation. Photo: G.S. Pshenichny Central State Film, Photo and Phonography Archive of Ukraine

Counteroffensive and mobilization of the “Chernosvitniks”

In 1943 the troops of the anti-Hitler coalition began to liberate the territories occupied by the Nazis.

Since the second half of 1943 Ukraine again became the main theater of fierce battles.

In October 1943, based on the military units that were on the territory of our country, four Ukrainian fronts were formed, which were staffed primarily by Ukrainians.

Total mobilization of the civilian male population was carried out by the Soviet command as troops advanced across the territory of Ukraine. For this purpose, field military registration and enlistment offices were created.

According to the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance (UINP), from February 1943 to October 1944 alone, about 3.7 million people were mobilized on the territory of our country (among them were even teenagers aged 16-17).

As noted by the Ukrainian Institute of National Remembrance, everyone who ended up on the territory occupied by the Nazis was regarded by the totalitarian communist regime as potential traitors.

In connection with this, hastily mobilized Ukrainians were thrown into battle even without training, often without weapons and in civilian clothes. Such fighters were called “chernosvitniki” (or “black infantry”).

According to the UINP, about 250-270 thousand “black infantry” died during the liberation of Kyiv.

Fierce battles and the liberation of Kyiv on November 6, 1943

In mid-August 1943were ordered to defeat the Nazi troops on the Left Bank of Ukraine, reach the Dnieper and take bridgeheads. This was supposed to create the preconditions for the subsequent reconquest of Right Bank Ukraine.

In September 1943 Soviet troops reached the Dnieper. They received orders from Joseph Stalin to reconquer Kyiv at any cost before November 7 – the anniversary of the October Revolution (the so-called October Revolution). This date had a special symbolic meaning for the communist regime.

The Kiev offensive operation lasted from November 3 to 13, 1943 and was carried out by the troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front.

These military actions were part of the so-called Battle of the Dnieper– a series of interconnected offensive military operations of the Soviet troops against the army of the Third Reich. The operation, symbolically called the Battle of the Dnieper, involved the Belarusian front and four Ukrainian fronts. According to the Institute of History of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, the troops of these fronts numbered more than 2.6 million people, more than 51 thousand guns and mortars, about 2,400 tanks and self-propelled artillery units, and more than 2,800 aircraft.

In general, the Battle for the Dnieper lasted from August to December 1943 and was one of the largest and bloodiest operations.

At the first stage, in August-September 1943, Soviet troops reached the Dnieper and captured bridgeheads on the right bank of the river. During the offensive in the direction of Kyiv, the Bukrin bridgehead was formed near the village. Bolshoy Bukrin (now Kiev region), where the fiercest battles took place.

Crossing at the Bukrin bridgehead. Photo: National Museum-Reserve The Battle of Kyiv in 1943

It was planned to launch an offensive on Kyiv from the south – the Bukrin bridgehead, but this idea had to be abandoned due to the defense of the Nazi troops, who had entrenched themselves on the high slopes of the Dnieper.

And therefore the Kyiv offensive operation was carried out from the north – from the Lyutezh bridgehead (located near the village of Lyutezh in the Kyiv region).

Before the liberation of Kyiv, the 1st Ukrainian Front numbered 50 divisions, about seven thousand guns and mortars, more than 670 tanks and about 700 aircraft. The Nazis had 33 divisions, up to 400 tanks and over 660 aircraft.

As part of the Kyiv offensive operation, Soviet troops were secretly transferred from the village of Bolshoy Bukrin to the area of ​​the village of Lyutezh in a few days (we are talking, in particular, about the Third Guards Tank Army).

To do this, the soldiers had to perform complex march maneuvers and force the Dnieper (cross the river and take certain bridgeheads through battle). The troops had to perform these tasks without the proper crossing equipment and without air cover (due to weather conditions). At first, the crossing was carried out without heavy equipment.

– The Supreme Command Headquarters decided to force the Dnieper quickly and immediately. The river turned red with blood in those days. The soldiers, under enemy fire, crossed to the right bank using whatever they could: landing and fishing boats, rafts, logs, barrels, and even raincoats filled with hay, Svetlana Demchenko, a senior researcher at the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in World War II, told the publication Golos Ukrainy.

