Trump Announces Major Updates During Mar-a-Lago Press Conference

Former President Donald Trump addressed the press Tuesday morning, sharing updates on the upcoming presidential election and outlining his key priorities.

Speaking at Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., Trump discussed the U.S.-Mexico border crisis and criticized Vice President Kamala Harris’s approach to border management.

“Today, we are going to talk about the REAL character of Kamala Harris—a person who has no remorse for the anguish she has inflicted on families across America,” Trump declared. He highlighted the story of Tammy Nobles, an American mother whose 20-year-old daughter, Kayla Hamilton, who had autism, was “found raped, tied up, and strangled to death.” Trump emphasized, “Kayla’s murderer was released into the United States to k*** under Border Czar Harris.”

“Her borders are the worst in the history of the world,” Trump added, underscoring his disapproval.

He then presented a campaign video, featuring Alexis Nungaray recounting how her 12-year-old daughter, Jocelyn, had been killed. In that tragic case, two individuals from Venezuela who had entered the U.S. illegally face capital murder charges.

“What Kamala did to Jocelyn and her family is the most heartless and cold-blooded betrayal imaginable,” Trump said. “Thousands of cases just like that, thousands in throwing open the border.” He warned, “Think of it, open borders. They come in from parts unknown. People have no idea who they are, where they’re from, anything about them. They know nothing.”

Trump accused Harris of “violating her oath” and “desecrating our laws,” adding, “Anyone who knowingly sets loose these monsters into our country has absolutely no right to be running for office, let alone the office of president.”

Trump also noted, “we’re leading, I believe, in all seven swing states” with Election Day approaching.

While pointing to issues in Pennsylvania, Trump mentioned “bad spots” and hinted at “serious things…in the process of being caught,” though he didn’t elaborate. Nonetheless, he affirmed, “the election itself is going very well.”

Reflecting on the impacts of Harris’s term, he stated, “In less than four years, Kamala Harris has obliterated our borders, obliterated. We’ve never had a situation like this.” He claimed her policies have “decimated the middle class” and caused “runaway inflation,” noting the “problems the likes of which we never thought possible.”

Declaring his intentions, Trump said, “I’m running on a plan to save America. We’re going to save America.”

Meanwhile, just before Trump’s press conference, the Nevada Supreme Court dismissed a Republican challenge, affirming that mail-in ballots received up to three days after Election Day could still be counted.

According to The Hill, the state’s high court upheld that state law mandates the inclusion of mail-in ballots, even if postmarks are “illegible” or absent. The court agreed with a lower court’s decision to allow ballots received within three days after the November 5 election date.

In their ruling, the court noted that voters who “properly and timely” cast their votes should not be penalized if postmarks are missing due to postal error, as The Hill reported. “Indeed, there is no principled distinction between mail ballots where the postmark is ‘illegible’ or ‘smudged’ and those with no postmark,” the court emphasized, stating that these ballots were valid under Nevada’s voting policies.

The high court also ruled that the GOP lacked standing in their case, asserting there was insufficient evidence to prove mail ballot voter fraud or inadequacies in the state’s election security measures. Additionally, the court rejected claims that mail-in voting disproportionately favors Democrats.

Five justices signed the majority order, with two justices agreeing in part. One justice noted the GOP provided inadequate evidence, while another asserted it would not be “in the public interest to change the rules governing this election this close to election day.”

The Republican National Committee (RNC), however, remains concerned about potential impacts on election integrity. “Requiring ballots to be postmarked on or before election day is a critical election integrity safeguard,” stated RNC spokesperson Claire Zunk, underscoring that it is “a requirement of Nevada law.” Zunk criticized the ruling, saying it “undermined the integrity of Nevada’s elections.”

Nevada, a crucial battleground state, could have a major impact on next week’s election outcome. According to recent polling, Trump is leading Harris in Nevada, a significant development, as he could become the first GOP candidate in decades to win the state.