Armed man with fake pass stopped at Trump rally, while ex-president says his opponents could be ‘handled’ by military: Live

Donald Trump said the bigger problem for the US than foreign influence or migrants is “the enemy from within” whom he characterized as “sick people, radical left lunatics”, a term he often applies to Democratic opponents.

The former president told Maria Bartiromo on Fox News ‘ Sunday Morning Futures that they — US citizens — “should be easily handled by, if necessary, by National Guard, or if really necessary, by the military”.

On Saturday evening, Trump held a rally at Coachella in California where an armed man with a fake pass was apprehended by police before the event.

The California rally came hours after Kamala Harris released her medical information in a challenge to Trump, whose health and age are coming under increased scrutiny, particularly in light of recent long, rambling, and at times incoherent speeches, which the vice president invited people to watch to make up their own minds about the mental state of the former president.

Harris is on the campaign trail in the key battleground of North Carolina where she attended a church service before holding a rally in the city of Greenville.

New national polls show either a deadlocked race or a tightening of the Democrat’s narrow lead.