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Tuesday, 2 August 2016

Your daily dose of Trump venom

And, finally, for your daily dose of Trump venom: Trump fears the US election will be rigged: Donald Trump said he fears that the US presidential election in November will be rigged while speaking at a campaign rally in Ohio on Monday. (Watch, running time: 59 seconds)

Manafort denies Trump campaign meddled in GOP policy on Ukraine: On Sunday’s Meet the Press, Trump’s campaign manager Paul Manafort denied his staff insisted on changing the Republican party’s platform with regard to supporting US weapons deliveries to Ukraine, a story that Josh Rogin broke and whose account disputes Manafort’s claims.

The bn’aire backlash against Trump continues: On Monday, Warren Buffett, stumping for Hillary Clinton in Omaha, whose candidacy he expressed support for since December, challenged Trump to release his taxes, which the latter has refused. Trump alleges that his ongoing audit prevents him from such a disclosure. Trump’s stated reason for not disclosing his taxes while under audit is of course, nonsensical, as US President Richard Nixon released his returns while under audit, the IRS Commissioner has gone on record saying it is permissible for Trump to release his tax returns while being audited, and Trump himself has previously released his returns while under audit while seeking casino licenses.

The Simpsons ask: “It’s 3 a.m., and the phone’s ringing in the White House. Who do you want to answer that call?” (Watch, running time: 1:56)

As most of our readers are aware, the Simpsons first joked about a Trump presidency in an episode that aired 16 years ago. President Lisa Simpson: “As you know, we’ve inherited quite a budget crunch from President Trump.” (Watch, running time: 1:07)

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