Bridgeheads near Kyiv. Photo: istpravda.com.ua

Realizing that the fate of the war was being decided on the banks of the Dnieper, the Nazis created a powerful system of fortifications. This strategic defensive line was called the Eastern Wall.

The occupiers divided Kyiv itself into three sectors and built strongholds. In preparation for street fighting, the Nazi command gave the order to resettle Kiev residents outside the city limits back in late September.

On November 1, 1943 Soviet troops carried out a diversionary maneuver: they launched an offensive from the Bukrin bridgehead in the direction of Kyiv. And already on the morning of November 3, with the support of aviation, a strike group of troops of the 1st Ukrainian Front launched an offensive from the Lyutezh bridgehead (north of Kyiv).

The offensive was preceded by powerful artillery fire on enemy positions, which lasted about 40 minutes. The artillery was deployed with an unprecedented density: more than 300 units per 1 km.

This powerful blow inflicted crushing losses on the Nazis, destroying their defenses and military equipment.

The decisive blow to the Nazi troops was delivered by the 38th Army under the command of a native of the Donetsk region, Colonel General Kirill Moskalenko. The 3rd Guards Tank Army and the 7th Artillery Breakthrough Corps also took part in the Kyiv offensive operation.

According to historians, the tanks went into battle under the loud roar of sirens. And in front, a regiment of minesweeper tanks was deployed to clear minefields.

Under such pressure and fearing encirclement, the Nazis began to hastily withdraw their troops from Kyiv. And for cover, they threw reserve divisions into the battle.

The decisive battle for Kyiv took place on the night of November 5-6 1943, especially in the area of ​​Borshahivka and Syrets. Soviet troops broke through the enemy defenses from Podol, Svyatoshino and Solomenka and made their way to the city center.

As of 04:00 am on November 6, 1943 the enemy's resistance was finally overcome, and Kyiv was liberated from the Nazi occupiers.

At that time, the city was destroyed and almost empty. In the center of the capital of Ukraine there were charred ruins, because, retreating, the Nazis set fire to everything they could.

Destroyed Khreshchatyk. Photo: State Archival Service of Ukraine

Later, the Nazis were driven out of Fastov, an important railway junction.

Losses in the thousands

As noted by the Institute of History of Ukraine, during the crossing of the Dnieper and the liberation of Kyiv about 417 thousand soldiers and officers of the Soviet army died.

The Ukrainian Institute of National Memory cites the same data. In order to recapture the capital of Ukraine before November 7, the Soviet command did not take into account the losses and threw all possible forces into battle.

The total human losses of Ukraine in World War II (from 1939 to 1945) are estimated at 8-10 million people. Of these, up to 4 million people are military personnel, and more than 5 million are civilians (1.5 million are Holocaust victims).

Total more than 6 million Ukrainians fought in the Soviet troops against the Nazi occupiers. Another 100 thousand were in the ranks of the UPA. Thousands of Ukrainians also fought against the Nazis in the ranks of the partisans. And about 250 thousand fought in the armies of the allied countries.

More than two thousand Ukrainians were awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union for their heroism (this was the highest award in the USSR). In total, about 2.5 million Ukrainians were awarded medals and orders.

Russian invasion and a new battle for Kyiv

Ukrainians had to defend Kyiv again in 2022, now from thousands of Russian troops.

So, On February 24,Russian dictator Vladimir Putin declared war on Ukraine, which he dubbed a “special military operation”.

A large-scale invasion of Russian troops began at about 04:00 in the morning, not only from Russian territory, but also from Belarus and temporarily occupied Crimea. The invaders attacked Ukrainian border outposts and military infrastructure facilities.

Martial law and general mobilization have been introduced in Ukraine since February 24.

In the first days of the full-scale war, units of the Russian army captured the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and part of the Kyiv region. In the occupied settlements (such as Bucha, Irpen, Moshchun, Motyzhin and many others) they carried out real terror and atrocities, torturing and killing peaceful Ukrainians.

During the assault on the airfield in Gostomel, the occupiers destroyed the world's largest transport aircraft, the An-225 Mriya.

The Kremlin expected to capture Kyiv in three days at most. However, thanks to the skillfully thought-out defense of the capital and the courage of the Ukrainian military, Russian troops were unable to do this.

At the end of March information appeared that the Russians were withdrawing units from the territory of the Kyiv region. And on April 2 the Ministry of Defense of Ukraine officially confirmed that the entire territory of the region had been liberated from Russian occupation troops.

