Over in the US, Election Day is less than two weeks out - so Trump and Harris are hitting the campaign trail to get all the votes they can.
The pair are still in a tight race for the White House, meaning they're going hard to appeal to key swing states ahead of the November deadline.
US correspondent Dan Mitchinson says Kamala Harris will be trying to sell herself as the more conventionally 'presidential' candidate while Trump keeps himself in the public eye with unusual acts.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
Dan Mitchinson, US correspondent with US.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Now, Hey Dan, Hey there, Heather.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
On a scale of one to ten, how badly are
Kamala Harris's campaign panicking?
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Boy? I guess it depends on who you ask. I mean,
we've got two weeks from tonight, we're going to be
talking about this, you and I and we may have
a very good idea who's going to win the White House.
But right now, I think they're pretty confident that over
the next couple of weeks, Donald Trump is going to
continue to be Donald Trump. And while he's doing that,
I think Harris is going to try to paint herself
(00:30):
as more presidential and you know, she's going to be
having symbolic backgrounds and make sure that she can win
each of a handful of swing states that will decide
this election, you know, six or seven states.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Right, So what is she going to be able to
do because the problem for her is the margins are
so thin that he is likely to beat her on
the night. So what's she going to do to widen
those margins out in her favor?
Speaker 2 (00:50):
I think she's going to again try to act a
little bit more presidential. I think she's going to spend
a lot more time in these half dozen or seven
or eight states or so. And I think that there
are a lot of people right now that, like you said,
aren't going to believe that this race could still be
tied two weeks from tonight. But the battleground states are
where the presidency will be won. And I think you're
(01:11):
just going to have to be on your A game.
And while Trump will be Trump rambling all over the
place and unpredictable, which will get him coverage. I think
Harris is hoping that she's going to look more the
part than Trump's been in the last couple of weeks. So,
you know, serving French fries, which was a great photo
op at McDonald's, but also got a lot of backlash too,
I think for people.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Yeah, but again the backlash, I mean, I feel like
I repeat myself and it's boring to me. I'm sorry
about this is probably boring to you too. But it
doesn't matter whether the priest is negative or positive. For Trump,
it's price right, and so if we're talking about him,
we're not talking about her.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
It works for him, No, it does. It seems to
do that. The only thing I can say that that's
changed him in recent months, and we mentioned this number
of times on your shows that he seems a little
bit more tired. I don't think he seems to have
the energy that he has moving forward. But he's still
getting coverage. It doesn't matter what he does, good or bad,
what he says, he still makes the front page of
(02:05):
the of the the you know the paper.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Hy So tell me about the former boss of Abercrombie
and Fitch.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Oh, can I just tell you there was smoke about
a year ago, and you know where there's smoke, there's
going to be fire about this too. I mean there
was his CEO, Mike Jeffries and a couple of others
were arrested today for alleged sex trafficking. And I mean
this is an international sex trafficking and prostitution business. They
recruited young guys for parties here in the US and
other countries, and you know, allegedly paid dozens of men
(02:35):
to travel around the world to engage in these acts
over the last six, seven, eight years. And they were
led to believe these men that they were going to
attend these events and they would get modeling opportunities. So
last year the company said, you know, we hired an
outside law firm to connect an independent investigation. They got
a report from the BBC. That's when the smoke started
(02:55):
going up. It took twelve months, but then it just
all blew up today and there was a huge fire.
And so these guys are going to be a rain
later this week in Friday, I believe.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Okay, Rudy Giuliani, Oh.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
All right, so we know he was America's mayor, right,
So the judge today has said, you've got to turn
all over everything, I mean all your valuable possessions, your penthouse, apartment,
basically everything he owns to these election workers in Georgia
who counted the ballots back after the twenty twenty election,
and he would have famed. And he owes one hundred
(03:29):
and fifty million dollars right now. So he's having to
give up I mean everything from watches that he was
given by European leaders to his home and a sports
car that he was given from Lauren. But call and
where do you go from here? Heather? I mean, this
guy has lost everything to Hawk and coffee. But I
think this just goes to show you that all these
(03:50):
people that have surrounded themselves around Donald Trump seem to
get caught out, but you know, the teflon Dawn just
remains kind of a popular as evert with him.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
It's bizarre, right, It's bizarre how many people around him
fall down. Hey, Dan, thank you as always appreciate it. Mate.
Let's Dan Mitchinson, a US correspondent. For more from Hither Duplessy,
Allen Drive, listen live to news Talks.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
It'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio
Dan Mitchinson, US correspondent with US.
