Donald Trump is back at X. US President Joe Biden has commented on his withdrawal in a TV interview. All information in the news blog.
1.20 am: The FBI is investigating a possible hacker access to internal communications of the campaign team of Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump. The US federal police confirmed this in a statement, according to consistent media reports. According to the New York Times, the FBI did not name the Republican, but referred to media reports about a “cyberattack during the election campaign.” The Washington Post, citing people familiar with the situation, said that the agency was also investigating a possible hacker attack on the Democratic opposition’s campaign team.
0.10 am: Donald Trump apparently flew in a jet that once belonged to sex offender Jeffrey Epstein. Trump had to change planes several times last week because it had technical problems. In Bozeman, he switched to a larger Gulfstream whose serial number matched that of a plane that once belonged to Epstein. A spokeswoman for the Trump campaign confirmed this to the Miami Herald, but added: “The campaign had no knowledge that the charter plane belonged to Mr. Epstein. The charter was commissioned by a provider that has often been used by the campaign. “We learned about the former owner through the media.”
Epstein was arrested in 2019 on charges of sexually abusing more than 100 girls and young women over decades. A month later, Epstein was found dead in his Manhattan jail cell. His death, ruled a suicide by the Manhattan medical examiner, has long been a source of conspiracy theories.
20:57: More US voters trust Kamala Harris’ economic expertise than Donald Trump. This is the result of a survey by the “Financial Times”. When asked “Which candidate do you trust on economic issues?” Harris received 42 percent, Trump 41.
Harris’s rating is seven percent higher than Joe Biden’s in July – who received 35 percent at the time and was significantly behind Trump. The numbers are worrying for him: he repeatedly accuses Harris and Biden of ruining the economy. Many voters seem to see things differently.
20:33: He’s back: After an almost complete absence of more than three years from X (then still Twitter), Donald Trump is posting on the social network again. Within two hours, Trump shares seven posts, most of them campaign videos.
Trump is also promoting an interview he will give on X at 2 a.m. German time. The questions will be asked by Elon Musk, owner of X and an outspoken Trump fan.
Trump was banned from Twitter after his supporters stormed the Capitol on January 6, 2021. After Musk acquired Twitter and renamed it X, he publicly asked Trump several times to post on X again, but Trump preferred his own network “Truth Social” except for one post in 2023. It is still unclear whether Trump will now return to X permanently.