The victory of the Ukrainian Defense Forces in the battle for Kyiv was one of the most significant achievements of Ukraine in the full-scale war.

President again: Trump gets the necessary 270 electoral votes, – media Sofia Rozhik

It has become known that Trump is gaining the necessary 270 electoral votes. This guarantees him victory in the elections.

The media reports this.

Traditionally, in the elections in the USA and in the main legislative body of America — Congress — two main parties participate — Republican and Democratic.

In the USA, even the political system is often called two-party, meaning these two political forces.

ICTV Facts explains the difference between Republicans and Democrats and what you need to know about the two main parties in the United States.

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What are the Republican and Democratic Parties

There are two main political parties in the United States: Democrats and Republicans.

The Democrats are the liberal party, and their presidential candidate in this election is Vice President Kamala Harris.

They are represented by the color blue, and their mascot is a donkey.

The Democrats currently hold the presidency of the United States and have a majority in the Senate. However, the balance of power may change after the vote in these elections.

In turn, the Republicans are a conservative political party in the United States, their candidate in these elections is former President Donald Trump.

Sometimes in the American press you can see that the Republican Party is also called GOP, which is an abbreviation and when deciphered means Grand Old Party.

The party uses the color red, and the symbolic animal that expresses the party is elephant.

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What values ​​do Republicans and Democrats stand for

The Republican and Democratic parties can be represented as political forces of the right and left, respectively.

If the Democrats (left-wing political force) represent progressive thinking, then the Republicans (right-wing) — conservative politics.

Both political parties occupy positions on a conditional scale of how they relate to certain important problems in society.

Simply put, Democrats traditionally advocate change, while conservatives want things to stay the same.

However, if you dig a little deeper, the left will argue that the job of government is to make society fairer, in particular by subsidizing services that people can't afford.

On the other hand, the right argues that government should have less influence in people's lives and leave issues like wages and health care to businesses and society.

For example, you can sometimes hear the definition of “far-right” in relation to individual Republicans, and vice versa, “far-left” in relation to the democrats.

Such terms mean that representatives of these political forces have extreme right or left views, which may often not coincide between politicians within the same party.

How Democrats and Republicans feel about certain issues

There are issues on which both parties may have the same position and interact to quickly resolve a particular issue. A striking example is how, at the beginning of Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the majority in both chambers of the US Congress spoke out with strong condemnation of the Russian Federation and support for Ukraine.

In addition, one could also sometimes hear about “bipartisan and bicameral” support for Ukraine in the US Congress, which meant that the two main parties of America support Ukraine.

However, there are many issues on which the two parties have different views, and sometimes quite categorically. Often, they are talking about the internal problems of the country. Here are some of these topics:

Economic Views

Democrats take a social justice-oriented approach to economics, including raising the minimum wage and progressive taxation, where higher incomes are taxed at higher rates.

Republicans, on the other hand, advocate minimal intervention in market processes: they believe that taxes should not be raised for any category of the population, including the wealthiest strata, and wages should be set by the free market.

Social and Humanitarian Views

Democrats base their social principles on the idea of ​​collective responsibility, advocating for increased government spending to support various groups population.

Republicans tend to favor reducing government regulation, which they see as an obstacle to free markets and employment.

Position on the Death Penalty

While the death penalty is generally supported by the Democratic Party, party members are often more critical of the issue and often advocate abolition of the death penalty, citing human rights.

Republicans, on the other hand, generally support the death penalty as an effective means of law and order.

Position on Taxes

Democrats generally support progressive taxation, implying higher rates for those with high incomes and allow tax increases to finance government programs.

Republicans believe that higher taxes and excessive regulation stifle economic growth, hinder the capitalist model, and limit employment opportunities.

Health Policy

The Democratic Party strongly supports government participation in health care, including programs such as Medicare and Medicaid, as well as the Obamacare reforms, which are aimed at creating affordable health care for all citizens.

Republicans prefer private solutions and believe that health care can be provided more efficiently by private companies. They also oppose several provisions of Obamacare, including mandatory insurance and mandatory coverage of contraceptives.

Immigration Policy

Democrats generally support liberal immigration reforms, such as a moratorium on deportations and a path to citizenship for some undocumented immigrants who have no criminal record and have lived in the country for more than five years.