Speaker 2 (00:02):
Now, Hey Dan, Hey there, Heather.
Speaker 1 (00:04):
On a scale of one to ten, how badly are
Kamala Harris's campaign panicking?
Speaker 2 (00:09):
Boy? I guess it depends on who you ask. I mean,
we've got two weeks from tonight, we're going to be
talking about this, you and I and we may have
a very good idea who's going to win the White House.
But right now, I think they're pretty confident that over
the next couple of weeks, Donald Trump is going to
continue to be Donald Trump. And while he's doing that,
I think Harris is going to try to paint herself
(00:30):
as more presidential and you know, she's going to be
having symbolic backgrounds and make sure that she can win
each of a handful of swing states that will decide
this election, you know, six or seven states.
Speaker 1 (00:39):
Right, So what is she going to be able to
do because the problem for her is the margins are
so thin that he is likely to beat her on
the night. So what's she going to do to widen
those margins out in her favor?
Speaker 2 (00:50):
I think she's going to again try to act a
little bit more presidential. I think she's going to spend
a lot more time in these half dozen or seven
or eight states or so. And I think that there
are a lot of people right now that, like you said,
aren't going to believe that this race could still be
tied two weeks from tonight. But the battleground states are
where the presidency will be won. And I think you're
(01:11):
just going to have to be on your A game.
And while Trump will be Trump rambling all over the
place and unpredictable, which will get him coverage. I think
Harris is hoping that she's going to look more the
part than Trump's been in the last couple of weeks. So,
you know, serving French fries, which was a great photo
op at McDonald's, but also got a lot of backlash too,
I think for people.
Speaker 1 (01:30):
Yeah, but again the backlash, I mean, I feel like
I repeat myself and it's boring to me. I'm sorry
about this is probably boring to you too. But it
doesn't matter whether the priest is negative or positive. For Trump,
it's price right, and so if we're talking about him,
we're not talking about her.
Speaker 2 (01:45):
It works for him, No, it does. It seems to
do that. The only thing I can say that that's
changed him in recent months, and we mentioned this number
of times on your shows that he seems a little
bit more tired. I don't think he seems to have
the energy that he has moving forward. But he's still
getting coverage. It doesn't matter what he does, good or bad,
what he says, he still makes the front page of
(02:05):
the of the the you know the paper.
Speaker 1 (02:08):
Hy So tell me about the former boss of Abercrombie
and Fitch.
Speaker 2 (02:11):
Oh, can I just tell you there was smoke about
a year ago, and you know where there's smoke, there's
going to be fire about this too. I mean there
was his CEO, Mike Jeffries and a couple of others
were arrested today for alleged sex trafficking. And I mean
this is an international sex trafficking and prostitution business. They
recruited young guys for parties here in the US and
other countries, and you know, allegedly paid dozens of men
(02:35):
to travel around the world to engage in these acts
over the last six, seven, eight years. And they were
led to believe these men that they were going to
attend these events and they would get modeling opportunities. So
last year the company said, you know, we hired an
outside law firm to connect an independent investigation. They got
a report from the BBC. That's when the smoke started
(02:55):
going up. It took twelve months, but then it just
all blew up today and there was a huge fire.
And so these guys are going to be a rain
later this week in Friday, I believe.
Speaker 1 (03:04):
Okay, Rudy Giuliani, Oh.
Speaker 2 (03:08):
All right, so we know he was America's mayor, right,
So the judge today has said, you've got to turn
all over everything, I mean all your valuable possessions, your penthouse, apartment,
basically everything he owns to these election workers in Georgia
who counted the ballots back after the twenty twenty election,
and he would have famed. And he owes one hundred
(03:29):
and fifty million dollars right now. So he's having to
give up I mean everything from watches that he was
given by European leaders to his home and a sports
car that he was given from Lauren. But call and
where do you go from here? Heather? I mean, this
guy has lost everything to Hawk and coffee. But I
think this just goes to show you that all these
(03:50):
people that have surrounded themselves around Donald Trump seem to
get caught out, but you know, the teflon Dawn just
remains kind of a popular as evert with him.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
It's bizarre, right, It's bizarre how many people around him
fall down. Hey, Dan, thank you as always appreciate it. Mate.
Let's Dan Mitchinson, a US correspondent. For more from Hither Duplessy,
Allen Drive, listen live to news Talks.
Speaker 2 (04:12):
It'd be from four pm weekdays, or follow the podcast
on iHeartRadio
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