Donald Trump during an interview said that "only stupid people put old" individuals to the Supreme Court, seemingly overlooking the fact that he himself is 78 years old and running for the highest office in the executive branch.

Donald Trump during an interview said that "only stupid people put old" individuals to the Supreme Court, seemingly overlooking the fact that he himself is 78 years old and running for the highest office in the executive branch. Trump made these comments during an interview with Bloomberg in Chicago. He said, "And somebody said, 'Would you come up with a list of 20 or 25 justices, in this case mostly judges, that you'd put in in case it were necessary?'" During his one term as president, Trump appointed three justices to the Supreme Court, including Neil Gorsuch (49 at the time), Brett Kavanaugh (53), and Amy Coney Barrett (48). These choices were relatively younger than many previous appointees. Also read: India shared list of Canada-based gangsters and terrorists. Ottawa did nothing “Now, it's amazing because I got three in four years,” Trump said, referring to his nominations. “Most people get none because, you know, you put them in the young. You tend to put them in young. Only stupid people put old. “You know, you don’t put old in, because they’re there for two years or three years, right?" The interviewer, Micklethwait, then pointed out, "You're a 78-year old man running for president." When confronted about his own age, Trump sidestepped the comment and instead focused on his record of appointments. “So, I got three,” he responded. “A lot of presidents get none, I got three. And, uh, I think they’ve been three great choices too, by the way.” Also read: Trump rally suspect wrongfully arrested for assassination bid sues California sheriff Nowadays, it is common for presidents to select younger candidates for the Supreme Court, as justices hold lifetime appointments. Appointing younger individuals allows a president to install someone with an identical ideology on the court for decades. Trump is running for another term in the White House and is currently the oldest candidate for president in US history. If he wins in November, he will be 82 years old by the end of his term in 2029. His age has been a frequent point of criticism from Democrats, who have questioned his mental acuity, and whether he is fit to serve. (With inputs from agencies)

At 78, Trump claims ‘only stupid people’ appoint older justices to Supreme Court

Donald Trump has officially been named the Republican presidential nominee after securing enough delegate votes at the Republican National Convention, following an attempted assassination at a rally in Pennsylvania.

Trump had been considered the presumptive nominee for several months, but it was the votes from RNC delegates in Milwaukee that confirmed his nomination on Monday afternoon.

Trump has chosen 39-year-old Ohio Senator JD&nbsp;Vance as his vice presidential candidate. This decision honours a former staunch critic who has transformed into one of his most reliable supporters in Congress.

"As Vice President, JD&nbsp;will continue to fight for our Constitution, stand with our Troops, and will do everything he can to help me MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN," Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Also read:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.wionews.com/world/trump-makes-first-public-appearance-since-assassination-attempt-741196">Trump makes first public appearance since assassination attempt</a>

Despite several legal issues and two impeachments during his first term, President Trump is growing more certain of making a comeback to the White House, while President Joe Biden is struggling with declining performance in polls and concerns about his health.

In the Milwaukee delegates count, Eric Trump, representing the Florida delegation, declared his father "the greatest president that ever lived" as he pushed him over the nomination threshold.

Trump's nomination unfolds when the nation is still in shock over the failed assassination attempt on Saturday at a rally in Pennsylvania.

Four months before the election, almost fifty thousand Republicans came for the four-day event.

The assassination attempt, which resulted in one bystander's death, injuries to two others, and an&nbsp;ear injury for Trump, was anticipated to overshadow the event.

Amidst criticism over its failure to protect Trump from the attacker, the Secret Service asserted it was "fully prepared" to maintain security at the convention.

Trump is leading numerous polls despite being convicted in his hush-money criminal case in New York. At 81 years old, Biden is being urged by members of his own party to withdraw from the race due to worries about his age.

(With inputs from agencies)

Donald Trump has officially been named the Republican presidential nominee after securing enough delegate votes at the Republican National Convention, following an attempted assassination at a rally in Pennsylvania.