Republicans have taken a hard line, opposing amnesty for undocumented immigrants and executive orders such as the deportation moratorium. They support increased border security and strict immigration enforcement.

What are red, blue, and purple states

This refers to the colors that Democrats and Republicans use to represent themselves.

States are named after colors to describe which party the majority of voters in them support.

This means that voters in blue states favor Democrats, while voters in red states favor states tend to vote Republican.

For example, California, Massachusetts, and New York are traditionally considered “blue” states, while Oklahoma, Kansas, and Texas are — “red”.

This doesn't mean that voters in these states should or will vote a certain way — just that they are more consistent when they go to the polls.

Purple states, also known as “swing states” or “battleground”, — are states where there is no overwhelming preference for Democrats or Republicans and it often happens that the vote in these regions will be decisive for, for example, the presidential election or representation in one or another house of Congress.

Patriarch Kirill spoke out in favor of the death penalty in Russia: what really scares Putin Melania Golembyovskaya

Patriarch Kirill Gundyaev has proposed to return the death penalty to Russia, since Jesus Christ “did not condemn it.” Such words could make Vladimir Putin “strain” a little.

The Russian dictator is afraid that such a law could turn against him, although he could be killed without it. This opinion was shared with 24 Kanal by the host of the Khodorkovsky Live channel, Sergei Aslanyan, who noted that in Russia, priests have always blessed their soldiers for war in order to kill.

What scares Putin

According to the host, Putin suspects that such an “innovation” could turn against him, which is why the death penalty is banned in the country. Although, if he is ever killed, no law will be needed for this. He is wrong to think that this can only happen as a result of some court decision.

That is why the rules for applying such a law to Putin are unlikely. However, given that this must be a collegial decision, everyone is worried that this death penalty will turn against them, Aslanyan noted.

Gundyaev is not a person who has any relation to religion. The host noted that he is not a patriarch, but a “Minister of Orthodoxy” with all the privileges, including security and rations.

In addition, in war there is such a thing as a “regimental priest”. Throughout the history of the aggressor country, the Russian soldier went into battle blessed by such a priest and told “go and kill.” In addition, Russian priests have always blessed Russians to go kill people of other faiths, that is, “enemies” of the Orthodox.

Therefore, Gundyaev, saying that murder is legitimate in the life of a Christian, is simply voicing what has long been used, the host noted.

By the way, Kirill also stated that “the church has never insisted on the abolition of the death penalty.” At the same time, he added that he “welcomes the moratorium on executions currently in effect in Russia.”

US Vice President Kamala Harris has taken the lead on Election Day in the 2024 US presidential election, beating her Republican opponent Donald Trump.

This is according to a modeling of the election outcome conducted by the Economist magazine.

US Election 2024: Who is in the lead, Trump or Harris

As the publication notes, Harris's chances of winning have increased from 50 to 56%.

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— With very little time left before the end of the election, our model reacts sharply to the latest data, — the magazine writes.

It is noted that the AtlasIntel portal published 13 polls with better indicators for Harris compared to the norm favorable to Trump, and in these studies the Democratic candidate, that is, Harris, is in the lead.

On average, the magazine points out, Harris leads in new polls in Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin. At the same time, a poll conducted by Dartmouth College faculty and students also gave her a noticeable advantage of 28 percentage points in New Hampshire.

US presidential elections: which states are worth watching

As the Economist notes, in most states one of the parties has a comfortable advantage, making them uncompetitive.

However, seven states (93 electoral votes) will become decisive:

• Michigan,
• Wisconsin,
• Pennsylvania,
• Nevada,
• Georgia,
• North Carolina
• and Arizona.

In 2016, Trump led in all of them except Nevada; in 2020, Biden won every state except North Carolina.

2024 US election: which states will be decisive

As The Economist notes, key states are not equally important, since some are larger, and some are more inclined to favor one candidate or the other.

However, there are also those that are similar to each other: for example, if one of the candidates wins in Michigan, he will most likely be ahead in Wisconsin as well.

Will a party like the president's get into Congress?

As the magazine notes, the US presidency — this is an important prize, but the new president's job will be much easier if the same party controls the US Congress.

They will be able to pass laws and appoint judges more easily, and avoid hostile investigations.

According to the magazine's conclusion, if Trump wins the election, the probability of an entirely Republican Congress is 31%.

