US presidential election, live: Trump bets on Musk and Harris surrounds herself with African-American stars

With the US presidential election set to take place on November 5, Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are looking to consolidate and expand their electorate by surrounding themselves with certain personalities and discrediting each other.

The Essentials

• The US presidential election will take place on November 5, 2024, but Americans have already started to voting since the end of September with early voting in some states.
• Donald Trump and Kamala Harris according to the main candidates for the American presidential election, the first for the Republican camp and the second for the Democratic party, replacing Joe Biden who gave up a new term under pressure from his camp. The two candidates are neck and neck in the results of national and state polls. In the seven swing states, he even tipped the vote to one side. or the other, the gap is also very tight.
• The presidential campaign has been marked by Donald Trump's insulting attacks on his rival, and the Republican has encouraged his voters to follow suit by calling Kamala Harris a “shitty vice president [sic].” In response, Harris said on MSNBC that the Republican “degrades the office of president.” and that he “should never again run behind the seal of the President of the United States, [because] he has not earned that right”.
• This weekend, Donald Trump made headlines by staging himself at McDonalds to mock his rival, who says she worked for the company during her studies, and took advantage of Elon Musk's support to win voter loyalty with a check. For her part, Kamala Harris tried to appeal to the African-American electorate by surrounding herself with black stars including Lizzo, Usher and Stevie Wonder, who wished her birthday at a church in Atlanta, Georgia.
• Follow the latest information on the American presidential election campaign in our live feed.

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15:20 – Final stretch for Trump and Harris

The candidates The American presidential election Donald Trump and Kamala Harris are entering the last two weeks of campaigning before the November 5 vote. Both the Republican and the Democrat are looking to distinguish themselves and gain an advantage during this “money time”. Especially since the poll results are very tight both nationally and in the swing states, even if according to the latest studies Donald Trump is regaining a slight advantage over Kamala Harris who has remained in mind for weeks.