Donald Trump has officially been named the Republican presidential nominee after securing enough delegate votes at the Republican National Convention, following an attempted assassination at a rally in Pennsylvania. Trump had been considered the presumptive nominee for several months, but it was the votes from RNC delegates in Milwaukee that confirmed his nomination on Monday afternoon. Trump has chosen 39-year-old Ohio Senator JD Vance as his vice presidential candidate. This decision honours a former staunch critic who has transformed into one of his most reliable supporters in Congress. "As Vice President, JD will continue to fight for our Constitution, stand with our Troops, and will do everything he can to help me MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN," Trump wrote on Truth Social. Also read: Trump makes first public appearance since assassination attempt Despite several legal issues and two impeachments during his first term, President Trump is growing more certain of making a comeback to the White House, while President Joe Biden is struggling with declining performance in polls and concerns about his health. In the Milwaukee delegates count, Eric Trump, representing the Florida delegation, declared his father "the greatest president that ever lived" as he pushed him over the nomination threshold. Trump's nomination unfolds when the nation is still in shock over the failed assassination attempt on Saturday at a rally in Pennsylvania. Four months before the election, almost fifty thousand Republicans came for the four-day event. The assassination attempt, which resulted in one bystander's death, injuries to two others, and an ear injury for Trump, was anticipated to overshadow the event. Amidst criticism over its failure to protect Trump from the attacker, the Secret Service asserted it was "fully prepared" to maintain security at the convention. Trump is leading numerous polls despite being convicted in his hush-money criminal case in New York. At 81 years old, Biden is being urged by members of his own party to withdraw from the race due to worries about his age. (With inputs from agencies)

Trump secures Republican nomination after assassination attempt, picks JD Vance as running mate

Donald Trump dismissed his predatory remarks about groping women as &quot;locker room talk&quot;, and took a swipe at Hillary Clinton&#39;s husband Bill over past sexual misconduct in a fiery second US presidential debate on Sunday night.

The Democrat Hillary Clinton, facing a deeply wounded candidate with one month to go before Election Day, pushed back by saying Trump&#39;s lewd comments, caught on a&nbsp;microphone, merely showed his true self.

With tens of millions of Americans tuning in for the televised showdown, the Republican nominee may have been expected to show contrition as he seeks to move beyond the crisis triggered by the tape&#39;s release.

Instead, Trump&nbsp;attacked&nbsp;former president Clinton, present in the audience but not running for office, asserting that he has a history of abusing women, and inviting several of his accusers to attend the debate.

&quot;If you look at Bill Clinton, far worse,&quot; Trump insisted. &quot;Mine are words, his was action,&quot; he said, claiming that there has &quot;never been anybody in the history of politics in this nation that&#39;s been so abusive to women.&quot;&nbsp;

Trump&#39;s words were about his actions, saying he did try to &quot;f*ck&quot; a married woman, while he himself was married.&nbsp;Clinton refused to take the bait, saying she took the advice that &quot;when they go low, you go high&quot;.

In the tense opening minutes of the showdown, Trump also clashed with Clinton on her private use of emails while secretary of state, warning that if he becomes president he will order the Justice Department to launch a special investigation into the issue.

When Clinton responded that it was &quot;awfully good&quot; that someone with Trump&#39;s temperament was not leading the nation, he shot back: &quot;Because you&#39;d be in jail.&quot;&nbsp;

Trump&nbsp;said that if he wins the election, he would have a special prosecutor to look into &quot;her situation&quot;.&nbsp;Trump is facing a make-or-break moment after his lewd boasts about sexual assault, which he made in 2005 and which became public on Friday, brought sweeping condemnation from within his own party and calls for him to step aside.

Pressed by the debate moderator who asserted that he had bragged of sexually assaulting women, the billionaire Republican denied it and lashed out:&nbsp;&quot;Certainly I&#39;m not proud of it. But this is locker room talk.&quot;

Trump&#39;s Democratic rival fired back that he has spent much of his presidential campaign denigrating women and minorities. &quot;This is who Donald Trump is, and the question for us, the question our country must answer is that this is not who we are,&quot; she said.

On the question of how to deal with the climate of Islamaphobia in&nbsp;America, Mr Trump peddled the lie that Muslims knew about the San Bernardino bombing and chose to say nothing. He said the country needs &quot;extreme vetting&quot;, and did not mention what he would do make Muslims in America feel safer or welcome.

Desperation&nbsp;

With his campaign in chaos, Trump has stepped up his attacks on former president Clinton, asserting that he has a history of abusing women.

In an extraordinary step, Trump convened a press event just moments before the debate that included several women who accuse Bill Clinton of sexual harassment and rape.&nbsp;

Introduced by Trump as &quot;very courageous women,&quot; his invited speakers included Paula Jones, a former government employee in Arkansas who sued Bill Clinton for sexual harassment, and Juanita Broaddrick, also of Arkansas, who claims that Clinton raped her in 1978.