At the same time, if Harris wins, the probability of complete dominance in both parties by Democrats is 22%.

They think we are stupid, – Trump complained about difficult relations with Germany and Merkel Yulia Murina

During the election campaign, Donald Trump complained about the difficult relations with Germany and former Chancellor Angela Merkel.

The Republican presidential candidate made the corresponding statement during a speech in Pennsylvania. This was reported by 24 Kanal with reference to Spiegel.

Trump on Germany and Merkel

During the election campaign, Donald Trump said that he had a difficult relationship with Germany.

They didn't like me, and I have roots there, the US presidential candidate complained.

The publication noted that Trump, on his father's side, comes from the German community of Kallstadt, in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate.

According to the politician, the Germans allegedly liked Barack Obama more.

“You know why? Because they robbed us (literally: “They ate our lunch”), Trump said.

The publication noted that he probably had meaning that Germany achieved such success “only thanks to the USA”.

In addition, the former US president spoke about the then German Chancellor Angela Merkel.

They didn't like me because I said: you have to pay. You have to pay, I said to Angela. “Angela, you haven't paid,” the Republican said.

Journalists noted that at that moment the politician was probably referring to Germany's defense spending, given its commitments to NATO.

Imitating a certain German accent, Donald Trump also claimed that Angela Merkel allegedly told him that “Germany will pay until 2035.”

They think we're stupid people,” Trump complained.

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US presidential candidate Donald Trump's campaign team has rejected and revoked the accreditation of some journalists. At the same time, Elon Musk will spend election night in the US with the Republican's inner circle.

US Elections: Trump's campaign team revoked journalists' accreditation

According to CNN, journalists from several media outlets were denied accreditation for the night shift during the vote count in West Palm Beach, Florida.

Reporters from Politico, Axios, Puck, Voice of America, and Mother Jones were among those denied accreditation.

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A team of Politico reporters and a photographer were initially cleared to attend the event. But the journalists later found out they had been denied credentials, a person familiar with the matter told CNN.

The person suggested the decision was made in response to a Politico article. A Politico spokesperson declined to comment.

Puck political correspondent Tara Palmieri was set to cover the event as part of Amazon's election night special.

But after Palmieri published an article about the Trump campaign, her credentials were denied. Trump's campaign manager was furious with her reporting, reporter says.

A person familiar with the campaign's decisions acknowledged that certain reporters were denied access because of their coverage. However, other commandants from these media outlets will be able to attend the event.

Representatives of the election campaign of US presidential candidate Donald Trump did not respond to a request from foreign journalists.

Musk to spend election night with Trump

At the same time, Elon Musk will wait for the results of the US elections at the headquarters of presidential candidate Donald Trump, writes The New York Times.

According to the publication's sources, the businessman will attend the gala dinner at the Republican's estate in Mar-a-Lago in Florida along with his inner circle.

Elon Musk to join the evening as a supporter of Donald Trump.

In particular, he invested at least $119 million in the Super PAC — this is a platform that supported the Republican and held events in Pennsylvania on his behalf.

According to the publication, Elon Musk and Donald Trump communicate several times a week.

Tens of thousands of Israeli citizens protested after Defense Minister Galant was fired Dmitry Usik

On Tuesday, November 5, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu fired Defense Minister Yoav Galant. This led to large-scale rallies across the country

This was reported by Channel 24 with reference to The Times of Israel. Note that the reason for Galant's dismissal is said to be “lack of trust”.

Protests in Israel against the dismissal of the Defense Minister

Thus, tens of thousands of people in different cities of Israel took to the streets after Netanyahu's decision to fire the Defense Minister. Protests continue in Haifa, Netanya, Be'er Sheva and at intersections across the country, in addition to large demonstrations in Tel Aviv and Jerusalem.

In Tel Aviv, protesters blocked the central highway, and in Haifa, police have already intervened.

Moreover, rallies also continue in Nahariya and other communities in northern Israel, despite orders to limit public gatherings amid constant rocket fire from Lebanon.

Interestingly, Benjamin Netanyahu already tried to free Galant in March 2023. This came after the Defense Minister called on the Prime Minister to stop the planned judicial reform. However, the decision to dismiss caused a wave of protests against Netanyahu, which forced the head of Israel to cancel it.

Note that instead of Galant, the new Minister of Defense of Israel was the head of the country's Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Israel Katz.