The debate came at perhaps the most pivotal moment of the 2016 presidential race, with Trump needing a dramatic boost if he is to claw back ground against Clinton, who has surged in the polls since their first debate on September 26.&nbsp;

Clinton&#39;s campaign has dismissed Trump&#39;s sensational targeting of Bill Clinton as an &quot;act of desperation.&quot;

&quot;Republicans are leaving you,&quot; Clinton told him on the debate stage, saying his campaign was &quot;exploding.&quot;

(WION with inputs from&nbsp;AFP)

He attacked Bill Clinton, threatened to jail Hillary, and refused to answer how he'd minimise US Islamophobia

Donald Trump dismissed his predatory remarks about groping women as "locker room talk", and took a swipe at Hillary Clinton's husband Bill over past sexual misconduct in a fiery second US presidential debate on Sunday night. The Democrat Hillary Clinton, facing a deeply wounded candidate with one month to go before Election Day, pushed back by saying Trump's lewd comments, caught on a microphone, merely showed his true self. With tens of millions of Americans tuning in for the televised showdown, the Republican nominee may have been expected to show contrition as he seeks to move beyond the crisis triggered by the tape's release. Instead, Trump attacked former president Clinton, present in the audience but not running for office, asserting that he has a history of abusing women, and inviting several of his accusers to attend the debate. "If you look at Bill Clinton, far worse," Trump insisted. "Mine are words, his was action," he said, claiming that there has "never been anybody in the history of politics in this nation that's been so abusive to women." Trump's words were about his actions, saying he did try to "f*ck" a married woman, while he himself was married. Clinton refused to take the bait, saying she took the advice that "when they go low, you go high". In the tense opening minutes of the showdown, Trump also clashed with Clinton on her private use of emails while secretary of state, warning that if he becomes president he will order the Justice Department to launch a special investigation into the issue. When Clinton responded that it was "awfully good" that someone with Trump's temperament was not leading the nation, he shot back: "Because you'd be in jail." Trump said that if he wins the election, he would have a special prosecutor to look into "her situation". Trump is facing a make-or-break moment after his lewd boasts about sexual assault, which he made in 2005 and which became public on Friday, brought sweeping condemnation from within his own party and calls for him to step aside. Pressed by the debate moderator who asserted that he had bragged of sexually assaulting women, the billionaire Republican denied it and lashed out: "Certainly I'm not proud of it. But this is locker room talk." Trump's Democratic rival fired back that he has spent much of his presidential campaign denigrating women and minorities. "This is who Donald Trump is, and the question for us, the question our country must answer is that this is not who we are," she said. On the question of how to deal with the climate of Islamaphobia in America, Mr Trump peddled the lie that Muslims knew about the San Bernardino bombing and chose to say nothing. He said the country needs "extreme vetting", and did not mention what he would do make Muslims in America feel safer or welcome. Desperation With his campaign in chaos, Trump has stepped up his attacks on former president Clinton, asserting that he has a history of abusing women. In an extraordinary step, Trump convened a press event just moments before the debate that included several women who accuse Bill Clinton of sexual harassment and rape. Introduced by Trump as "very courageous women," his invited speakers included Paula Jones, a former government employee in Arkansas who sued Bill Clinton for sexual harassment, and Juanita Broaddrick, also of Arkansas, who claims that Clinton raped her in 1978. The debate came at perhaps the most pivotal moment of the 2016 presidential race, with Trump needing a dramatic boost if he is to claw back ground against Clinton, who has surged in the polls since their first debate on September 26. Clinton's campaign has dismissed Trump's sensational targeting of Bill Clinton as an "act of desperation." "Republicans are leaving you," Clinton told him on the debate stage, saying his campaign was "exploding." (WION with inputs from AFP)

2nd US Presidential debate: Trump dismisses assault boasts as 'locker room talk'

A man was scaling Trump Tower in New York on Wednesday, reportedly using suction cups and prompting a police response outside the Manhattan headquarters of the Republican nominee for president. 
 
&quot;We are sending our units there to try to find out what&#39;s going on,&quot; a New York police spokesman told AFP. 
 
A video clip and pictures posted on Twitter appeared to show a man climbing up the outside face of the tower as uniformed officers looked on. 
 
Police said they had no immediate information on the identity of the person or his motive for scaling the glass skyscraper. 
 
New York billionaire Donald Trump lives in the building, which is also the headquarters of his Trump Organization company. The Republican nominee was Wednesday outside the city, holding a rally in North Carolina. 
 
(AFP)

Police said they had no immediate information on the identity of the person or his motive for scaling the glass skyscraper

A man was scaling Trump Tower in New York on Wednesday, reportedly using suction cups and prompting a police response outside the Manhattan headquarters of the Republican nominee for president. "We are sending our units there to try to find out what's going on," a New York police spokesman told AFP. A video clip and pictures posted on Twitter appeared to show a man climbing up the outside face of the tower as uniformed officers looked on. Police said they had no immediate information on the identity of the person or his motive for scaling the glass skyscraper. New York billionaire Donald Trump lives in the building, which is also the headquarters of his Trump Organization company. The Republican nominee was Wednesday outside the city, holding a rally in North Carolina. (AFP)

Man scales Trump Tower using 'suction cups'